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Welcome to the University of Oklahoma! We are thrilled to have you as a member of our Sooner family! This web site is designed to give you information specific to Transfer Students and to provide you with answers most often asked by our new transfer students.
Transfer students come to the University of Oklahoma from varying schools and backgrounds -- some from two-year colleges and some from four-year universities; some from small towns and some from large cities. The one common factor is that all transfer students bring experience from another educational environment. Every new student comes with uncertainty about what the OU experience is going to offer. To help our transfer students acclimate to OU quickly, we have assembled some of the most frequently asked questions. If you do not find the answer to your question, or if you have a suggestion for this web page, please contact us by email at advising@ou.edu (and include your ID number) or call (405) 325-3221.
As a new transfer student, your first priority is to meet with your college-level academic counselor. This meeting is critical, as your counselor will review your transcript with you to let you know how your transfer coursework applies to your degree program at the University of Oklahoma. Your advisor will also give you a brief orientation to OU and your college, as well as provide your initial advising. The Who-How-Where of Advising will provide you with information about your chosen college and who your advisor is.
Most colleges at the University of Oklahoma use the iAdvise appointment system. When you log in with your 4x4 (first four letters of your last name and last four digits of your student ID number) and password, the system will take you into your college/advisor appointment book to schedule an appointment. The Advising Home Page provides information on colleges that use either iAdvise or an alternate means of scheduling appointments.
Transfer credit can show on your transcript in several different ways:
In your initial visit with your college-level counselor you will learn how the credit applies to your OU degree program. The Transferring Courses link provides in-depth information about the process of ensuring credit for transfer work.
The Transfer Course Equivalency Tables provide information for transfer courses that have already been evaluated for OU credit. These tables are divided into Oklahoma Two-Year Colleges, Oklahoma Four-Year Colleges, and Out-Of-State (Texas) Institutions. The instructions at the TE Tables link will explain how to use the tables.
Transfer students sometimes feel like outsiders because they did not come to OU directly from high school. The Transfer Student Advisory Board was created with these students in mind, and their purpose is to help transfer students become full-fledged Sooners as quickly as possible. The board is composed of students who transferred to OU, and because they have walked the transfer student path, they are a great resource for help from someone who knows what you are dealing with.
