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Required Credentials for Transfer Applicants

Who is a Transfer Applicant?

You are a transfer applicant if:

  • You are a high school graduate/GED holder, and
  • You will have completed at least 12 college credits after leaving high school and a college transcript showing these courses and final grades earned will be submitted within the required due dates.

Note: Current high school students who are taking college courses during high school should apply as first-year applicants, regardless of the number of college credits earned while in high school.

Creating Your Rutgers Community ID

If this is your first time applying to Rutgers, you'll need to create a CommunityID in order to begin your application. To create a Rutgers CommunityID, provide your email address and create an 8-character password. You should create only one student account and submit just one application for the year you intend to enroll. If you created an account already, log in using the email address and 8-character password submitted previously.

Using Your Rutgers Community ID

Getting Started

  • Complete and submit your undergraduate application
  • Pay application and enrollment fees
  • View schools of application
  • View a list of credentials that are still required
  • View a list of received credentials
  • View official admissions decisions
  • Admitted students can accept their offer of admission and change their enrollment

Self-Service

  • Change your account email (note this does not change the email address used to log into your application portal)
  • Change or reset your password
  • Update your mailing address
  • Update your phone number
  • Add a school to your application
  • Semester Change Form (request change from spring to fall)

Changes in legal name, date of birth, as well as corrections to or the addition of a social security number, must be done with documentation (a government issued photo ID for name change or date of birth update and a signed copy of a social security card to update or change social security number). Send a request to make these types of changes to our admissions offices. The student's application portal can then be updated to request the needed documentation and such documentation can then be uploaded directly to the application portal.

Always include your full name, RUID, and email address used on your Rutgers application, when sending communications about your application.

Online Application

Complete the online application carefully as it cannot be changed after it has been submitted. You can apply to as many as three Rutgers schools on a single application and independent decisions will be made for each school to which you apply.

You should submit only one application.

Please note, older versions of Internet Explorer are not supported. We recommend using the latest versions of EDGE, Google Chrome, or Firefox for your browser when accessing our applications.

Essay

The admissions essay is recommended for transfer applicants as an opportunity to provide additional information about yourself. Essays must be included in the space provided on the application and submitted on the application form. Essays may not be submitted separately. Be sure to clear any formatting before pasting your essay into the online application. If you do not clear formatting, the punctuation in your essay may change.

The essay is limited to 3,800 characters, including spaces.

Application Fee

A non-refundable $70 application fee is required. (See fee information for the School of Health Professions.) Rutgers must receive the fee or a fee waiver before your application will be considered complete and ready for review.

Please choose one of these fee payment options:

    • When you submit the online application, you may use the secure payment gateway to pay the application fee with a valid credit card.
    • You also may pay the fee online with a credit card via the link on your Rutgers CommunityID account, but only after 24-72 hours have passed since you submitted the application.
    • You may mail us a check made payable to "Rutgers University." Please include your full name and RUID.
    • Applicants who are currently serving in the U.S. Military, are Military Veterans, or Military Dependents who plan to apply for educational benefits under the GI Bill receive a waiver of the application fee. 
    • If paying the application fee would pose a financial hardship and you do not have one of the above fee waivers, ask your college transfer adviser, a member of a social service agency, or other third party familiar with your financial situation to provide you with a letter requesting a waiver based on your specific circumstances
    • Be certain your full name and RUID are clearly printed on the form or letter.
    • If you received an EOF grant from any New Jersey college, please ask your previous EOF counselor/director to provide an EOF Transfer Form (PDF).
    • After submitting your application, you should upload your official waiver via your Rutgers CommunityID account within one week. Look for the red "Application Fee" link that will direct to the upload function. You can also mail the waiver to any of the campuses you have applied to. You only need to submit your waiver once.

Transcripts

Transcripts required for review can be uploaded with the application or mailed to Rutgers directly from your school. Uploading transcripts with the application or through the Application Portal is preferred because it will expedite the completion of your file; however, if you are admitted and decide to enroll, official transcripts must be sent directly from each college attended, either electronically or by mail. 

  • Transfer students who, after high school graduation, have completed less than 24 college credits are required to provide their high school transcript(s). Unofficial copies can be uploaded with the application or through the Application Portal. For transfer students who have completed 24 or more credits, submission of a high school transcript is recommended. The admissions committee may request a high school transcript from an applicant who has more than 24 college credits if they do not provide the necessary information on the application regarding entrance subjects completed in high school.

    Your high school transcript must include all courses and final grades earned from grade 9 through graduation or leaving. Your transcript should certify any diplomas you have earned.

