Admission Requirements for Transfer Students 1

Completing your undergraduate application form online is the required ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS method. Fees may be paid by credit card or electronic check. FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS In cases of extreme financial hardship, applicants may request a fee waiver. The fee wavier may be found at www.pratt.edu/apply (http:// Submit all documents postmarked no later than the application deadline www.pratt.edu/apply/). of February 1. The online application, as well as various requirements, may be found at www.pratt.edu/apply (http://www.pratt.edu/apply/). Official High School Transcript(s) Writing and visual portfolios must be uploaded to pratt.slideroom.com Transfer applicants are required to submit high school transcript(s). Note: (http://pratt.slideroom.com) by the February 1 deadline. See A high school transcript is not required of students who have attended www.pratt.edu/apply (http://www.pratt.edu/apply/) for instructions on at least four semesters of college full-time or have earned at least 48 submitting your application and supporting documents. credits by the semester for which they are applying. Upload to the online application or ask your high school to send it electronically or by mail. Checklist 1. Application form with fee Official College Transcript(s) 2. Official transcripts from each high school attended or official GED Transfer applicants must submit official transcripts from each college scores. A high school transcript is not required of students who have attended by uploading all official transcripts to the online application. attended at least four semesters of college full-time or have earned at If you are accepted and choose to enroll at Pratt, you will be required least 48 credits by the semester for which they are applying. to submit your final official transcripts as soon as your semester is 3. Official transcripts from each college attended. Upload official complete and grades are available. transcripts to the online application. 4. Optional letter of recommendation International Transcripts 5. Portfolio International applicants must submit official transcripts (academic 6. Essay (part of application form) records) of all secondary school studies as well as any postsecondary studies. (See note under Official High School Transcripts.) Applicants 7. TOEFL, TOEFL Home Edition, TOEFL ITP Plus, IELTS, IELTS Indicator, also must submit official results of all external examinations. These Duolingo, or PTE test score. For all applicants whose first language is would include General Certificate of Education, Hong Kong School not English, see International Requirements (https://www.pratt.edu/ Certificate of Education, Israeli matriculation or Bagrut, Secondary School admissions/applying/applying-undergraduate/ug-application- Certificates, and Baccalaureate Part I and Part II. Transcripts must be requirements/international-undergraduate-applicants/). Applicants translated into English. who have earned a four-year Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in the US are exempt from submitting the Transfer students who have studied outside the US (other than Japan English proficiency exam. Pratt will waive the test requirements for and Korea) are required to submit a World Education Services (WES) international transfer students whose first language is English. You evaluation of their transcript(s) to expedite their application processing. must have studied your most recent four years in a high school, WES evaluations do not include translations. The document must be college and or university in the U.S. or other nations where English officially translated into English before it is submitted to WES or any is the official language. Please note that Pratt does NOT waive the other reputable education evaluation service, e.g., your embassy. TOEFL/IELTS/PTE/Duolingo test requirement for students who have attended an English-speaking school in a non-English speaking country. Waiving this requirement is up to the discretion of the Final Official Transcripts admissions office. Questions should be directed to the transfer If you are accepted and decide to enroll at Pratt, you may (if you attended counselor at [email protected]. college in the US) request your transcript from the National Student Clearinghouse or from your college. All mailed materials must be sent to:

Pratt Institute Letter of Recommendation Office of Undergraduate Admissions Letters of recommendation are optional. See details at www.pratt.edu/ 200 Willoughby Avenue apply (http://www.pratt.edu/apply/). Brooklyn, New York 11205 Transfer Portfolio Guidelines Detailed information on the requirements follows. Visual or Writing Portfolio Application Form with Fee The transfer portfolio requirements are the same as the first-year high school applicant requirements if you have not taken studio courses All applicants to undergraduate degree programs must complete the in your previous college or if you have not taken our undergraduate first- Pratt undergraduate application with the appropriate nonrefundable year courses and will enter as a first-year student. Transfer applicants application fee ($50 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, $90 for who have taken art courses should include examples of work that reflect international applicants). Applications must be completed online at all studio experiences at their previous college in order www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying (http://www.pratt.edu/admissions/ to be reviewed for credit. No more than 45 images may be submitted. applying/). 2 Admission Requirements for Transfer Students

