Getting started in Weinberg College as a transfer student can be a complicated process. To help facilitate your transition into a new set of academic rules and programs, you should meet with the Assistant Dean for Academic Standing and with a College Adviser as soon as possible after being admitted – both resources are available over the summer, as well as during New Student Week. Once you’re settled in, you will be assigned a College Adviser with whom you will work closely over your entire stay at Northwestern.
Your first advising meeting will be devoted to sorting through your credit evaluation, going over WCAS degree requirements, discussing your academic plans, and selecting courses for your first quarter here. In order for this meeting to go as smoothly as possible, you should bring the following documents with you:
1. a copy of your credit evaluation from the Registrar’s Office,
2. a record of any AP/IB scores you have, and
3. course descriptions and syllabi from your prior institution(s) for courses you think need to be reevaluated,
4. a completed transfer student degree requirements worksheet
These documents will help your adviser assess your initial credit evaluation, your progress in satisfying our distribution and other requirements with your coursework, your progress toward university graduation requirements, as well as get a sense of your progress toward a particular major or minor. With this knowledge, you can, with your adviser, devise an academic program.
Your adviser will help guide you through your transfer credits and your academic plans, but here are some answers to frequently asked questions.
