TO THE FRIAR FAMILY. C ONGRAT ULAT IONS ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO PROVIDENCE COLLEGE AS A TRANSFER STUDENT.

At PC, you’ll join a community that is close and supportive — a family whose members share a tradition of excellence and a vibrant vision for the future. We’re united by an intellectual and spiritual tradition thousands of years old and a PC legacy 103 years young. For more than a century, Friars have made history through our ideas, our drive, our synergy, and the unique story each student has to tell. A Providence College education opens doors to a life without limits.

We welcome you to our college community and can’t wait to see you on campus.

In the meantime, this information guide will assist you in completing your enrollment plans.

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. TRANSFER NEXT STEPS Enrollment and Deposit Cancellation New Student Orientation If you do not plan to attend PC, please Information indicate your cancellation on the and Registration Enrollment Reservation Form. Should You may enroll and submit your Upon enrollment, you will receive a you wish to cancel your enrollment after $700 enrollment deposit by the packet of detailed information, including submitting your deposit, please notify deadline stated on your Enrollment dates for our New Student Orientation the Office of Admission in writing. Reservation Form: program, course selection, and Please note that while we appreciate Either registration. your courtesy, the enrollment deposit • Online by credit card in the of $700 is non-refundable and non- Admission Status Portal at www. Fall Semester Entrance transferable. providence.edu/transfer-welcome. For students entering the College in Or the fall, there is a two-part Orientation Transcripts • By mail – submit your Enrollment Program. The first part takes place If you have been accepted to Providence Reservation Form along with a check during the summer, when students and College with academic work in progress, or money order payable to Providence their parents/guardians attend an your acceptance is conditional pending College postmarked no later than the Advising and Registration Day. On this successful completion of all courses. deadline stated on your Enrollment day, students will meet with an advisor, Please arrange to have an official final Reservation Form. select their courses for the upcoming transcript sent from the college or semester, and much more. Please note that this fee is non-refundable university awarding the credit directly and non-transferable. to the Office of Admission (see address Students are invited back for fall on back cover) as soon as possible. orientation, which takes place over the Deposit Deadlines This transcript finalizes your admission course of a weekend just before the Your deposit deadline is noted on the and advanced standing. start of the semester. This includes Enrollment Reservation Form. opportunities for new students to Fall: A student transferring in the fall Fall Semester Entrance connect with peers, learn about campus typically has about four to five weeks Even though you have a reasonable time resources, and enjoy social events. after the admission decision to notify the frame to finalize enrollment documents, For more information regarding College of the enrollment decision. it is very important that an official final orientation, please visit our website: Spring: Because of time constraints, transcript be received in the Office of www.providence.edu/transfer-welcome. students who transfer in the spring must Admission as soon as possible so that we notify the College of their intention to can finalize your credit evaluation. Spring Semester Entrance enroll as soon as possible. If you For students entering the College anticipate that you will need additional Spring Semester Entrance in the spring, there is a Welcome time before making this decision, please If you plan to enter PC in January, it may Dinner to learn about academic contact the transfer counselor at be difficult, due to time constraints, to expectations, campus resources, 401.865.1285. Exceptions to the deposit obtain an official final transcript prior to and to meet classmates. deadline may sometimes be granted. the start of classes. Please arrange to have Please keep in mind, however, that the an official final transcript sent to the College must prepare for your arrival; Office of Admission as soon as possible, therefore, a timely notification of the as it is required and will serve to finalize decision to enroll is expected. your admission as well as your transfer MAKE YOURSELF of credit. AT HOME. TRANSFER NEXT STEPS Academic Information AP Credit, IB Credit, and Credit as transfer credits. Students who wish to Earned in High School obtain academic credit for dual enroll- Advanced Standing If you have taken Advanced Placement ment courses should plan to meet with Your tentative advanced standing, as (AP) courses in high school and have the assistant to the provost during their determined by the assistant to the earned a score of 4 or 5 on the AP first semester at Providence College. provost, is indicated on your examination, you may receive credit Enrollment Reservation Form. for those courses. Please complete the Change of Major College Credit Report on our website: The Enrollment Reservation Form Credit Notification www.providence.edu/transfer-welcome