Catalog 73 - National University

Academic Information for Undergraduate Degrees56Admission ProceduresAdmissions AdvisingNational University offers year-round admission. Persons seekingadmission to undergraduate studies at National University areunique in their specific circumstances and needs. Applicants areinterviewed by an admissions advisor, who discusses the applicants’specific requirements for admission at the initial interview. Allprospective and registered students receive a unique nine-digitstudent number.Faculty AdvisingUpon admission to the University, students may contact a facultyadvisor to assist them in making appropriate decisions abouteducational and career-related issues. Faculty advisors, who arelisted under each degree program within this catalog, providestudents the benefit of experience in professional practice and insightgathered from years of formal study in higher education. Studentsshould direct requests for information about curriculum content,course requirements, proficiency examinations, and program goals totheir faculty advisor as well. Faculty advisors help students meetUniversity academic regulations and standards.Use of Social Security NumberApplicants must include their Social Security Number whereindicated on the application for admission forms. The Social SecurityNumber is used to identify student records, including records forfinancial aid eligibility and the disbursement and repayment offinancial aid and other debts payable to the University. The InternalRevenue Service requires the university to file forms that includeinformation such as amount paid for tuition. This information isused by the IRS to help determine whether a student, or a personclaiming the student as a dependent, may take a credit or deductionon their federal income taxes.E-mail AddressAll students should provide, if available, a valid e-mail addresswhere indicated on the application for admission forms. NationalUniversity regularly uses e-mail to communicate importantannouncements to its students regarding financial aid, studentaccounts, advising, student records, and more. As the preferredmethod of communication, it is important that students provide theUniversity with an e-mail address they use frequently and notify theUniversity if it changes. The University keeps students e-mailaddresses on file with other contact information.QualificationsApplicants for admission to an undergraduate degree program mustmeet the following requirements:Freshman Admission Applicants:• Must have attended a regionally accredited high school• High school graduates applying for enrollment at NationalUniversity must have a high school GPA of 2.0.• High school applicants who are within six months of completingtheir high school diploma may be eligible for conditionaladmission. See conditional admission section below.Transfer applicants:• Applicants who have completed fewer than 90 quarter (60semester) units of transferable college credit (remedial-levelcourses are nontransferable) must have graduated from highschool, passed a high school-level G.E.D. test (standard score foreach section must be at least 40 with an overall score of 225), orreceived a Certificate of Proficiency from a State Department ofEducation to be accepted on a provisional basis.• Applicants transferring from regionally accredited colleges anduniversities are admitted as degree students if their cumulativegrade point average from all schools is 2.0 (C) or better.• Applicants with a cumulative grade point average below 2.0 maybe admitted on probationary status if the Committee on theApplication of Standards (CAS) determines there is sufficientevidence of potential to complete college studies. SeeProbationary Admission below.• Students who have documents from a foreign country mustrequest a foreign credential pre-evaluation to determine eligibilitythrough their admissions advisor.All applicants must present preliminary evidence of prior educationat the required interview with an admissions advisor. Unofficialtranscripts are acceptable.All applicants to the University must also:a. Complete an application for admissionb. Execute an enrollment agreementc. Pay a nonrefundable application fee of $60* It is strongly recommended that all undergraduate studentscomplete the mathematics and English ACCUPLACER evaluation.Note: If the University determines that a student does not meetstated admissions requirements, his/her studies will be interrupted.The Committee on the Application of Standards must approve anyexceptions to the above admissions requirements before the applicantcan be accepted for admission to the University.Provisional AcceptanceUndergraduate students may take courses during provisionalacceptance while the Office of the Registrar awaits receipt of officialtranscripts from:• All colleges and universities the student has previously attended.• All examinations the student has taken including CLEP, AP,DANTES, and/or Excelsior College Exams• Military documents• Official Military DD-295 or Official Military SMART Transcript(Navy or Marine)• Copy of the DD-214• AARTS (Army/American Council on Education RegistryTranscript) Transcript (Army)• Coast Guard Institute (Coast Guard)• Community College of the Air Force transcript• High school transcripts (required if the student has less than 60semester units [90 quarter units] of transferable coursework fromprevious collegiate level institutions or if the student has notattended any higher education institution). G.E.D. or high schoolproficiency certificates may be submitted by students who haveobtained high school equivalency through an alternative route.If the Office of the Registrar does not receive all requireddocumentation within three months of the date of admission, thestudents’ studies are temporarily interrupted until the Registrarreceives all official documents. If the students’ studies aretemporarily interrupted this can affect financial aid eligibility. The