TOEFL. Applicants who have earned a 4-four-year Bachelor’s degree from Architecture an accredited college or university in the US are exempt from submitting All Architecture transfer applicants must submit a visual portfolio. the English proficiency exam. Note that Pratt will also waive the test Applicants who have not taken architecture design studio courses requirements for international transfer students who have studied their in their previous postsecondary school should submit a portfolio most recent four years in a high school, college and or university in according to the freshman requirements and will automatically be the U.S. or other nations where English is the official language. Please placed into the first year of design. Transfer applicants who have taken note that Pratt does NOT waive the TOEFL/IELTS/PTE/Duolingo test architecture design courses should include examples of work that reflect requirement for students who have attended an English-speaking school all design projects at their previous school. The number of images in in a non-English speaking country. Waiving this requirement is up to the the architecture portfolio will reflect the number of projects completed. discretion of the admissions office . Questions should be directed to the Architecture students seeking the transfer of studio credit must use transfer counselor at [email protected]. SlideRoom to upload their images at pratt.slideroom.com (http:// pratt.slideroom.com). A minimum TOEFL 79 (Internet-based test or Home Edition) is required for four-year programs. For TOEFL ITP Plus, a 550 is required.

Submitting Your Visual or Writing The two-year associate's degree programs and PrattMWP require a Portfolio minimum of 71 (Internet-based test or Home Edition). Pratt's TOEFL code Portfolios should be uploaded using SlideRoom at pratt.slideroom.com is 2669. (http://pratt.slideroom.com), following instructions on the site. You will The required IELTS or IELTS Indicator score for four-year programs is 6.5 receive immediate confirmation that your work has been received. You and 6 for the associate's degree programs. The required PTE is 53 for may edit images until you hit the “submit” button. There is a charge of four-year programs and 48 for two-year. The required Duolingo score is $15 for submission. Admissions advisement sessions and reviews at 105 for tests taken July 15, 2019 and beyond. National Portfolio Days or by appointment off campus do not fulfill the applicant’s visual requirement. They are for guidance only. Please submit Applicants from China and Korea your work by the deadline (February 1 for fall and October 1 for spring). In order to provide an in-person interview opportunity for all Chinese Do not send work to the Admissions Office. All work must be submitted and South Korean applicants interested in Pratt Institute and to process on SlideRoom. All submitted materials, including the portfolio, become your application faster, we have partnered with Vericant. Vericant will the property of Pratt Institute. Portfolios in any format will not be returned conduct video interviews and short writing samples with our applicants or held for pickup. in Mainland China. Vericant does not evaluate candidates but, instead, posts the interviews online for our admissions team to review. The Portfolio for Writing, Critical and Visual Vericant interview will form part of your application package if you opt to Studies, and ba in history of art and be interviewed. design applicants Although the Vericant interview is not mandatory, we highly recommend it, as it will give you an excellent opportunity to showcase your skills and Applicants are required to upload a writing portfolio of recent writing professionalism to our admissions team. (no more than 10 pages) to SlideRoom at pratt.slideroom.com (http:// pratt.slideroom.com). Writing applicants may submit poetry, short To learn more about Vericant and to schedule an interview, stories, and excerpts from novels, articles, and essays. Please submit please visit Vericant’s website at students.vericant.com (http:// at least one sample of analytical writing. We encourage you to submit students.vericant.com). several examples of your writing in different styles. If you submit poetry, you must also submit some prose. Critical and Visual Studies and BA Vericant provides interviews in the following cities. Main cities (three): in History of Art and Design applicants should submit examples of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen; Secondary cities (10): Chengdu, Chongqing, analytical writing. At this time, feedback on writing portfolios is not Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xi’an, and available through the Admissions Office. Zhengzhou. Essay Transfer Credit/Placement The essay is uploaded on the last page of the application. It should be Transfer credit may be granted for coursework that is comparable between 250 and 500 words. Topic: Describe when and how you became to Pratt’s coursework and is completed at a school accredited by an interested in art, design, writing, architecture, or the particular major to accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. which you are applying. Describe how this interest has manifested itself Secretary of Education or the international equivalent. in your daily life. Credit may be awarded for courses in which

Test of ENglish Proficiency 1. a grade of C or higher is earned from domestic institutions (or 70 or International transfer applicants whose first language is English are higher from international institutions, as determined by a reputable not required to submit any test scores. International transfer applicants education evaluation service) and whose first language is not English must take either the Test of English 2. the course corresponds to the specific course requirements of the as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam, TOEFL Home Edition, TOEFL ITP applicant’s proposed program of study. Courses with grades lower Plus, Duolingo, IELTS, IELTS Indicator, PTE or SAT/ACT and have the than C (including C-) or less than 70 are not transferable. results sent by the application deadline of February 1 for fall or October 1 for spring. Register online at www.toefl.org (http://www.toefl.org/) for the Admission Requirements for Transfer Students 3

