Transfer Applicant Checklist

Please ensure that your name, date of birth, admissions ID and U.S. Social Security number (if applicable) are on every item of your application package.

• Completed Transfer Common Application and required NU Supplement (submitted simultaneously)
• College Official Report available on the Common Application website
• $70 Application fee
• Official transcripts for all college courses at all colleges and universities attended. There is no exception to this requirement. All academic credit will be evaluated, regardless of the grade received.  
• Coursework in progress should be submitted in the form of an official course registration list from your current college/university.
• In some cases, due to the competitiveness of a particular major or program or required prerequisite course work, students will be notified on their Application Status Check to submit their current mid-term grades. Download the mid-term grade report (PDF).
• Recommendation letter from an academic advisor, professor, or employer, on official letterhead and submitted in sealed envelopes.  

If you have fewer than 24 semester hours of college-level academic work:

• Official high school transcript or GED score report and SAT/ACT scores are required. If you have been out of high school for more than five years, these requirements are waived.

If you have completed at least one full semester of academic work:

• Mid-term grades for the current term can be substituted for the high school transcript and SAT requirement. Download the mid-term grade report (PDF).