Rhodes College is ready to welcome Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) students. The closure of BSC is a tragic loss, and Rhodes is ready to guide you through this challenging and uncertain time. Whether you are a rising sophomore, junior, or senior, we have developed specific pathways to help you graduate on time.
For BSC students, Rhodes offers:
- A quick transfer process.
- A commitment to transfer the maximum number of general education and major/minor credits.
- Individual faculty advisors who will help you map your way to graduation.
- Like BSC, a small liberal arts college environment, with close learning relationships with faculty alongside opportunities for experiential learning in a major metropolitan area.
- Summer school opportunities beginning May 2024.
- An extended application deadline. Note: there is no application fee.
Have questions about transferring to Rhodes?
- Faculty Advisors: If you’d like to meet one-on-one with a faculty advisor who can look at your transcript and help you determine how your transfer will work, email us at advising@rhodes.edu. We’ll connect you with a faculty member at Rhodes who will personally help you with any questions you may have.
- If you have additional questions about the transfer application process, please contact Lauren Sefton, Director of International Admission, at seftonl@rhodes.edu.
Please complete this form and our team will be in contact with you if we need any more information. Or, see below for ways to apply:
How to Apply online:
If you previously applied to Rhodes as a first-year applicant:
- Submit the Transfer Reapply Form. Upon submission, you will receive an email with additional instructions.
- Submit official or unofficial final transcripts from your secondary school. (Official transcripts must be submitted upon enrollment.)
- Submit official or unofficial transcripts from all post-secondary schools you have attended (Official transcripts must be submitted upon enrollment.)
- Give the College Official′s Report to the appropriate dean or college official to complete.
- You must submit the Mid-Term Report from your professors if you are currently enrolled in courses.
- Submit a short-response explanation of why you wish to transfer to Rhodes. You may upload this to your Rhodes portal or email it to Lauren Sefton, Director of International Admission, at seftonl@rhodes.edu.
- Your test scores and teacher recommendations from your original application will be rolled over to your transfer application. If you wish to have a professor share an optional letter of recommendation, they may email it to Lauren Sefton at seftonl@rhodes.edu..
- Complete the CSS Profile.
- Submit the FAFSA (Rhodes Title IV code: 003519) if you are applying for need-based financial aid.
If you have not previously applied to Rhodes as a first-year student:
- Complete the Transfer Common Application,
- Submit official or unofficial final transcripts from your secondary school. (Official transcripts must be submitted upon enrollment.)
- Submit official or unofficial transcripts from all post-secondary schools you have attended (Official transcripts must be submitted upon enrollment.)
- Optional: Submit SAT or ACT scores to Rhodes (We also consider self-reported test scores via your application or your Rhodes portal.)
- Give the College Official′s Report to the appropriate dean or college official to complete,.
- You must submit the Mid-Term Report from your professors if you are currently enrolled in courses.
- Complete the CSS Profile.
- Submit the FAFSA (Rhodes Title IV code: 003519) if you are applying for need-based financial aid.
If you have additional questions about the transfer application process, please contact Lauren Sefton, Director of International Admission, at seftonl@rhodes.edu.