Students seeking transfer credits for studio courses in art, design, or architecture are required to submit a portfolio reflective of their studio English Language Placement Exam coursework completed at their prior college as part of the admission Waivers application. Transfer credit shall be granted for courses taken at Exam waivers automatically will be given to students who who meet the another institution only when the coursework involved and the level of criteria at pratt.edu/iep (https://www.pratt.edu/iep/) the transfer applicant’s achievement permit the student to complete the remaining coursework successfully. Please note: Language test waivers for the admissions process do not automatically waive the English Placement Exam requirement. Students All students petitioning for transfer credit(s) must submit official who have taken the SAT in lieu of the TOEFL for admission are required transcript(s) from all colleges attended. Credit evaluations will be to take the English Placement Exam unless they meet one of the waiver completed only after acceptance. AP credit will also be considered. criteria listed at the IEP website link above. Please request that your official AP scores be sent to Pratt during the summer before you enroll. See page 206 for more details. Admission to Associate Degree Programs Prior to registration, the transfer student receives an estimate by the at Pratt Manhattan Office of the Registrar of the credit that can be expected for work done at Transfer applicants to the Associate Degree Programs at Pratt’s his or her previous college(s). Manhattan Center should use the online application at www.pratt.edu/ Additional supporting documents may be requested by the Office of admissions/applying (http://www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying/). Admissions (bulletin, course hours, syllabi etc.). The Pratt program is Please follow the same requirements listed for high school applicants or planned with the appropriate art and design academic adviser using transfer students to the BFA. The SAT/ACT is not required. Applicants the estimate as a guide for the required work to be completed. After all to the BFA programs in Fine Arts or Communications Design who do final official transcripts have been received, a complete evaluation of not meet the qualifications for the BFA may be accepted instead to the transfer credit will be sent to the student. Transfer credit is not included associate’s degree. in the scholastic index. If less than 50 percent of a student’s credits are earned at Pratt, the student will not be considered for honors. Search Admissions Decisions “Transfer Credit” at www.pratt.edu (http://www.pratt.edu) for details. Admissions decisions are issued as follows for applicants who submitted complete applications. Early action decisions will be made by mid- all Accepted International Students December. January 5 deadline decisions will be made by April 1. Spring All enrolling international students need to submit international student decisions will be made by November 15. Admissions files are not forms to the Office of International Affairs. International students include considered complete and will not be reviewed until all required materials both students who need an I-20 for the F-1 student visa and international have been received. students in other immigration statuses. (U.S. permanent residents are not considered international students.) Deposit Deadlines Accepted students who plan to enroll at Pratt for the fall term are Requesting the I-20 required to make a deposit of $500 by May 1, the official candidate’s To request the I-20, first submit your enrollment deposit to the Office reply date. Accepted students for the spring term must submit their of Admissions. See instructions for submitting an I-20 request at deposit by December 1 or two weeks after acceptance, whichever is www.pratt.edu/oia (http://www.pratt.edu/oia/) under New Students later. International students should submit their I-20 request forms on the left of the web page. The request and documents are submitted as soon as possible after the deposit deadline. The full amount of the online. nonrefundable deposit is credited to the student’s first semester tuition. Housing application deposits are also due on the above mentioned Pratt Institute dates. Deposits should be made at www.payments.pratt.edu (https:// Office of International Affairs payments.pratt.edu/). 200 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11205 Financial Aid USA Domestic applicants who intend to file for financial aid for fall 2019 will be able to access the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) English Exam for Enrolling Students on October 1, 2018, and can use their 2018 income tax statements. All students for whom English is a second language must meet Pratt The FAFSA should be submitted electronically. See all instructions at Institute’s English requirement. The English exam determines if you meet www.pratt.edu/aid (http://www.pratt.edu/aid/). If you wish to have the the Institute’s English requirement or if you will need Intensive English IRS populate your FAFSA in seconds, click on the button asking for Program (IEP) courses to meet the requirement. permission. This greatly expedites the completion of this form. You should submit the FAFSA before February 1 for fall enrollment and If your TOEFL score is 100 iBT (or 600 pBT or 250 cBT) or higher (see by October 31 for spring enrollment. Please make sure that the email www.pratt.edu/iep) , or if English is your native language, then you will address you gave Pratt’s Office of Admissions is the email address you not need to take the exam because you meet the English requirement. use.

