Transfer Application Requirements

We accept both the RWU Rapid Application and Common Application. 

With your application, please include a Personal Statement or letter of intent about why you want to transfer! Many students use this as an opportunity to clarify any bumps on their educational path.

You do not have to have all the required credentials on hand when you submit your application. You can submit the required materials as you obtain them.

Transcripts are required from every college attended. Unofficial transcripts can be submitted for initial review, however official final transcripts are required to post credits to your academic record.

Regardless of credit amount, we need proof of high school graduation (Dated high school transcript, high school diploma, or GED Certificate).

The Dean's Release Form lets us know that you are in good academic, financial, and judicial standing at your most recent school.  You must complete Part 1 of the Form, which grants us permission to send Part 2 of the Form to a college official, most commonly a Dean of Students, at your most recent institution attended.  

Access Part 1 of the Form.

List all your accomplishments, awards, affiliations, employment, and volunteer experiences so that we can get a snapshot of who you are outside the classroom.

Mid-Semester Grades may be required for currently enrolled students upon request.

While these are not required, some students like to include letters of recommendation to strengthen their application. These can come from teachers, employers, coaches, and more.

• RWU is a test-optional school. If you have taken the SAT or ACT in the past five years, feel free to submit your test results.
• College Board SAT & TOEFL: 3729
• ACT: 3814

A portfolio of two and/or three-dimensional work demonstrating evidence of an applicant’s creative potential is required for all applicants for admission to the B.S. in Architecture program. The intent of the portfolio requirement is twofold—to offer applicants some idea of activities you will be engaged in as an architecture student, and to allow the school to begin to estimate your emerging potential at this earliest stage of your architectural education. Consistent with the mission of our program, Roger Williams University is interested in and celebrates the variety of expression that applicants demonstrate. Applicants come from a variety of backgrounds, and we appreciate this variety as a basis for beginning the study architecture at the college level.

The portfolio should consist of 8-12 examples of the applicant’s work, each piece clearly labeled.

Your work portfolio should be submitted through one of the following:

• SlideRoom
   
• Email to admit@rwu.edu with the subject line ‘Portfolio’
   
• Mail in a simple 8-1/2” x 11” binder to:
  
  Office of Undergraduate Admissions 
  Roger Williams University 
  One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809

The portfolio should contain reproductions of two and three-dimensional work recently executed in high school or college art course work, independent works by the applicant, or summer programs in Art or Architecture that you may have completed. High quality black + white copies and color copies as relevant to the work are acceptable.

While Roger Williams University is a test-optional institution, students applying to the Elementary and Secondary Education programs are required to submit either SAT or ACT scores in accordance with Rhode Island Department of Education guidelines for direct entry by the end of their college sophomore year. These scores must be official scores sent from Collegeboard or ACT.  The Rhode Island Department of Education standardized test minimums are as follows:

Standardized Test Minimums

SAT

EBRW: 480

Math: 530 

ACT

English: 18

Math: 22

Reading: 22

Students Unable to Test

Students who are unable to test, send only self-reported scores, or do not meet the requirements through SAT or ACT scores may still qualify for these programs by taking an alternative academic skills exam or through faculty approval.

Students Not Meeting Thresholds

Students who do not meet these thresholds at the time of application may be considered for admission as an undeclared education student until they attain the necessary scores or meet alternative requirements.

Additional Majors

In addition, applicants to the Secondary Education program must select one of the following additional majors within the Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, English, Modern Languages, History, and double major in Dance Performance Studies and Secondary Education.

Students selecting dance as a major who want consideration for a Talent Scholarship in addition to a merit scholarship are required to submit a video audition and supplemental materials.  Required items must be submitted through the RWU Applicant Portal.  Here are the virtual audition guidelines:

Videos

You must provide a link to your videos using YouTube or Vimeo.  Please include: 

• A 2–3-minute video of yourself training in a studio and/or performing in a concert setting.  Please select material that highlights your technical skills in the following elements: 
• Stability and Balance 
• Mobility and Locomotion 
• Gestural Clarity of Limbs and Spine 
• Multiple Direction and Level Changes 
• Variations in Energy and Timing Dynamics 
• Anatomically Sound Alignment Throughout  
• 2–3-minute solo: 
  • Your solo must be performed by you; however, the choreography may be your own, someone else’s, or a collaboration.
  • Consider your solo a vehicle to share not only your technique, but also what you love to do! 

Supplemental Materials

• Dance Resume and Photo 
• A Brief Cover Letter:
  • This can take the form of an informal introduction letter. The purpose is to help us understand your interests as a dancer, scholar, and future professional. 

Questions?  Please contact: 

• Dance & Performance Studies Professor: Cathy Nicoli at cnicoli@rwu.edu 
• Admissions Representative: Jess Thibeault at jthibeault@rwu.edu