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Admissions
www.lwtech.edu/admissions
Placement assessment tests are administered regularly at
no charge. Drop in and scheduled times are posted at the
assessment center or on the assessment center Web page.
TRANSFERRING COURSES TO LWIT FROM
DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS
If you have completed classes at other colleges or
universities, transferring credit to LWIT may help you
complete requirements here. The easiest way to transfer
your credits is to contact the transcript office of your
previous college(s), and have your official (sealed)
transcripts sent to:
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Enrollment Services
11605 132nd Avenue NE
Kirkland, WA 98034
Note: If you would like to go over your transcripts with an
adviser, bring the sealed transcripts or an unofficial copy
to room W207. An adviser will unofficially evaluate your
credits. Based on this unofficial evaluation, the adviser
can help you choose your classes.
TRANSFERRING COURSES TO LWIT FROM
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Students who wish to transfer courses from institutions
outside of the United States must have a course-bycourse
evaluation of their transcripts performed by
an international credential evaluation agency. A list of
agencies is available online.
Once the agency evaluation is complete, submit the
officially sealed evaluation along with an English
translation of your international transcript to Enrollment
Services W201 (see address above). A copy of your
transcript will be made and the original will be returned to
you. In order to match courses with specific LWIT courses,
students may be required to obtain course descriptions in
addition to submitting the agency evaluation.
TRANSFER CREDIT PROCESS
Enrollment Services Staff will evaluate your transcript
based on your current program of study, specifically
looking for courses that satisfy LWIT Academic Core
requirements and/or prerequisite requirements for one
of our Selective Admissions Programs (BTAD, Dental
Hygiene, Physical Therapist Assistant, and Nursing).
Due to high demand for evaluation services students
are encouraged to submit official transcripts at the time
they apply to LWIT. Evaluation results will be available
2-4 weeks after the receipt of official transcripts. The total
number of credits transferred in and the institution from
which the credits were transferred from will be posted to
your LWIT transcript. The results of the evaluation can be
viewed by running a degree audit (SID and PIN required)
for your current program of study.
If you would like to go over your transcripts with an adviser,
bring the sealed transcripts or an unofficial copy to Student
Development (W207). An adviser will unofficially evaluate
your credits and help you with course selection. For
additional information about advising, course selection,
and creating an academic plan please visit our Advising
page at www.lwtech.edu/advising.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Students who complete college-level work in high
school may receive credit at LWIT based on scores on the
Advanced Placement examination administered by the
College Board. In most subject areas credit is awarded
for scores of 3.0 or higher. Information on transfer credit
awarded for AP exams can be found online.
COLLEGE-LEVEL EXAMINATION
PROGRAM (CLEP)
CLEP provides students the opportunity to earn college
credit for knowledge obtained in non-traditional settings
(self study, job training, internships, personal interest,
etc.). Additional information about CLEP exams can be
found at the College Board. Information about taking
CLEP exams at LWIT and transfer credit award can be
found online: www.lwtech.edu/assessment
Enrollment Services
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