Transfer Services

Transfer Services is here to help students move from MCC to a four-year college or university. We can help you explore colleges, choose MCC courses, talk to college representatives, and navigate your applications. It's a good idea to start planning for transfer early - ideally in your first semester at MCC.

There are different types of transfer agreements between MCC and four-year colleges & universities:

• Transfer Pathways - These are guides that show you which MCC courses to take to graduate with an Associate degree and prepare for a smooth transfer at a specific four-year school and major.
• Competitive Transfer Pathways (formerly called 2+2s) - These are special agreements for majors that have limited spots at the four-year college, need specialized advising, and/or require you to take courses at the other school while you are at MCC. (This is called cross registration.) To be officially accepted, you’ll need to meet requirements like a certain GPA, specific classes, and a limit on how many college credits you’ve already earned.
  If you’re accepted into a Competitive Pathway and follow all the guidelines, you have a much better chance of getting into the four-year school as a junior. Even if you’re not officially accepted, you can still follow the guide and apply to the school.
• SUNY Transfer Paths - These show the common required courses for specific majors at all SUNY colleges. If you want to keep your options open for many SUNY schools, these paths help you pick the right classes.
• Course Advising Guides – These are found on the websites of the four-year colleges and help you plan which classes to take. For example, St. John Fisher University has these guides on their webpages.
• General Articulations Agreements - These agreements say that if you finish an AS or AA degree, you’ll start as a junior when you transfer. For example, Hobart and Wiliam Smith Colleges have this type of agreement with MCC. 

We encourage you to read through the Transfer Services webpages and meet with your Success Coach, MCC Transfer Services staff, & representatives from the colleges you’re interested in. This will help you make the best plan for your goals.

While we do our best to provide correct information, it’s important to check with the four-year college or university to make sure your classes will transfer. They make the final decision on which credits they accept.