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Transfer Students

Foreign Student Admission Transfer Information

Southwest Tennessee Community College admits transfer students who hold F-1 visas obtained while attending other colleges and universities. A transfer student may be admitted to an academic program or take English as a Second Language classes. Students planning to transfer to Southwest must have their applications and all immigration documents on file with the foreign student advisor's office by the following dates:

Fall Semester............... August 1
Spring Semester........... December 1
Summer Semester........ May 1

A student who wants to transfer to Southwest Tennessee Community College must provide the following documents before he/she can register for classes:

__ 1. Fill out the Web Application for Admission to Southwest
__ 2. The passport (with the visa stamp)
__ 3. The I-94 (white card in your passport)
__ 4. Southwest's International Student Application Form (I-20)
__ 5. Form I-20AB from the previous institution
__ 6. Official transcript(s) from all previously attended U.S. institutions
__ 7. Proof that the transferring student has financial support and will not have to work while attending Southwest. The transferee may submit the documents he/she used to get the previous I-20, if the documents are less than six months old. If they are older than six months, the student must submit copies of these documents, plus bank statements from the last six months that will show that these funds support him. Without recent bank statements, the transferee must submit all new financial documentation, including an affidavit of support .
__ 8. A completed Foreign Student Advisor's Report from previous institution
__ 9. A non-refundable application fee of $5.00

The transferring student should fill out the top section of the foreign student advisor's report and return it to the foreign advisor's office of the school he is transferring from. Once the foreign student advisor's report is filled out, please submit it in person along with affidavit of support, the supporting documentation, and the I-20 application to:

SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AFFAIRS OFFICE
Attention: Vanessa Dowdy / FA 2112
5983 Macon Cove
Memphis, TN 38134

Articulation Agreements

What is articulation?

Articulation is the process of evaluating courses to determine whether coursework completed at one college will meet the requirements for admission, transfer credit, general education, or major preparation at another college.

The University Parallel (Transfer) articulation agreement provides a smooth matriculation to colleges and universities under the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), the University of Tennessee and other accredited colleges and universities systems.

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