indicates the academic major/ Enclosed in your acceptance packet and forward an official score report department to which you have been you will find a transfer equivalency from the College Board to the Office accepted. If you wish to change your worksheet and degree audit with the of Admission. major, please note that such requests results of your transfer credit evaluation. are not automatically granted but Providence College recognizes credit rather require an additional review If you have questions regarding your earned through the International degree audit, please call 401.865.2495 for by the Committee on Admission. Baccalaureate (IB), an internationally Please call the transfer counselor at an appointment with Rev. Mark Nowel, recognized curriculum and examination O.P., assistant to the provost. In some 401.865.1285 to discuss your interest program. If you have taken a Higher in exploring a new major. cases, additional information, such as Level examination and earned a score a syllabus, will be requested for further of 5, 6, or 7, please complete and return evaluation. Email Account the College Credit Report and submit Once you enroll, you will receive an If you have courses that require official documentation of each encrypted email from the Office of the additional information for review, please successfully completed examination Registrar to the email address that you to the Office of Admission. submit the materials requested on your used to apply to Providence College. [email protected] worksheet to If you have taken college courses while The email will contain your log-in so we may finalize your transfer credit in high school, please return the College credentials which grant you access to evaluation. Credit Report to us and arrange to have your Providence College email account, an official final transcript sent from the the campus network, Sakai (web-based In most cases, this evaluation confirms learning management system) and the advanced standing noted on your college awarding the credit to the Office of Admission for review. CyberFriar (student information Enrollment Reservation Form in the system). Please access your Providence invite packet. The credit evaluation is Credit for dual enrollment courses is College email account immediately used to offer you and your advisor a clear ordinarily not awarded for courses and check it often as it will serve as disposition of transfer credit and serves required for high school graduation, the College’s official means of as a useful document in planning nor for courses taken in a high school communication with you. your first semester program of study. setting taught by a college-approved high school faculty member. To be eligible for dual-enrolled credit, courses must be taken on the college campus and/or taught by a college or university faculty member of record. The assistant to the provost reserves the right to determine whether courses taken from a college or university by incoming students while in high school may be accepted Life on Campus accommodate your preferences, the Commuter Life Office of Residence Life & Housing You may have chosen to enter PC as a Residence Life reserves the right to make an alternate commuter student. Much of the spirit All first-year, sophomore, and junior assignment. and sense of community found at PC students are required to live on campus comes from involvement in campus life. unless they are living with their parent/ Special Needs With more than 100 clubs and organi- legal guardian, are married, or have an Students with physical disabilities who zations, social outreach programs, and exceptional circumstance. The housing will need special accommodations numerous athletic options, Providence commitment is for the full academic should complete the Request for College will soon become your home year. Residential Disability Accommodation away from home. form located at providence.edu/ Upon receipt of your enrollment deposit, transfer-welcome. Adapted rooms are Parking on Campus you will be notified of the on-campus available in both traditional residence Since parking on campus is limited, housing process. A Residence Life & halls as well as in the upper-class first-year and sophomore residents are Housing staff member will contact you apartment complexes, allowing for not allowed to have cars on campus. via your Providence College email on-campus residence all four years. address to help you with the housing If you plan to commute, you will be process. You are encouraged to contact Academic Accommodations granted a parking permit, which can be the Office of Residence Life & Housing Providence College is in compliance obtained from the Transportation Office at 401.865.2392 with questions. with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation during the first week of class. Permits Act of 1973 and Americans with issued in September are used for a full Once the enrollment process is Disabilities Act of 1991. If you have any academic year. You will need to present complete, you may be asked to provide documented disabilities as covered by your PC ID, vehicle registration, and information about yourself that will be this legislation, please advise the College proof of insurance. used to assist the Office of Residence in writing when you submit your Life & Housing in matching you with enrollment deposit. For further prospective