Transfer Admission
SMU’s Office of Undergraduate Admission separates transfer students into two categories, transfer and first-year transfer, based on the number of transferrable hours completed at time of application.

Transfer Applicants (Students with 30 or more transferable hours).    

• Applicants with a 2.70 transferable GPA or better are often successful in gaining admission. 
• Applicants must be “Math Ready” which means completion of College Algebra or a higher level math at the college level or completion of Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II in high school if graduation was less than 3 years ago.
• The rigor of the college courses taken as well as the readiness for the intended major are evaluated in the admission process. We recommend taking all or some of the prerequisite courses for your intended major before transferring to SMU.
• If two years of a foreign language in high school or one year of a foreign language in college have not been completed, students will be required to take two semesters of a foreign language at SMU.

First-Year Transfer Applicants (Students with less than 30 transferable hours)

• In addition to evaluating the college coursework and transferable GPA, the Admission Committee will review the student’s high school curriculum, GPA and standardized test scores.  If five years have passed since your high school graduation, we recommend accumulating 30 or more transferable hours before transferring. 
• Applicants must be “Math Ready” which means completion of College Algebra or a higher level math at the college level or completion of Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II in high school if graduation was less than 3 years ago.
• If two years of a foreign language in high school or one year of a foreign language in college have not been completed, students will be required to take two semesters of a foreign language at SMU.

For all transfer applicants we recommend taking a course in English Composition, a lab science, a math course beyond College Algebra and a course pertaining to the intended major before transferring. 

Performing arts auditions
All transfer students who intend to major in the performing arts of dance, music, or theatre will have a two-fold admission process. They will be considered on academic standards as well as audition results. Click on Meadows School of the Arts for more information. Dance and theatre majors are admissible only in the fall term.

Academic forgiveness
SMU’s academic forgiveness policy permits a student to have academic work taken 10 or more years prior to the term of admission forgiven and not included in the transferable GPA or hours earned. Please go to Forms & Applications tab at the top of the page to find academic forgiveness application.