Accepted Transfer Students

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Visit Emerson

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Schedule a Campus Visit

If you are unable to attend April Preview, you may want to schedule a Campus Visit, which includes a 30 minute information session followed by a 75 minute walking tour. All tours are led by current Emerson students, and include stops at athletic facilities, the library, campus center, classrooms, media facilities, a residence hall room, and the lobby of our main stage theatre. Schedule online...

Deadlines and Next Steps

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Use the Interactive Services website to view the current status of your application and enrollment requirements, download admission reply forms, submit an enrollment deposit, and send questions to the Admission Office.

You can use our Academic Calendar as a reference, but please add these important dates to your to-do list:

Fall enrollment

• June 1: Enrollment Deposit due, or if notified of admission after June 1, within 2 weeks (submit online)

Spring enrollment

• December 3: Tuition bills mailed
• Early January: Orientation information and housing assignments mailed
• January 4: Tuition payment due
• January 10: Updated final secondary school transcripts (or GED) and/or college transcripts due
• January 14: New student residence hall move-in and orientation
  
• February 15: Health evaluation report due
  

Transfer Credit Evaluation

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Transfer students will have their final college and university transcripts sent to the Registrar's Office to determine how many credits will transfer. An Evaluation of Transfer Credit will be available online usually one to two weeks after the decision letter is mailed. This website explains which courses will transfer, specifies the number of credits awarded, and indicates a class standing at Emerson.

Transfer credits will only be evaluated if an official school transcript with final grades are received. As you complete your classes, please mail your updated official transcripts as soon as possible so they can be evaluated. If you have questions about mailing transcripts, or if a transcript has been received by Emerson, please contact the Admission Office at admission@emerson.edu. If you have a question concerning your credit evaluation or class standing, contact the Registrar’s Office at registrar@emerson.edu.

Residency Requirement

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When considering transfer students for housing, their semesters at previous colleges are taken into consideration for the number of semesters they will be required to live in on-campus housing. Transfer students are required to live on campus for their first four semesters of college (remember that this includes semesters attended at previous colleges), and for the fifth and sixth semesters pending the availability of housing.

Housing contracts extend for through the full academic year (fall and spring), and students living on campus in the fall semester are obligated to remain in on-campus housing for the fall and spring semesters. In addition, all resident students are required to purchase one of the College-sponsored meal plans.

Please note that the College may not be able to provide on-campus housing for all students beyond their fourth semester in college (which includes semesters attended at previous colleges). In addition, students who do not meet the residency requirement will be considered for housing on a space available basis. More information about the residency requirement...

Course Registration

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The Advising Center will contact students that have been accepted for the fall (and have submitted an enrollment deposit) near the end of the summer concerning course registration.

Prepare

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Computer Purchasing and Suggested Computer Configurations

Emerson College students are not required to have their own computer, though a computer is a useful tool and many Emerson students bring their own computer to campus. More information on suggested minimum computer configurations is available.

If you are considering purchasing computer equipment, Emerson College students are eligible for discounted pricing on computer equipment from Apple, Dell, Harvard University Technology Services, and Lenovo. More information about product availability, discounted pricing, and how to purchase from Emerson’s affiliated vendors is available.

Housing and Residence Life

Emerson has a variety of residence halls each having their own unique community. These communities provide residents an opportunity to learn more about themselves and others. Also included in the residence halls are the learning communities, special floors designated for a particular interest. Information about residence halls...

If you will not be living on-campus, our Off-Campus Student Services office is available to offer assistance in finding roommates and locating apartments.

What About Safety?

Emerson’s Public Safety staff work to maintain safe and secure surroundings amid the bustle of an urban campus. Security desks are located in every Emerson building with additional desks in the residence halls that monitor access. Our Public Safety Department also provides law enforcement protection and emergency services on a 24/7 basis, a walking escort service, property identification and engraving, and a state-of-the-art emergency notification system.

Get to Know Boston

Learn about your future home - Boston, Massachusetts. We've collected a few websites that will help you learn the history of our city, find hotels in the area when your parents want to visit, and search for the best restaurants. Information about Boston...