Transfer
Advising Notes for Students Transferring to UM (Main Campus and Shady Grove)
1.
Attached is an Updated MG Guide to Applying for
Transfer to UM – ready for you to send to students asking for help with
transfer applications. Includes new information on the English Language
Proficiency requirement for students whose native language is not English; a
reminder that UM does not accept WES or AACRAO International Credit
Evaluations, and an answer to the burning question “Must I write out all
courses that I’ve taken at MC on the transfer application?”
2. UM will accept only ONE COMM course from these three:
a.
COMM 108 Fund. of Human Communication
b.
or COMM 112 Business & Professional
Communication
c.
or COMM 121 Public Speaking
All
three are equivalent to UMD’s COMM 107 only, credit is given for only one
course! Sometimes students pick both COMM 108 and COMM 112 to fill both a
GEIR and a Humanities or take COMM 112 after 108 thinking it is a good business
elective… but for UM, this is a NO. The Gen Ed Program list now says
“COMM 108 or 112” under HUMD but this is not
always clear to students. This goes for Comm Studies AA students also,
only one from COMM 108, 112 or 121 will be accepted by UM.
- 3. MC and UM have very different AP Advanced Placement
Score requirements.
If you meet with ANY students with AP credits, please point out this fact to
the student by sending the link to the MC AP Credit Comparison Chart:
https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/counseling-and-advising/transfer-resources/apcreditcomparisonchart02192020.pdf
MC grants more credits to students with scores of 3 and this can make a
difference when it’s time to transfer. The MC AP Credit Comparison Chart
also spells out the policy when MC gives Gen Ed Credit for an AP score that is
not accepted by UM –
- 4. UM’s Global Engagement Requirement can now be completely
fulfilled by two courses total, MC’s ASLP 100 & 110 ASL I & II
[American Sign Language]; this is new! No need to take a 200-level course if
the student completes ASLP 100 & 110. This was mentioned in the
longer message about UM’s Global Engagement Requirement but it is worth
repeating here also.
- 5.
UM Smith School of Business @ Shady Grove is typically more
willing to look at students as individuals for admission. When in doubt,
suggest that students with GPA’s 3.0 or higher and Gateway repeat issues
discuss their situations with a Smith School Shady Grove adviser. UM Smith School at Shady Grove still has openings for Fall
2021.
- 6.
See the New UM Transfer Advising Page that describes
MTAP with a semester-by-semester view, provides links to UM Four-Year Plans,
includes Pre-Preprofessional Pages (Pre-Med, Pre-Physical Therapy, etc.
and information about Pre-Transfer Advising: https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/academics/transfer/mc-transfer-advising-um.pdf
- 7.
Finishing an AA or AS degree prior to transfer - the advantage of
completing a degree is that UM will require fewer of their Gen Ed courses in
the junior and senior years if a student finishes MC’s General Education
Program. If you meet with a student who cannot finish a full degree prior
to transfer, or is trying to “Reverse Transfer” after starting @ UM, a
second option is check to see if all MC Gen Ed Requirements have been finished
for an AA or AS degree; if yes, then the student can ask MC Admissions for a General Education Program Evaluation note stamped
on the MC transcript to show UM that the MC Gen Ed Program is finished.
The Gen Ed Evaluation Form can only be processed if all Gen Ed courses have
been finished, not in progress. An advantage of the Gen Ed Note is that
it can be processed much faster than an Application for Graduation; if the
student qualifies for both the Gen Ed Completion Note and Graduation, encourage
them to apply for both. Find the Gen Ed Evaluation Request form under
Admissions – Student Forms: https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/admissions-registration/student-resources/student-forms.html
8.
A few interesting facts about UM:
· How
much does it cost these days? https://financialaid.umd.edu/resources-policies/cost-attendance
· New
majors at Shady Grove:
o
B.S. in Biocomputational Engineering
o
B.S. in Embedded Systems and Internet of Things
· New
majors at the Main Campus:
· Neuroscience
https://neur.umd.edu/academics/transferring-umd
· Immersive
Media Design – two tracks – 1) Computing and 2) Art https://imd.umd.edu/curriculum/
· Public
Policy https://spp.umd.edu/your-education/undergraduate/public-policy-major
·
Fear
the Turtle – this campaign started in 2002. It has slightly morphed into
“Fearless Ideas”, but the Fear the Turtle logo remains a part of UM’s brand to
this day.
Don’t
Fear the Transfer Process!
Anne
Schleicher, Counselor (Part-time)
Montgomery
College Online Advising Services
