Matriculating Transfer Student Course Evaluation Process

Incoming Transfer Student Course Evaluation Process

1. Complete the acceptance process with admissions

2. Submit Materials - no later than July 6, 2026

• Send official final transcripts to Submit@Dartmouth.edu
• Upload a detailed syllabus for each of your courses using the transfer credit button below (Do not submit course descriptions)

• Local Placement Exams:
  • Take any appropriate local placement exams
  • Students intending to transfer language courses may wish to take local placement exams, as some departments/programs may not award transfer credit
  • Non-Dartmouth languages: students may contact Language.Exemption@dartmouth.edu about assessment
• Pre-matriculation test scores:
  • Request the College Board send your official AP test scores to Dartmouth College
  • Request International Baccalaureate (IB) score reports be made available to Dartmouth College
  • Forward Official British A-Level certificates to registrar@dartmouth.edu.

3. Credits are Evaluated

Transfer Credit is credit earned for successful performance in a course at another institution that meets Dartmouth's transfer credit rules and may be applied toward the Dartmouth degree.

• Students transferring to Dartmouth are allowed a maximum of 17 transfer credits
  • No further transfer credits will be allowed after matriculation. This prohibition includes exchange terms and other transfer work
• Transfer Credit Policies Summaries: ORC|Catalog
  • Potentially acceptable programs and requirements for undergraduate courses:
    • Offered at an accredited degree-granting institution
    • Courses are an integral part of an officially defined undergraduate Arts and Sciences curriculum
    • Online courses (offered from Spring 2020 through Fall 2021)
    • Courses with an awarded grade of C or higher
    • A minimum of three semester hours or four quarter hours are required to earn one Dartmouth course credit
  • Not acceptable programs or courses for transfer credit
    • Courses offered by extension programs, or internship programs
    • Students should be aware that some departments and programs have restrictive policies toward transfer credit
    • Online courses offered prior to Spring 2020 and after Fall 2021
    • Courses with an awarded grade of less than C
    • A pass/fail course is not accepted in the absence of proof that the grade is a minimum C quality. Courses elected under such a grading option do not carry distributive or world culture attributes.

4. Evaluation Reports

• A report with the results of your transfer credit evaluation includes:
  • Transfer credit awarded - Grades received in courses transferred from other institutions are not recorded on the Dartmouth transcript or included in the Dartmouth cumulative grade point average
  • Courses that did not receive transfer credit and why
  • Your assigned class year and D-Plan - based on the number of approved transfer credits awarded
• D-Plan
  • The minimum number of enrolled (On/Resident) terms will be six for all transfer students. A summer On/Resident term will be required of all transfer students. Students transferring after their first year will be On/Resident the summer following their sophomore year. Students transferring after their second year will be encouraged to be On/Resident the summer after their fall matriculation. All transfer students must satisfy the senior residence requirement.
  • The minimum number of enrolled (On/Resident) terms will be six for all transfer students. International Students with an F-1 status follow a general plan of three terms On/Resident followed by one Off term

• Class Year
  • Class years are updated once at the end of the re-evaluation period.
• Additional Information
  • Enter after First year:
    • Allowed 2 NR's and a total of 6 CT/NC plus NR's
    • Allowed a two-course load in any two (2) terms
    • Allowed a four-course load in any three (3) terms
  • Enter after Second Year
    • Allowed 1 NR and a total of 4 CT/NC plus NR's
    • Allowed a maximum of one (1) two-course terms
    • Allowed two (2) four-course loads
• Major Declaration:
  • Students admitted after their first year must declare a major according to the deadline for second-year students
  • Students admitted after their second year must declare a major during their first On/Resident term at Dartmouth
• Degree requirements for transfer students:
  • Are the same as for all other students, with the exception of the First-Year Seminar, first-year residence, and wellness education requirements, which are waived

5. Fall Term Begins - Next Steps

We encourage students to review the ORC/Catalog, in particular the Requirements for the Degree section and the section on Students Matriculating After The First Year.

For academic advising support, contact the Undergraduate Deans Office

• Transfer Students | Undergraduate Deans Office
• Credit Evaluation | Undergraduate Deans Office

If you have questions email Registrar@Dartmouth.edu