College Transfer Counseling

HCC counselors are available to assist students with making the transition from HCC to a four year college/university. Counselors will provide support and assistance to students on how to access admission information, programs of study information, costs, transcripts, and academic advising.

The Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA)agreement enables HCC graduates of an Associate degree program to transfer to constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina with junior status. The College Transfer program at HCC is designed to meet the two-year general education requirements of four-year colleges and universities. The curricula allow students to complete two years of coursework which can be transferred to numerous academic and/or pre-professional fields. HCC offers four college transfer programs, (a) Associate in Arts, (b) Associate in General Education, and (c) Associate in Science. These programs are articulated to transfer to any University of North Carolina (UNC) system university and most private colleges in North Carolina through the Articulated program-by-program agreements for the transfer of graduates of the Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in General Education, and Associate in Science (AS) degree programs to public universities have been developed with several other UNC system universities.

Transfer Admissions to UNC System Universities

All UNC System Universities require a transfer student who did not complete the in high school to qualify for admission in one of the following ways:

1. Complete an AA and AS degree from a NC Community College.
2. Complete the NC Community College General Education Core Requirements (44 credits) with no grade lower than a "C"
3. Complete 6 semesters of transferable hours in English, math, science, social science, and foreign language.
4. A student who will reach her/his 24th birthday by the date of enrollment may be eligible for performance-based admission as a non-traditional student.

Students who met the UNC minimum course requirement in high school can transfer at any time but may have to compete for admission as a freshman if they have less than 24 transferable credit hours.

Transfer to a Four-Year College

• Choose the major you plan to take at the four-year college as soon as possible as most colleges anduniversities have prerequisites or requirements that should be completed during your first two years at HCC. If you are not sure of a major, meet with the Counselors in the Career and Counseling Center.
• Meet with your advisorto decide on your program of study, plan your course of action and class schedule.
• Research the college or university that you would like to attend
• Use the Internet to explore transfer information (See college links below)
• Tour the college/university that interests you
• Talk to the college or university admissions counselor about program requirements, especially if you have CLEP, AP or transfer credits from other academic institutions.
• Check theCAA General Education Course Equivalencies (Click "University Specific CAA General Education Course Equivalencies" - Excel Document - UNC Universities Only

Submit your application early

Have HCC send your transcripts as soon as you apply

College Transfer Links

Below are transfer admission links of four-year colleges and universities that endorse the North Carolina CAA. Use the links to learn more about the college’s specific transfer admission policies, transfer course equivalencies, and specific program or major requirements. Most of the colleges have on-line applications that you can access on the web. For college specific scholarship information see college web page and for other scholarships go to www.cfnc.org

North Carolina Colleges/Universities That Endorse CAA

North Carolina Colleges/Universities That Do Not Endorse CAA

To sign up for the SAT go to www.collegboard.com

For scholarship information go to www.cfnc.org

Last Updated Dec 20,2012

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