Student Types
An applicant who has attended a college or university after high school before enrolling at a new institution.
What is a transfer student?
The very first step to join ULtra
What is applying to JCTC?
Minimum cumulative GPA requirement to be admitted as a transfer student to UofL. GPA requirement for Arts & Sciences (including pre-programs).
Automatic Transfer scholarship based on academic merit and Kentucky residency. Students receive $2,000 per academic year.
What is the Kentucky Guaranteed Transfer Scholarship?
The Associate Director of Transfer and Adult Services. Oversees transfer team, ULtra team, and transfer credit articulation team.
Who is Sara Wheeler?
A student who is 20 or older that is attending college for the first time.
What is an Adult Freshman?
The amount of credit hours it takes to get an associate degree
What are 60 credit hours?
If a student has less than ____ credit hours, they also need to submit a final high school transcript in addition to their college transcript.
What is 24?
Automatic scholarship for non-resident, out-of-state students who will be transferring as a full-time student. Students receive $5,000-$7,500 based on their GPA and transferrable hours.
Assistant Director of Transfer Services and head of comms for Transfer Team.
Who is Stephannie Early?
A student applying to UofL that has attended UofL in the past, but may have also attended another institution.
What is a Readmit/Returning student?
The four members of our ULtra team!
Who are Lucretia Buckner, Troy Rice, Ketti Tonnemacher, and Brittany Schmoetzer?
The name of the online course equivalency guide
What is Transfer Equivalency System (TES)?
Grant program that offers up to $4,000 of debt forgiveness to returning students
What is Comeback Cards?
Head of transfer/adult scholarships and recruitment of transfer students.
Who is Tessa Pickle?
A non-degree seeking student that has already obtained a bachelor's degree.
UofL classes that ULtra students are able to take at the JCTC tuition rate before transferring to UofL
What are Metroversity classes?
What is the petition process?
This is a last-dollar scholarship program offered to JCPS graduates. Requires that students have completed their Associate’s degree, enrolled as a degree seeking student at UofL, and must be KEES and PELL eligible.
What is Evolve502? (AKA 2+2 Program)
Admissions counselor working with adult students and Latinx transfer/adult students. Previously worked for the International Center.
Who is Crystal Flores?
A student who is 65 or older and a Kentucky resident. They can be non-degree or degree-seeking.
What is a Donovan Scholar?
This event is held in coordination with UofL’s Academic Unit on-site to expose ULtra students to unit requirements/ expectations. This event helps to prepare students to realities of reviewing an advanced degree in various fields.
What is LEAD? (AKA Leaders Exploring Advanced Degrees or LEAD for the Future)
Online form that prospects can fill out to understand how their credits will transfer over. Transfer credit articulation team will send a summary of transfer credits based on unofficial transcript.
What is a Pre-Evaluation?
The only two Transfer/Adult scholarships that require an application
What are the KCTCS Scholarship and the Osher Reentry Scholarship?
Works front desk, monitors the transfer email/phone, and was previously a DSAA!
Who is Lauryn McWhorter?