Here are the criteria for admission to the University of Houston as a transfer student.
* All grades earned from college-level courses, including repeated courses, are used in computing the grade point average. All colleges attended must be U.S. regionally accredited.
The following majors have additional selection criteria over and above the general admissions requirements.
Application deadline is March 1st and is granted for the fall semester only. Applicants are encouraged to submit a non-returnable 8.5"x11" portfolio clearly marked with the student's name and social security number.
Applicants who have earned between 15 and 59 semester hours need to have a cumulative GPA of 2.75.
Applicants who have completed 60 or more semester hours need to have a 2.75 GPA on the last 60 hours of college-level work attempted. If the 60th semester hour occurs in the middle of a given semester, all grades for that semester are used to determine GPA.
NOTE: The calculation of transfer GPA includes all transfer work, including courses that did not transfer because of a low grade. In addition, grades of "I" (Incomplete) are calculated as grades of "F".
Applicants who have finished 15 semester hours or more need a 2.50 GPA for all college level courses taken as well as a 2.50 GPA on all attempted college-level calculus math, chemistry, physics, English, and engineering courses. Applicants must also attempt and have a 2.50 GPA in one college-level calculus course and at least one calculus-based physics or chemistry course.
International Student applicants need a TOEFL score of 550 on the written examination, 213 on the computerized test, or 79-80 on the internet based test, unless they meet the terms of the exemption .
Applicants who have completed 15-29 hours of coursework need a 2.50 GPA. Applicants who have completed 30 semester hours or more must have a 2.30 GPA or higher. This requirement applies to students majoring in Kinesiology, Health, and Human Nutrition and Foods.
Applicants who completed less than 15 semester hours of college credit need to meet the requirements for freshman admission.
Applicants who completed between 15 and 59 semester hours of college credit need a 2.75 or higher cumulative GPA.
Applicants who have completed more than 60 semester hours of college credit need a 2.75 or higher cumulative GPA on the last 60 semester hours.
Applicants who completed 15-59 semester hours or more need a GPA of 2.50 or higher to be accepted as a Information Systems Technology major. Applicants who have completed 60 or more semester hours need to have a 2.50 or higher GPA for their last 60 hours.
Applicants need a 2.50 GPA in all music courses earned and need to audition for the Moores School of Music faculty on their primary instrument or voice prior to admission. See more information about auditions.
Applicants who have completed 15 semester hours or more need a cumulative GPA of 2.75 and a 2.75 GPA in all required pre-pharmacy course work attempted (calculus, statistics, general biology I and II with labs, general chemistry I and II with labs, microbiology with lab, ororganic chemistry I and II with labs, and physics).
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