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We look forward to helping you with your transfer questions.

Our goal is to maximize your past post-secondary academic record by carefully evaluating credit and applying it to Polk State College equivalent courses or using it for electives in programs where electives apply.

TIPS FOR ADMITTING AS A TRANSFER STUDENT

Our best advice is to start early. If you apply no later than six weeks before the term starts, your credits will most likely be evaluated and entered into Polk State's student record system before the registration period for the term is over. Apply six weeks before the posted open registration date, if you want your credits evaluated in time to register early.
Order a transcript from every post-secondary college or university you attended. See below for specific information about accreditation and how it affects your transfer credit.
Have an unofficial copy of your transcripts with you when you visit the advisor. It will help you register for appropriate classes without duplicating what you have already taken.
Look at your Passport account often to watch for your transcript evaluations and call us right away if:

You ordered a transcript more than two weeks ago, and it is not showing as received.

You question the results of any evaluation. (You should take this question to an advisor who will complete an Advisor Action Request form with you to be submitted to the Registrar.)

TIPS ON ORDERING TRANSCRIPTS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS

To order a transcript from your sending institution(s), contact your former institution or visit its website to learn its procedure. Most state colleges and universities will send an electronic transcript. Some institutions charge a transcript fee. A form is available below to request a transcript from your previous institutions. Our mailing address for paper transcript requests is:

Polk State College
Registrar's Office
999 Ave. H NE
Winter Haven, FL 33881-4299

TIPS ON NATIONALLY ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS

We will not accept credits from schools that are not under a nationally approved accreditation body. The CHEA or U.S. DOE maintains lists of approved accrediting bodies. An easy way to know if your institution is accredited by an approved national accrediting body is that approved ones can distribute federal financial aid. Schools with non-approved accrediting bodies cannot distribute federal financial aid.

If your institution has an approved accrediting body, then thoroughly complete the Credit Evaluation Worksheet. We will not process submitted worksheets that are not 100% complete. You must be a matriculated student before we will process a worksheet. A matriculated student has attended at least one term past the drop/add day of the term and has a transcribed record from Polk State College. You must make this request before the Drop/Add day of your graduating term for credit transfer consideration.

Contact your transferring institution's registrar for assistance with answers to the worksheet questions. Each student must complete the worksheet. One student's credit from a sending institution may be accepted but another's not for the same course, depending on the factors on the worksheet for the section of the course you took.

Contact the Senior Transcript Evaluator at swalker@polk.edu or by phone at 863-297-1010 Ext. 5264.

No transfer credit is guaranteed.

COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT REQUEST	If you attended any other college or university at the post-secondary level, you are required to provide a transcript from each school attended. Please complete an Incoming Transcript Request form for each institution you attended. These must be received within six weeks of your first term.
HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT REQUEST	If you attended a Florida high school, Polk State College can receive the transcript through FASTER electronic transmission. Request that your high school send a transcript *after* you complete an application. If your high school is from out of state or does not participate in FASTER, then submit the Incoming Transcript Request form to your high school.
PROGRAMS OFFERED	See a list of programs available at Polk State College. Click on Degree and Career Programs to see details on programs.
CREDIT EVALUATION WORKSHEET	If you have earned credits at a non-regionally accredited institution, you will need to complete this worksheet to have credits evaluated. No evaluation will begin until you submit this worksheet. For assistance with the worksheet, please email the Senior Transcript advisor at swalker@polk.edu.
TRANSFER POLICIES IN THE CATALOG	Read the section on transfer policies for details on how transfer credit is evaluated.
TRANSFER POLICIES IN THE CATALOG-- ACADEMIC PROBATION OR SUSPENSION	If you are transferring and are on Academic Probation or Suspension, read the policies in the current catalog.

Polk State College
Registrar's Office
999 Ave. H NE
Winter Haven, FL 33881-4299