Get advice and learn about a useful resource on transferring to your next higher learning institution
BY: LUCAS SEGALL
Staff
The time has come for students to start looking to transfer to other schools.
Stephanie Ferguson, MAE, Coordinator of Transfer Pathways, provided a list of transfer tips and tricks for students to follow on their journey. When asked what the best way for students to stand out on their college applications is, she talked about a variety of ways to do so. First, she tackled scholarship essays.
“As far as standing out in essays for scholarships, it’s going to be something that’s more unique and personal to that student,” Ferguson said. “You know, everyone’s going to write about the same thing; you want to stand out as the biggest thing.”
As for transfer applications, she said that the most common factor considered is your transfer GPA.
“Usually,” she said, “if you’ve completed 24 credit hours at a college or university, you can transfer in, most commonly with a GPA of 2.0 to 2.3 or higher.”
“Most schools will have merit-based scholarships, which are based on your GPA,” Ferguson said. “So you’ll get the most money out of just doing well in school, which is really awesome.”
For students earning their associate’s degree and planning to move on to a four-year program, there are excellent opportunities to receive substantial scholarships. Ferguson mentioned Truman State as one example.
“If you have an associate’s degree and you transfer to Truman, they take fifty percent off of their tuition,” she said.
For students who are worried about their classes transferring to other schools and want to ensure that the time they have spent will be worthwhile, Ferguson shared the top five schools for transferring credits. These schools are Lindenwood, Maryville, Mizzou, and Webster. Most, if not all, of the classes students take at STLCC will transfer for credit to these in-state colleges.
Ferguson also shared a really interesting program called MOS, which allows students to swipe through scholarships like a dating app, “Giving students the opportunity to pick and choose which scholarships they think would best fit their needs and personalities.” The website address for this program is https://www.mos.com/.
When making an account, you tell the app your name, address, age, gender, sexual orientation, major of interest, along with other things. The app uses this information to present the student with scholarships that best apply to them.
