INFORMATION YOU NEED TO TRANSFER FROM AN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO AN ILLINOIS 4-YEAR INSTITUTION
Which One are You?
Transfer Basics
What is
IAI?
Why You Need an Advisor
12 Reasons to Stay in Illinois
Understanding Admissions
Grade Point Average (GPA)
Required Transcripts
Dates and Deadlines
Placement
Tests
Reverse
Transfer
Illinois Wants You!
Myth Busters
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Truth: Working with an advisor/counselor helps ensure student success!
Myth: Transfer students don't
need academic advising. -
Truth: Many community college courses are equivalent to university courses, receiving all the benefits of having taken them at the university.
Myth: Community college credits don't meet 4-year requirements -
Truth: Credit can flow seamlessly if students plan well to ensure classes
Myth: Transfer students lose
a lot of
credit.
fulfill degree requirements
in their desired major. -
Truth: Transfer students
Myth: Transfer students
can't graduate on time.
can move toward their degrees at the same rate
as students who start at a four-year. -
Truth: At Illinois public universities transfer students complete their bachelor degrees at equal
Myth: Transfer students are less successful than
other students.
or higher rates than native students. -
Truth: Illinois is home to a diverse and extensive
Myth: Transfer students
have limited
choices.
group of colleges and universities. -
Truth: Illinois has long invested in the success of transfer students.
Myth: Transfer students
are not a priority
in Illinois. -
Truth: Institutions offer many resources to help transfer student connect.
Myth: Transfer
students won't
fit in with other students.
Already completed some college credit?
Use Transferology™ to find out how credit may transfer, if classes fulfill IAI, and for a list of programs offered by many institutions.
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Contact Information
Dena Lawrence | Coordinator, Illinois MyCreditsTransfer | denalawr@uillinois.edu | 217-244-0931
Krista Jackson | Coordinator, Illinois Articulation Initiative & iTransfer.org | kmjack2@ilstu.edu | 309-438-8640
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