On February 15, 2002, Collin County Community College District and Southern Methodist University entered into a *Pre-admission Agreement. According to the agreement, Collin students may apply to become pre-admission students at the beginning of their first year of study at Collin and transfer to SMU after their first or second year of study, provided they follow SMU's curriculum guidelines and comply with all SMU admission requirements.
Dual Students
will receive the following student benefits at SMU:
- Special lecture events tickets
- The right to attend
events that are free to students
- The right to purchase
student tickets to those events requiring ticket purchases
- Library privileges
- SMU newsletter
- Discounted DART pass
- SMU computer store discount
Every pre-admission student will have access to SMU advisors.
SMU will provide scholarship opportunities pre-admission students, as it does for students from other community colleges, who meet the SMU transfer scholarship criteria. Information regarding these opportunities will be provided to pre-admission students.
To apply to become pre-admission students, Collin students must follow SMU's published curriculum guidelines, meet all SMU admission requirements, and complete the *Pre-admission Application. SMU's application fee is waived when the student transfers to SMU. The Collin/SMU Admissions Committee will review each application and make recommendations for student selection. The application packet must contain official Collin transcripts, standardized test scores, personal essay, and one letter of recommendation.
In order to transfer to SMU, pre-admission students must maintain a grade point average of 2.95 in transferable hours if they have less than 30 semester credit hours. Pre-admission students with more than 30 semester credit hours must maintain a GPA of 2.7 in transferable hours. Collin students may transfer no more than 62 semester credit hours to SMU.
For more information read the *SMU-Collin Pre-admission Information Sheet which is attached to the application or contact:
Collin College:
Todd Fields, registrar, at 972.881.5710
Stephanie Hanson, coordinator of transfer programs, at 972.985.3734
Debra Lamb, academic advisor, at 972.881.5165
Southern Methodist University:
Abbi Pfister, admission counselor, at 214-768-4766
Other Collin-SMU Agreements
The Collin County Community College District and Southern Methodist University Cooperative Program in Engineering was established to increase the number, quality, and diversity of students pursuing engineering at Collin who will then transfer on SMU’s School of Engineering.
Please contact either the Collin or SMU contacts for information about applying for the Collin-SMU Cooperative Program in Engineering.
Dave Galley, Professor
Collin/Preston Ridge Campus (H213)
9700 Wade Boulevard
Frisco, TX 75035
972.377.1676
SMU/Caruth Engineering
3145 Dyer Street
Dallas, TX 75205
214.768.3041
The latest SMU updates are available at http://www.smu.edu/admission/apply_transfer_require.asp
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