Admission to VSB is highly competitive. A student wishing to transfer into VSB from another Villanova college must successfully complete a calculus course, attend a mandatory information session, and complete an application. Dates and times of the mandatory information sessions are announced at the start of each semester. The applications are available online and the submission deadline is May 1. All applications are reviewed by the VSB Admissions/Academic Standing Committee in mid-May.
If a student has transferred into another Villanova college from another institution, the student may not apply as an internal transfer to VSB.
Transfer Policies:
- All grades in core courses that satisfy VSB degree requirements transfer (e.g. ACS 1000; ACS 1001; ENG 1050; THL 1000; and PHI 1000.)
- Calculus Substitution:
MAT 1505 will satisfy a non-business or free elective. If a student completed a two three-credit calculus sequence (e.g. MAT 1320 and MAT 1325) prior to transfer, credit will be given for MAT 1500 (4 cr.) only.
- Language Course Substitution:
A foreign language course may fulfill a humanities or non-business or free elective. However, if a student completed 2 years of a language in high school (except Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindustani, Japanese, or Russian), credit for introductory courses in that language taken at the college level will not satisfy degree requirements, including electives.
- Statistics Substitution:
For students who have completed one semester of Statistics (STAT 1230), transfer credit will be given for a non-business or free elective. Students are still required to take STAT 1430.
For students who have taken both STAT 1230 and 1235 prior to transfer, transfer credit will be given for STAT 1430 only.
Once an internal transfer student has successfully completed two consecutive semesters in VSB and has attained a minimum of 2.5 GPA in each semester, grades for courses that do not apply to the student’s VSB curriculum may be excluded from the calculation of the student’s GPA and total credits earned. The exclusion is not automatic. Students must petition The Clay Center at VSB for permission. However, the original course and grade earned will remain on the student’s transcript.