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Transfer Nursing Clinical Students apply using the Nursing CAS application:

Nursing CAS App

 

Transfer Applicant Checklist

TCU has certain admission and residency requirements for transfer students, with some instances of special consideration. Separate academic requirements exist for some departments and international transfers. 

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TCU requires a nonrefundable $50 application fee.
(Waived for Veterans, Phi Theta Kappa members, and first generation college students.)


TCU is a selective university, and our Admission and Scholarship Committees review thousands of applications each year. The essay tells us a great deal about our candidates and allows for expression of writing skills, organizational skills, creativity and imagination. The essay should be 300-500 words in length and legible. Feel free to be serious, humorous or somewhere in between. Compose your essay on one of the following topics. 

  • At TCU, our mission statement is very important to us. “The mission of Texas Christian University, a private comprehensive university, is to educate individuals to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community through research and creative activities, scholarship, service, and programs of teaching and learning offered through the doctoral level.” This is integrated into all aspects of the TCU experience. If you were to write a mission statement about your life, what would it be and how does this mission direct your life and goals? 
  • Tell us about the most significant person, experience, or circumstance which has shaped your life thus far. How has he, she, or it influenced your character? How might you use what you have learned to achieve your goals? 
  • Those we call great will usually point to some failure in their lives as a pivotal moment leading them to their successful path. Tell us about a time in your life in which failure propelled you toward success. 
  • In her best-selling novel The Secret Life of Bees, TCU alumna Sue Monk Kidd wrote, “The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.” What matters to you?
Please include college transcripts from each institution attended. College transcripts must be sent by the reporting school and will not be accepted from the applicant.
Please request for your high school to send us your final high school transcript to include graduation date. If you earned a GED instead, please send us official documentation. GED-earners must complete 24 transferable college credits elsewhere before becoming eligible for transfer admission into TCU.

Non-native English speakers must demonstrate English proficiency in one of the following ways:

  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 80
  • IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of 6.5
  • Duolingo English Test score of 110
  • Completion of at least three years at a high school or college where English is the language of instruction
  • Completion of at least 24 hours of transferable academic credit (including English composition) from a college in the U.S.
  • English testing may be waived for applicants with strong SAT or ACT scores

This form provides insight into a student's discipline history at other colleges. Disciplinary Standing Forms must be sent by the reporting school and will not be accepted from the applicant. This document is not needed from a college attended exclusively for dual credit purposes.

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  • Freedom of Expression PageTCU values individuality and believes that students are more than just a GPA and test score. To help us get to know you even better, consider this opportunity to further express yourself. The only limitations are the boundaries of your imagination. Please submit an essay, poem, work of art or a URL that showcases another side of you.

  • Letters of Recommendation.
    • Letters of recommendation are optional for admission. 
    • Two letters of recommendation are required for Chancellor's Scholarship consideration.
    • Letters must be sent to us by the recommender, not the student, and can be emailed to transferfrog@tcu.edu.
Find the applications online: CSS Profile | FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

For all financial aid including federal and state aid, and TCU private need-based financial aid.

 

Dates & Deadlines 

Students must complete their application and submit TEAS exam test scores by this date for admission to TCU and for Summer Clinical Nursing consideration. Decisions are typically sent mid-March. The Accelerated Nursing Program requires that all prerequisites and TCU core requirements are complete prior to the start of the program. Begin your Accelerated Nursing Program application.

Important Note: The Accelerated Nursing Program and the Traditional Nursing Program require that all prerequisites are complete prior to the start of the program. If your prerequisites are not complete but you wish to pursue a degree in nursing, please select a different deadline below and then select the Nursing Prerequisite major later in the application.

Students must complete their application and submit TEAS exam scores by this date for admission to TCU and for Fall Clinical Nursing consideration. Decisions are typically sent mid-March. The Traditional Nursing Program requires that all nursing prerequisites are complete prior to the start of the program. Begin your Traditional Nursing Program application.

Important Note: The Accelerated Nursing Program and the Traditional Nursing Program require that all prerequisites are complete prior to the start of the program. If your prerequisites are not complete but you wish to pursue a degree in nursing, please select a different deadline below and then select the Nursing Prerequisite major later in the application.

Students whose applications are complete by February 1 should receive an admission decision by or around April 1.  An application is considered complete once we receive all of the required documents needed for our review.  Students should refer to their application checklist in their portal to confirm their application is fully complete.
Students whose applications are complete by April 15 will receive an admission decision by June 1; academic scholarship recipients will receive award notification by July 1.
This deadline is for US citizens and permanent residents.

Students whose applications are complete by June 1 should receive an admission decision by or around August 1.  An application is considered complete once we receive all of the required documents needed for our review.  Students should refer to their application checklist in their portal to confirm their application is fully complete.

All students who apply by the Final Deadline will be considered for scholarship.

Applications completed after August 1 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

International students whose applications are complete by October 1 will receive an admission decision by December 1.

Students whose applications are complete by November 1 will receive an admission decision by late November.  An application is considered complete once we receive all of the required documents needed for our review.  Students should refer to their application checklist in their portal to confirm their application is fully complete.

Applications completed after November 1 will be reviewed  on a case-by-case basis.