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MICUA Matters Spring 2011
Over the past couple years, Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg has increased its commitment to recruiting community college students and the efforts have gotten results: in the past year, the number of transfer applications doubled.
The Mount’s Associate Director of Admissions, Mary Catherine James, has been visiting colleges in the area for the past 10 years and working with transfer students. “The Mount is a great place to complete your four-year degree because of the different benefits we offer students who have their associate’s degree. We recognize their achievement by purchasing their textbooks for the four semesters they are at the Mount completing their bachelor’s degree. We also reward the hard work of honor students with a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship.”
The Mount admitted 50 new transfer students during fall 2010, bringing the total number of transfer students to 150. Total enrollment for the Mount is 2,100, including 1,600 undergraduates. Despite the growing number of transfer students, there is still room for more, according to the Mount’s Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Management, Michael Post. “The increase is showing students that we mean business. We truly are a transfer-friendly university. We realize that students spent two great years at a community college nearby, but we want them to finish that education here.” Dean Post hopes transfers continue to look at the Mount as a viable place to earn their four-year degree and eventually their graduate degree.
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