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Transfer Admission Requirements

• To be considered for admission you must be in good academic standing at the last institution you attended and have a minimum 2.2 grade point average in transferable work.
• If you are transferring in 24 credits or more, you do not need an SAT or ACT score.
• We admit students at all class levels for both fall and spring semesters.
• General Education does not have to be completed before entry.

What is Transferable?

• Community college courses are transferable up to 70 units (California State University transferability guidelines apply).
• If you have fewer than 24 units of transferable credit, a high school transcript will be required.
• We make every effort to match your transferable courses to our General Education and major requirements.
• We accept a completed IGETC in place of our own lower division and education requirements.
• With the exception of remedial work, all courses from regionally accredited, degree granting, four-year colleges and universities are transferable.
• With the exception of English and vocational courses, work done at recognized degree granting foreign institutions is generally transferable.

Application Requirements

Download a Priority Application for Admission or click here to apply online. Click any requirement for more information:

• Official Transcripts [ get details ]

  We require official, sealed transcripts from ALL colleges and universities you have previously attended. Regardless of grades received or completed coursework we will require the official transcript.

  If you have completed less than 30 college level units, we will require that you submit your official high school transcript as well.

  All transcripts may be mailed directly to us at:
  Holy Names University
  Office of Admission
  3500 Mountain Blvd.
  Oakland, CA 94619

• Essay [ get details ]

  Holy Names University is a community of educators and students dedicated to learning through a framework of social justice and service. HNU is also a dynamic and very diverse community where students prepare for leadership in a global world by living and studying with people from many different backgrounds.

  One of the requirements of admission to the HNU community is for you to tell us a little bit about yourself in the context of social justice, service, and diversity. While there are several ways to consider these three issues, we are interested in knowing more about the ways you see them.

  Please respond thoughtfully to one of the following questions in no more than two pages. Double space your responses and submit them as an attachment to an e-mail.

  Students applying to our 2+2 Nursing Program must choose prompt #2.

  1. Please describe a difficult situation in your life where you needed to overcome adversity. What did you learn from that experience and how does it help you better understand other people?
  2. Please describe a situation in your life when a person you respected would have said you were a leader. As you think about that situation, describe whether you were serving others, leading by example, motivating, organizing, or all of the above. What do you think the relationship is between leading and serving?
  3. Please describe a situation in your life when you were involved with someone who was very different from you. As you think about that situation, describe what diversity means to you and what you believe are the benefits of living and studying in a diverse environment.
• Letter of Recommendation [ get details ]

  We require all students to submit a minimum of one letter of recommendation and a maximum of three. Letters may be from a counselor, teacher, coach, work supervisor, or community member with whom you have worked. It is strongly recommended that you submit a letter of recommendation from a teacher.

  Letters of recommendation may be sent directly to:
  Holy Names University
  Office of Admission
  3500 Mountain Blvd.
  Oakland, CA 94619

  Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to have an application sent to you.

Nursing Students

Admission Requirements and Procedures »

International Students

Holy Names University accepts international students on a regular basis. This is done to provide a genuine, cross-cultural educational experience for both international and domestic students. Holy Names University's goal is to provide opportunities to intelligent and outgoing students who desire an educational experience in the United States.
Admission Requirements and Procedures »

Articulation Agreements

Holy Names has Articulation Agreements with numerous colleges to accept credits in transfer towards specific academic programs. Learn if your college is among them and how it works here »

Undergraduate Admissions Counselors

You will be assigned an admission counselor based on the location of your high school. Please contact your counselor with any questions regarding the admissions process. Click here to meet your admissions counselor.  

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