• FAFSA code is 002798 • Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) school code for New York State residents: 0615—undergraduate 4 Admission Requirements for Transfer Students

(teacher certification), and Communications Design. Students may Readmission apply to both Pratt in Brooklyn and PrattMWP in Utica on the Pratt Baccalaureate degree candidates seeking readmission should submit an application at the same time. Note that students are not permitted Application for Readmission (available in the Office of the Registrar or at to relocate to the Brooklyn campus early. Students must complete www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying (http://www.pratt.edu/admissions/ the full curriculum at PrattMWP before relocating to Brooklyn to finish applying/)) to the Office of the Registrar. The Application for Readmission their degree. should be accompanied by a brief statement outlining the student’s reasons for wishing to return to Pratt and official transcripts from other schools attended after leaving Pratt. Deadline dates for filing applications Intellectual Property for readmission are June 1 for the fall term and December 1 for the spring Pratt is committed to fostering the artistic and intellectual creativity term. Any student who did not file for an approved leave of absence and of our community. The products of our creativity are both the physical who, during the preceding term, either was not registered at Pratt or did property we create—paintings, designs, and manuscripts—as well not complete the term is required to apply for readmission. Requests as the intellectual ideas these works represent. The latter is called from students who left the Insti tute while not in good standing may intellectual property. Pratt’s Intellectual Property Policy applies to all of be reviewed by the Committee on Academic Standing of the school to our community members and is intended to respect the value of creators, which readmission is sought. Notification of final action and registration whether students, faculty, or staff. It also provides for sharing our creative instructions are sent to the student by the Office of the Registrar. products to further the knowledge and academic growth of our collective community. Knowledge of intellectual property rights is an important Every student, once matriculated as a freshman or a transfer student, responsibility of all members of our community and an important part is expected to complete his or her degree requirements at Pratt both of the intellectual life of every creative professional. Pratt’s complete in professional areas and in liberal arts and sciences. Credit earned at Intellectual Property Policy can be found on the web at www.pratt.edu/ other accredited institutions by readmitted students who were previously provost (http://www.pratt.edu/provost/). matriculated will be evaluated for transfer to the Pratt record by the Office of the Registrar. Readmitted students are expected to meet the degree The Arthur O. Eve Higher requirements that are in effect at the time of readmission. Education Opportunity Program Changing Schools within Pratt Director Amanda Diaz Students who wish to transfer from one school to another within the [email protected] Institute should complete a Change of School Transfer Application at pratt.slideroom.com (http://pratt.slideroom.com). Students must meet Pratt Institute is committed to providing access to higher education for the admissions criteria for the program to which they are applying. A limit all capable students. Pratt tries to ensure that no student is prevented of one transfer between schools will be considered. Students requesting from completing his or her degree due to a lack of funds. The Arthur a second transfer will be required to obtain additional approval from the O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) provides an deans of both schools. opportunity to offer admission and support to talented New York students who have not reached their full academic potential due Nonmatriculated/Special Students to barriers in their educational, economic, or personal background. Nonmatriculated or special students are not candidates for a degree Applicants must be New York State residents who meet New York State’s from Pratt Institute. They may take no more than 6 credits per semester Arthur O. Eve HEOP income guidelines. and may register only if space is available in a class after matriculated The Arthur O. Eve HEOP students are Pratt students. They attend the students have registered. Acceptance as a nonmatriculated or same classes, live in the same residence halls, participate in the same special student is based on the applicant’s background and ability to extracurricular activities, have access to the same resources, and pursue successfully complete the coursework. No more than 18 credits may the same careers as other Pratt students. The Arthur O. Eve HEOP be accumulated by a nonmatriculated student. International students provides additional supportive services designed to assist students holding a student visa must meet with the international student adviser with academic, financial, social, and personal matters. This includes before submitting an application. Additional information is ava- ilable tutoring, counseling, and financial aid for students throughout their from the Office of Admissions. A nonmatriculated/special student who college careers. plans to apply for admission as a matriculated student should meet with the chair of the program to which they wish to apply. A nondegree form is The ultimate goal of the program is to make higher education possible for available at www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying (http://www.pratt.edu/ students who are inadmissible under regular admissions guidelines, but admissions/applying/). who have the potential and motivation for academic success. PrattMWP College of Art and Design Applicants who feel that they may be eligible for the Arthur O. Eve HEOP should contact the Office of Admissions for further information and (Extension Center) check off the Arthur O. Eve HEOP on the admissions application. The PrattMWP College of Art and Design (Extension Center), Munson- Arthur O. Eve HEOP office is located on the first floor of the Information Williams-Proctor, is located in upstate New York. To apply, visit Science Center (ISC), Room 104, and is open Monday through Friday, 9 www.mwpai.edu (http://www.mwpai.edu) for a description of AM to 5 PM. Summer hours are 9 AM to 4 PM. The telephone number requirements, or check off PrattMWP on Pratt’s application. Students is 718.636.3524. Check the HEOP page at www.pratt.edu/heop (http:// take the first two years *(all studio courses must be completed) and a www.pratt.edu/heop/) for instructions on applying to the program and total of 54 credits at PrattMWP in Utica and finish the remaining two submitting years in Brooklyn. PrattMWP offers Fine Arts, Photography, Art Education your financial information.