Under the Age of 24

If you are under the age of 24, you must have completed the Minimum Course Requirements (MCR) in high school.

If you meet MCR :

• You must be eligible to return to the last institution you attended
• You must maintain at least a 2.5 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) on all transferable work attempted at all institutions you attended
• You must have at least 24 semester hours of transferable credit
• 6 or more semester hours of freshman level English
• 3 or more semester hours of college level Math

If you do not meet MCR or you have an Adult High School Diploma / GED :

• You must be eligible to return to the last institution you attended
• You must maintain at least a 2.5 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) on all transferable work attempted at all institutions you attended
• You must have at least 24 semester hours of transferable credit
• You must meet the following college requirements:
• 6 or more hours of college level English
• 6 or more hours of college level mathematics
• 6 or more hours of college level science
• 6 or more hours of college level social science (i.e., psychology, sociology, etc.)
• 6 or more hours of college level foreign langauge

For all students :

UNCW can waive some of the minimum high school course requirements for transfer applicants who:

• have received the Associate of Arts (AA), the Associate of Science (AS) , the Associate of Fine Arts (AFA), the Baccalaureate (B.S. / B.A.) or higher level degree; or
• have successfully completed all of the core courses needed to satisfy the requirements of the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement between the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Community College System.

For anyone transferring from a community college in North Carolina, please click on the link below to find out which courses transfer into UNCW.

North Carolina Community College Common Course Equivalency