College Transfer Process

1. Tyler Katagiri College Transfer Process

2. Benefits • Costs • Intimate Class setting • More one-on-one time with professor • Community College Courses do not count towards Manoa GPA

3. Difficulties • Less chance to get to know peers at Manoa • Less opportunity to join clubs and affiliations • Community College Courses do not count towards Manoa GPA

4. Who Is A Transfer Student • “If you are currently or were previously enrolled at a college or university other than UH Mānoa and have completed 24 or more transferable credits, or completed at least 12 semester transferable credits and have at least 12 semester transferable credits in progress, you are considered a transfer applicant.” http://manoa.hawaii.edu/admissions/undergrad/transfer.html

5. Requirements • Fall Semester Deadline May 1 • http://www.kcc.hawaii.edu/object/mkc-transfer.html • KCC transfer site • http://manoa.hawaii.edu/admissions/undergrad/transfer.html • UH Manoa transfer site

6. Class Requirements • College of Engineering • English 100 • Calculus 1 & 2 • Physics 170 / 170L • Chemistry 161 / 161L & 162

7. Process • Make UH Manoa your home campus institution • Take at one class at your new home institution

8. Transferring Difficulties • Large class sizes • Adapting to new campus • First Semester • Credits do not transfer your first semester at UH

9. Ka‘ie‘ie Program • Contact person: Nicole Iwasaki • Phone: 808-734-9596 • Email: niwasaki@hawaii.edu • Transfer smoothly and graduate with a Bachelor’s degree within four years, or the equivalent in part-time attendance. • Provide mandatory advising and academic planning to students and connect them earlier to their major department at UHM.  • Provide students the opportunity to take courses at one or both institutions while identifying the best time to transfer.

10. Ka‘ie‘ie Program Join • Students who plan to complete a Bachelor’s degree at UHM, but are not yet ready to make UHM their home institution.  • Home institution = KCC • Students are allowed to take courses at UHM.  Transfer • Students who have been: • Accepted into Ka`ie`ie as a Join, and • In the Ka`ie`ie program for at least one (1) semester, and • Are ready to make UHM their home institution (with or without an Associates degree).

11. Getting Your Classes • Contact the professor directly • Email / Office phone number • Ask, ask, and ask again if you need the class

12. Check Sheets • Every Major has one • Curriculum requirements often change • Once you are accepted into UH Manoa under your major your requirements should not change

13. Check Sheets

14. Adjustments • Higher tuition cost • UH Manoa full-time approx. $5000+Additional costs based on major • Parking Expenses • Less class flexibility

15. School Life • Meet many new people in your major • Make friends; network • Know your peers so you have people to study with • Know the upperclassman • Clubs • Internships

16. Use Your Resources • Free tutoring • Computer labs • Textbooks • Paid student research • Student jobs • http://www.hawaii.edu/sece/ • Apply for Scholarships • http://www.hawaii.edu/fas/info/scholarships.php

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