SUNY Oneonta strives to enroll an academically well qualified and culturally diverse student body. Students who began their studies at Oneonta as transfers comprise approximately 40% of our full-time enrollment.
All applications are individually reviewed based on a variety of criteria, including:
- a competitive and challenging academic program with courses related to your intended major;
- a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater is preferred for most majors. Education majors must have a GPA of 2.8 or greater.
- information requested on the Oneonta Supplemental Application
After we receive your application, we’ll e-mail you a username and password to submit the Oneonta Supplemental Application. Please submit this application within two weeks of the date you receive your login information.
Required Materials
In some cases, your mid-term grades may be requested. Mid-Term grades are often requested when a student has earned less than 24 college credits, is academically borderline, or is in their first semester at a new institution. A request for mid-term grades is made after an initial review of a student's application if needed to make an admissions decision. Mid-Term grades can be mailed or faxed using the Mid-Term Grade Report Form, or a mid-term grade report or web-grades provided by your institution if actual letter grades are used (we cannot accept P/F for pass/fail or S/U for satisfactory/unsatisfactory.
Any interruption in educational attendance since high school graduation must also be explained in the GAP Verification section of the Oneonta Supplemental Application.
Candidates must request that official transcripts be sent to the SUNY Oneonta Office of Admissions from the registrar at each institution previously attended regardless of the number of credits or whether the coursework was successfully completed.
Transfer students must declare a major. Please include curriculum program codes to indicate your chosen major on the Oneonta Supplemental Application.
Any candidate who was academically dismissed or suspended from a college is required to show academic success at another institution for at least one year of full-time study.
Transfer Credits | Credit Earned in High School | Transfer Credit Reevaluation Process
Course Equivalency Tool
TRANSFER CREDITS
Students will receive a preliminary credit evaluation based on the official transcript(s) sent from the college(s) attended. The official transcript must arrive at the Admissions Office from the college in a sealed envelope. Photocopies and faxes will not be accepted.
If you accept your offer of admission, you must have a final official transcript(s) sent to the Office of Admissions. This transcript should:
- include all coursework completed prior to enrolling at SUNY Oneonta
- post any degree(s) received
- have no incomplete or in-progress grades
It is important to get your final official transcript(s) to us as soon as possible. Without it, we cannot complete your file and we may not be able to admit you into certain programs. Your financial aid disbursement and course registration may also be affected. To check if we have received your final transcript(s) please go to webservices.oneonta.edu, login using your username and password and click on Admissions. Once there, click on Admissions Checklist and you will be able to view your application checklist. The date a document was received will appear next to the document.
Transfer Education Majors: If you do not send a final official transcript(s) showing a 2.8 cumulative GPA, you cannot declare Education as your major, and you cannot attend orientation as an Education major or register for education courses.
Your Credit Evaluation is made up of two documents: the Transfer Credit Evaluation, which will show total credits accepted and/or in progress, the transfer institution's course number, our equivalent and its credit value; and the Preliminary Advisement Document, which will show how each transferred course may fulfill a degree requirement and indicate which requirements must still be met.
For more information, check out our Articulation Agreements with several two-year SUNY institutions, our Course Equivalency guide for all schools in the SUNY system and the SUNY Oneonta Course Catalog.
A maximum of 66 credits can be transferred from a two-year institution, and no more than 77 credits can be transferred from a four-year institution. A bachelor’s degree from a four-year institution waives SUNY Oneonta General Education requirements.
The Division of Economics & Business and the Division of Education have a statute of limitations on credits transferred into their programs. Contact the divisions for more information.
CREDIT EARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL
Many students receive college credit while in high school. These credits can come from Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), or college courses. To see how this credit will transfer, please view the Course Equivalency Tool
- AP test scores of 3 or better are accepted.
- To earn IB credit, students must receive a score of 4 or better on the Higher Level IB Exam. Scores of 4 or better on the Standard Level IB Exam receive credit only when an IB Diploma is also earned.
- We accept only scores over the CLEP recommended score of 50.
- Students must earn a grade of C or better in an accredited college course(s) to receive credit.
- Official transcripts/scores from agency/institutions are required.
Transfer Credit Reevaluation Process
Accepted students who have received a preliminary transfer credit evaluation from the Office of Admissions have the option to request a reevaluation of transfer credit for specific courses within their declared major and major-related coursework.
There are three reevaluation processes that cater to specific groups of students:
SUNY Oneonta’s Pre-Matriculated Student Reevaluation Process
For any accepted student transferring from any institution who has not started coursework at SUNY Oneonta, requests are facilitated by the Office of Admissions.
Any accepted transfer student who has not started taking courses at SUNY Oneonta may complete and return this form by following the instructions at the top of the form. Students will need Adobe to fill in the PDF electronically, or they can print the form out, fill it in and then scan the completed form. Please email the completed form and a course syllabus for each course you wish to be reevaluated as a PDF or Word document attachment to Cassandra Querques at Cassandra.Querques@oneonta.edu.
If you are interested in transferring into our Education program, sample coursework such as papers, projects, and tests must be submitted electronically as an attachment in addition to the course syllabus.
The Office of Admissions recommends that students use this process as a starting point for all transfer credit reevaluation requests, based on the comprehensive audience this process services.
SUNY Oneonta’s Post-Matriculated Student Reevaluation Process
For any accepted student who has begun taking courses at SUNY Oneonta, requests are facilitated by the Office of Academic Advisement.
SUNY Transfer Credit Appeal Process
For accepted students transferring directly from a two-year Associate’s degree program at a SUNY campus, appeals are facilitated by the Office of the Registrar.
The SUNY transfer credit appeal process is designed for pre- or post-matriculated students transferring from a two-year SUNY Associate’s degree program into a SUNY four-year institution. If you have questions concerning the evaluation of your credit and/or whether or not you qualify for the SUNY appeal process, please contact a transfer counselor in the Office of Admissions.
The Office of Admissions, in conjunction with the Registrar's Office and the Office of Academic Advisement, work on enhancing the transfer process to make it as smooth as possible for students and faculty members.
