* There is no application fee for domestic transfer applicants.
** As instructed on the Common Application.
† Applicant has earned 20 or fewer semester credits after graduating from high school. Admitted students may submit updated SAT/ACT scores or transcripts before Feb. 15 of the academic year for which they are applying, to be re-evaluated for merit scholarships. Talk to your counselor for more information or to request a re-evaluation.
‡For those who have prior military credits: All scores from U.S. Armed Forces Institution Examinations (USAFI) and/or (DANTES) and/or College Examination Program (CLEP). Other documentation such as DD Form 214, DD Form 295, AARTS transcripts, CCAF transcripts, DLI transcripts and SMART transcripts.
Transfer students are students who have completed one or more college credits following high school graduation.
If you have completed 20 or fewer credits post high school you may be evaluated as a traditional first-year applicant and will be eligible for first-year scholarships.
Are you a previous student applying for re-admission?
Complete our re-admit form
Important Information
Deadlines
Deadlines
Spring, summer and fall 2020
| Deadline | Date |
|---|---|
| Spring 2020 | |
| Application and materials | Dec. 20 |
| Deposit | Jan. 1 |
| Summer 2020 | |
| Application and materials | May 1 |
| Deposit | May 15 |
| Fall 2020 | |
| Application and materials | July 31 |
| Deposit | Aug. 5 |
| **Nursing fall 2020 | |
| Application and materials | Jan. 15 |
| Deposit | March 15 |
**Traditional BSN students can only apply for fall 2020 to be considered for admissions to the fall or spring cohorts.
Requirements
Requirements
Application requirements for transfer students include:
- Saint Martin's Application or the Common Application*
- Personal essay**
- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended
- Your official SAT/ACT scores, if applicable†
- Your official high school transcript, GED certificate or home school documentation, if applicable†
- Military credits‡
How to apply
How to apply
Application details
Learn more about transferring to Saint Martin's
Considering transferring to finish your degree at Saint Martin's? Join us for one of our transfer information sessions!
Bring your questions and unofficial transcripts, and learn more about why Saint Martin's may be the right fit for you.
Sign up for a transfer info session
Transfer sessions are custom-made visits designed to engage prospective transfer students with their academic programs. Each prospective student will learn about their academic major and the admissions process through a transfer admissions presentation, a tour designed for transfer students, and an advising session to discuss credit transfer and educational opportunities.
While signing up for a transfer session, please review our majors. Please note the nursing department holds separate information sessions for students interested in that major. Sign up to attend a nursing info sessions.
Directions
Transfer sessions begin in Old Main 221 in the Admissions Conference Room. Parking is complimentary in the Abbey Guest Visitor Lot C, located by the Abbey Church. View a campus map.
Reverse Transfers
Students who have been admitted to Saint Martin’s University without a DTA associate’s degree, and who have at least 60 transferrable quarter credits, or 40 transferable semester credits, from a Washington community or technical college, may be eligible to earn a DTA associate’s degree from their transfer institution. This is accomplished by transferring SMU credits back to the community or technical college, which may then apply the credits towards its own associate degree requirements.
To activate this policy, students must alert the Registrar’s office that they wish to have their courses reverse transferred, and are responsible for ensuring that the receiving institution awards credit and the DTA associate’s degree. Students must then provide the Saint Martin’s University Registrar with an official transcript posting the DTA associate’s degree prior to their final semester or term before graduation. Upon receipt of the DTA associate’s degree, students will have satisfied Saint Martin’s Core 22 requirements (Gen Ed) with the exception of one course in religion and one course in philosophy, if not already completed.
Programs requiring separate, supplemental applications
Education programs, including teacher certification
The College of Education and Counseling has a separate and supplemental application process for their education programs.
RN-to-BSN program
In addition to our standard transfer application processes, the RN-to-BSN Program requires a number of pre-requisites and additional steps for acceptance.
Learn more about what is required »
Social Work
In addition to our standard transfer application processes, the Social Work program requires prospective students to complete a program-specific application.
Why apply early?
Priority consideration
Applicants who complete their application by each review deadline will receive priority consideration for admission, scholarships, and other types of financial aid. Those who apply later will be admitted on a space-available basis and should be aware that some types of housing, Saint Martin’s scholarships, and state and federal aid may be limited.
Applicants should submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) beginning Jan. 1 of the academic year for which they are applying.