Each year, HMC welcomes transfer students who are hungry for a challenge. What they find is an innovative curriculum, dedicated professors, and an eclectic community of bright and talented students.

Here you’ll find the information you need to get started on your application. We’ve also put together a handy list of important dates. Note that we do not allow mid-year transfers, nor do we offer a visiting student program. All new students arrive in the fall and application deadlines are set accordingly.

Learn more about applying as a transfer student:
Eligibility requirements
Application checklist
Credit for completed courses
Academic preparation
Applying to HMC for a second degree
Special circumstances

Eligibility requirements for transfer students
You’re eligible to apply for transfer admission at HMC if:

• You’re planning to transfer at the start of fall term. We admit transfer students for the fall term only.
• You will have completed two or more terms of academic work (in good standing) at a recognized institution of higher learning by the time you enroll at HMC.
• Your course of study will allow you to spend at least two years (four semesters) in residence as a matriculated HMC student.
  

Regardless of your past academic experience, you’ll be required to meet all curricular requirements for graduation at HMC.

Application checklist
The application deadline for transfers is April 1. Here’s what you need to include in your HMC application (if you’ve previously applied to HMC, contact the Office of Admission about transferring so we can reactivate the previous application and help you complete it):

• Application Form
  The Common Application must be accompanied by a $60 application fee. (Please use the cancelled check as your receipt.) If you have unusual financial need, you may use an official fee waiver request from the College Board, or you may submit a letter, signed by your financial aid counselor, requesting the fee be waived.
  
  
• HMC Supplement to the Common Application and Student Essays
  In addition to the Common Application, you must submit the HMC Supplement to the Common Application and the required essays to complete your file.
  
  
• College Official’s Report
  Fill in your name and then give the form to the Dean of Students or to an academic advisor. The recommender should complete both sides and mail it to us. The main purpose of this form is to let us know that you have maintained good standing with your college or university.
  
  
• College Instructor Evaluation: Math or Science
  Fill in your name, attach a stamped/pre-addressed envelope, and give the form to one of your college professors in the field of mathematics, science, or engineering.
  
  
• College Instructor Evaluation: Humanities or Social Sciences
  Fill in your name, attach a stamped/pre-addressed envelope, and give the form to one of your college professors, preferably a humanities or social sciences professor.
  
  
• Official Transcripts of Your High School Record and Transcript(s) of Your College Record to Date
  Please send these transcripts immediately, and follow with a copy of your updated transcript as soon as it is available. If you have been enrolled in at more than one secondary school and/or more than one college or university, you must provide an official transcript from each institution.
  
  
• Work in Progress Form
  Please fill out the Work in Progress form and return it to the HMC Office of Admission by April 1.
  
  
• SAT II Exams:
  Two SAT II Exams are strongly recommended: Math 2 and a second of your choice. To register for these exams, go to www.collegeboard.com.
  
  
• Course Descriptions
  A photocopy of a course description for each course you have taken in college will be necessary for a preliminary credit evaluation. Paste or tape a copy of these course descriptions, taken from your college catalogue, onto a separate sheet of paper. Do not send electronic copies. Please indicate a schedule of any coursework that you plan to take in the summer, along with descriptions of those courses as well.
  
  
• Recommended Interview: We’d love to meet you. Visit us for an on-site interview and campus tour. Call the Office of Admission at (909) 621-8011 to arrange an interview, or learn more about scheduling an interview.
  
  

Credit for completed courses
Decisions about placement and credit for courses completed at other institutions are made on an individual basis in consultation with our department chairpersons after you’ve been admitted. We’ll provide an estimate of your credit status after we send the offer of admission, but official credit and placement decisions are made by our faculty during orientation. You may be expected to take placement examinations offered by individual academic departments.

Academic preparation
The most successful transfer applicants have the following credentials:

• College GPA
  Transfer candidates tend to be high achievers; most applicants have college GPAs of 3.5 or above. If your college GPA is below 3.0, HMC is probably not a good match for you.
  

• College Coursework
  We typically accept transfer students who have completed a curriculum that is reasonably equivalent to our core courses. We prefer not to place transfer students into freshman courses. Your transfer application will be more attractive if you can complete as much of our core coursework before enrolling. Courses that are compatible with our core curriculum include:
  
  
  • Physics (with lab) - try to have at least one full year. HMC students follow a three-semester sequence including topics in mechanics & wave motion; electricity and magnetism; special relativity theory and quantum mechanics
  • Chemistry (with lab) - a full year
  • The entire Calculus sequence (single, intermediate and multi-variable Calculus)
  • Statistics
  • Linear Algebra 
  • Differential Equations
  • At least one writing-intensive course in the Humanities
  • General Biology
    
    

Applying to HMC for a second degree
HMC doesn’t have a second-degree program, but we can admit students who’ve already earned a bachelor's degree. So if you’ve already completed a bachelor’s degree in any subject, you:

• May apply as a transfer candidate, with no financial assistance available to you.
• Must complete all of HMC’s graduation requirements, which would probably take at least two, but possibly three, years of study at HMC.
  
  

Special Circumstances
If unusual circumstances impact your academic record (for example, you were home-schooled for high school, you’ve attended several high schools or colleges, you’ve been on leave from college for a year or more and now plan to re-enter college, or you applied to HMC during a previous application period), feel free to contact the Office of Admission for a little guidance.