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ADVISOR TRAINING Transfer Students, Adult Students, and International Students . . . Questions and Answers Jill Lemaire & Lana Rodriguez Fall 2011 ADVISOR TRAINING UL Lafayette Student Enrollment Fall 2011 Undergraduate Fall 2010 Graduate 15,321 Undergraduate 1,564 Graduate 15,306 1,457 2011 2010 10,648 10,625 2,809 2,847 Reentry 575 637 Transfer 756 707 Transfer-Reentry 225 178 14 12 137 192 Continuing First-time Freshman Cross-Enrolled University College ADVISOR TRAINING New Transfer Student Population Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Total Enrollment 643 714 756 Art 46 44 56 Business 71 102 113 Education 138 151 140 Engineering 75 85 87 General Studies 36 35 51 Liberal Arts 111 111 115 Nursing 72 73 71 Science 68 82 79 ADVISOR TRAINING Fall 2012 Transfer Admission Requirements ***All applicants must be eligible to return to the most recent institution attended, successfully completed both college-level freshman English and college algebra AND at least one of the following: •Earned an associate degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution •Earned 24 hours or more (excluding developmental/remedial courses) • Must have a cumulative GPA of 2.25 or higher •Earned fewer than 24 hours (excluding developmental/remedial courses) •Must have a cumulative GPA of 2.25 (excluding developmental/remedial courses) and meet all other admissions standards for first-time freshmen ADVISOR TRAINING University Transfer Student Admissions Process • Students complete the online application • 10 – 14 day period for admissions eligibility determination once all transcripts are received • Admissions Office enters transfer credit from transcripts • Registrar’s Office evaluates all courses found on the Board of Regents matrix (Master Course Articulation Matrix) • Dean’s office is responsible for final evaluation of any course not on the matrix ADVISOR TRAINING Transfer Advisors College of the Arts: Lori Crain BI Moody III College of Business Administration: Jill Lemaire College of Education: Kay Riedel College of Engineering: Terrence Chambers Burke Huner CHEE James Garber CIVE Kenneth McManis EECE George Thomas ITEC Shelton Houston MCHE Sally McInerny PETE Fathi Boukadi ADVISOR TRAINING Transfer Advisors College of General Studies: Sue Ann Ozbirn College of Liberal Arts: Carolyn Dural College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions: Nursing & Dietetics Michelle Weaver Health Service Adm Cheri Domengeaux Pre-Dental Hygiene Lucy Gammon HIM Michelle Weaver Ray P. Authement College of Science: Lee Price Biology Pegge Alciatore Chemistry August Gallo CMPS Nona Etheridge Geology Carl Richter Informatics Mike Totaro Math Kathleen Lopez Physics N. Sidorovskaia Environmental Science Durga Poudel ADVISOR TRAINING Adult Students By definition, a 25+ Adult Student must be a degree-seeking first time freshman 25 years of age or older. Adults must meet the first time freshman requirements that are currently in place. A high school transcript and ACT or SAT scores are required for an admissions decision to be made. Matthew Caleb Thomas 25+ Adult Coordinator 337-482-6437 [email protected] ADVISOR TRAINING International Students • • • Students from 37 different countries (Graduate and Undergraduate) In Fall 2011 61 Undergraduate and 44 Graduate Students Most students are from India and China ADVISOR TRAINING • 1/3 of International applicants enroll at UL (Visa or financial reasons do not enroll after applying) • International students are required to maintain full-time status • Not eligible for Federal Financial Aid • Can not hold off campus employment • Freshman students do not receive Orientation documents from the University • Transfer students have to be released from current institution I-20 before Admissions can fully process application • 75% of International students live off-campus ADVISOR TRAINING Transfer International Students • If transferring from an out of country institution (even if baccalaureate degree has been earned), required to take Math placement exam for Math placement and placed in ESOL based upon TOEFL, TOEC, or TOEI scores. • ESOL sequence must be completed to satisfy English 101 & 102 requirement • Out of country transfer students are generally give CR (credit) for all previously earned courses. Most courses do not articulate to UL equivalents. Denise Marceaux: ESOL Coordinator and Instructor [email protected] 482-5441 ADVISOR TRAINING Academic Amnesty • Academic amnesty provides an opportunity for an undergraduate student or applicant to start a new academic record. When academic amnesty is awarded, effective with a given semester all college or university level credits and grades earned prior to that semester are no longer recognized and thus are not used in subsequent academic status determinations or grade point average calculations. • Academic amnesty can be considered only if the student has not been enrolled in any college or university for at least three years before the effective semester of the amnesty. (2011-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin p. 390) ADVISOR TRAINING Academic Amnesty • A request for academic amnesty by a student enrolled at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette should be made to the student’s academic dean within one calendar year of the date of re-enrollment. • An applicant who seeks academic amnesty in order to be admitted to the university will present his or her request to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee. **Request to Change: Approval for amnesty to be granted by student’s academic Dean when requesting amnesty for enrollment purposes. ADVISOR TRAINING Military Credit • UL Lafayette follows the recommendations of the American Council on Education's Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services and will grant credit for certain military schools, subject to the approval of the Director of Admissions and the student’s academic Dean. • Most military credit is evaluated as credit (CR) for military training schools. ADVISOR TRAINING Jill Lemaire B. I. Moody College of Business Administration 482-6205 [email protected] Lana Rodriguez Academic Success Center 482-2059 [email protected] http://studentsuccess.louisiana.edu/?q=node/9 ADVISOR TRAINING TEST • To receive Advisor Training credit (for Advising Awards) please click here and answer the test questions. After completion, save the file as your name; then attach the file in an email to Susie Roy at [email protected] or print and send your answers through campus mail to Susie Roy c/o Academic Success Center. ADVISOR TRAINING ADVISOR TRAINING ADVISOR TRAINING