roommates. Please note that information, contact Jonathan Gomes, while the information obtained is very associate director for tutoring and helpful in the placement process, disability services, or Molly McKeon, transfer students are assigned to a assistant director for disability support residence hall on a space-available basis. services at, 401.865.2494. While every effort will be made to TRANSFER NEXT STEPS Financial Information mailed to all students in May. For more (FAFSA). For a complete listing of information, you may contact the required forms and deadlines, please 2020-2021 Providence College Student Accounts/ see our website: www.providence.edu/ Bursar’s Office at 401.865.2284. transfer-welcome. Tuition and Fees The following fee charges have Please note that the budgeting cycle The financial aid transfer application been established for the 2020-2021 for transfer students may be slightly priority filing dates are April 15 for academic year. different due to the time of notification fall term admission and December 1 Tuition...... $53,450.00 of enrollment. for spring term admission. Please be advised that for spring term admission, Fees...... $948.00 Billing Information financial aid funds are limited and may Room & Board...... $15,560.00 Bills are published online by the Student not be available. Late applications will be Books, Misc...... $2,422.00 Accounts/Bursar’s Office in mid-July considered based on availability of funds for the fall semester and mid-November at the time the application is received. Total...... $72,380.00 for the spring semester. Transfer students who have complete Tuition is based on a regular course Bill notification goes to the student’s financial aid application materials on file load. For more detailed breakdown of @friars.providence.edu email address. will generally receive notification from the cost of attendance, please visit our Students then have the ability to set up the Office of Financial Aid within two website: www.providence.edu/transfer- additional users to also receive email weeks of the admission notification of welcome. notifications and view the bill. acceptance. If the Office of Financial Aid has indicated to you that a delay in Budget Your Tuition Payments Payments are due on or before Aug. 15 your award notification is anticipated, As an alternative to payment in full and Dec. 15, respectively. please contact the transfer counselor at at the beginning of each semester, Students entering the College in 401.865.1285 to request an extension Providence College works with Nelnet January can anticipate payments to of the deposit deadline. Campus Commerce (formerly Tuition be due in late January. Management Systems), which provides Renewal of financial aid packages is an optional payment program for those not automatic. Applicants must reapply Financial Aid who wish to pay monthly. Under the each year for all types of financial Meeting the costs of a quality private Nelnet Campus Commerce payment assistance by submitting the Renewal college education is a challenge for most plan, families may budget their FAFSA to the Federal Student Aid students and families. At Providence educational expenses in 8 or 10 equal Programs Center and the College College, we share your concerns and installments (beginning June 1 or Board’s CSS Profile Form. The College hope the multifaceted financial assist- August 1, and ending March 1), reviews student aid awards annually ance the College provides will be eliminating one large payment prior to and reserves the right to adjust the of help to you in formulating your each semester. Tuition, room, board, award, both in kind and amount, when college plans. The College distributes and fees for the upcoming academic changes occur in a student’s financial financial assistance based on a number year may be budgeted under this plan. or academic situation. of factors including federal policy, For students entering the College in the institutionally determined financial Regrettably, College resources are not fall, there is an $85 annual application need, academic qualifications, and the always adequate to meet the full need fee. For students entering the College in availability of resources. of all eligible applicants. In any given the spring, the fee is $70. There are no class of students, it may not be possible to Transfer students must complete the interest charges. Information and assist a small number of eligible students. CSS Profile Form and the Free application forms for this program are Application for Federal Student Aid Key Contacts

Department Chairpersons and Transfer Contacts Program Directors Rev. Mark Nowel, O.P., Ph.D. If you need advice or information about Assistant to the Provost...... 401.865.2495 a specific academic program or college Sandra A. Miller major, please feel free to contact the Associate Dean of Admission, Transfer Counselor...... 401.865.1285 chairperson directly. For a complete list of email addresses and phone numbers, Alyssa M. Butterfield please visit our website: www.providence. Transfer Assistant...... 401.865.2533 edu/transfer-welcome. Faith Allen Associate Director of Financial Aid...... 401.865.2601 Office of Admission • Harkins Hall 103• 1 Cunningham Square • Providence, Rhode Island 02918 401.865.2535 • 800.721.6444 • Fax 401.865.2826 • [email protected] www.providence.edu

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