    If you were educated outside the U.S., make sure you submit all the required documents.

  • A college transcript from each college you attend must include all courses attempted and grades earned each term, through the end of August (spring applicants) or through the end of December (fall applicants).  

    Please note the following: 

    • If your college registrar requires an email address to send official college transcripts, use transcripts@admissions.rutgers.edu. (This email address should be used for transcripts only.) 

    • If you are currently enrolled in college, you must list your courses in progress on the application.  

    • If you were educated outside of the U.S., make sure you submit all required documents.  

    All enrolling students must work with their college(s) to send final official transcripts, either electronically or by mail to:

    University Enrollment Services Admissions Processing
    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    65 Davidson Road, Room 308
    Piscataway, NJ 08854-8097

    This address is for receiving mailed documents only. We are unable to meet with students and families in person at this location. 

GED Results

Students with a GED diploma/certificate are required to submit their official results. A transcript of any and all high school work attempted is required in addition to the GED results.

EOF Candidates

The Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program is open to eligible New Jersey residents. Interested students should review the eligibility requirements. All transfer applicants seeking participation in the Rutgers EOF program, with or without prior EOF status, will be considered on a space- and funding-available basis using specific criteria established by the school at Rutgers where you plan to enroll.

  • Transfer EOF candidates should contact the school’s EOF Director to inform them of the intent to transfer.
  • Students who received an EOF grant from any New Jersey college should select the prior EOF option on the Rutgers application. Students selecting the prior EOF option and submitting an undergraduate admissions application should then provide an EOF Transfer Form from the sending institution.

English Proficiency Requirements

English proficiency is required of applicants whose secondary schooling has been outside the U.S. in a country where English is not the principal language, regardless of U.S. residency or citizenship. 

Talent Assessment for Mason Gross School of the Arts

A portfolio, audition, or interview demonstrating your artistic talent is required of all Mason Gross School of the Arts applicants. The department will contact you with specific instructions shortly after you have submitted your application for admission. To learn more about the talent assessment requirements and deadlines, please visit the school’s website for audition and portfolio information.

Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) Requirements

For transfer applicants to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy during the fall 2024 admissions cycle, the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) will be optional. However, we encourage you to take the PCAT if are able to do so. 

Letters of Recommendation

Letters of recommendation are not used for admissions consideration. The Rutgers application provides multiple opportunities for applicants to describe their accomplishments, activities, community service, and personal experiences. Students should be certain to complete all sections of the Rutgers application to describe themselves.

Standardized Testing Requirements

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey maintains test-optional and test-blind policies through 2025. All undergraduate transfer applicants are not required to submit standardized test scores. Students who graduated from high school less than two years ago, and do not have 12 or more subsequent college credits completed with grades by the application due date, and who wish to submit a standardized test score with their application through 2025 may still do so.  

Please visit the sections below for additional information about standardized test scores for spring or fall admission for Rutgers–New Brunswick, Camden, or Newark.

  • Submission of the SAT and/or ACT test scores is optional for undergraduate applicants. Transfer students are not required to submit an SAT or ACT score.

    You are required to submit at least one standardized test score if you attended a school with non-traditional evaluation methods where traditional alpha or numerical grades are not assigned (i.e., mastery or narrative assessments). For students who choose to submit their ACT scores, the new composite score will now only include English, math, and reading. The science section is optional and not required.

  • The SAT and ACT test submissions are not required for all undergraduate transfer applicants. 

    You are not required to submit any standardized test score if you attended a school or county college with non-traditional evaluation methods where traditional alpha or numerical grades are not assigned (i.e. mastery or narrative assessments).

  • Submission of the SAT and/or ACT test scores is optional for undergraduate applicants. Transfer students are not required to submit an SAT or ACT score.

    You are required to submit at least one standardized test score if you attended a school with non-traditional evaluation methods where traditional alpha or numerical grades are not assigned (i.e., mastery or narrative assessments). For students who choose to submit their ACT scores, the new composite score will now only include English, math, and reading. The science section is optional and not required.

Should I submit test scores with my transfer Application?

All undergraduate transfer applicants are not required to submit standardized test scores. If you are a student who graduated from high school less than two years ago, and do not have 12 or more subsequent college credits completed with grades by the application due date, you may submit a standardized test score.  

If your standardized test scores fall within or above the 50th percentile found on our Rutgers–New Brunswick and Rutgers–Camden admissions profiles, we highly encourage students to submit them.  

If you choose not to submit, you will not be disadvantaged in our application review process. Your application will be considered based on other important credentials that demonstrate your promise and potential to Rutgers.