We are still accepting undergraduate and graduate applications for Fall 2026
St. John’s College is conceived as a single college existing on two campuses, Annapolis and Santa Fe. A principal feature of this structure is the opportunity for students to study the program and experience life on both campuses. Any student in good academic, financial, and disciplinary standing may apply within the time frame stated below for transfer to the alternate campus for the upcoming academic year. Because an imbalance in the numbers of students going each way can disrupt enrollment, staffing, and housing on the campuses, the number and distribution of transfer students is subject to the discretion of the Deans and the Presidents. Students wishing to transfer between the campuses must follow the protocol described below.
Application forms are available from the Registrar on each campus. The deadline on both campuses for submitting the Application for Inter-Campus Transfer is the third Monday in February. Applications submitted after the third Monday in February will not receive priority treatment. The application, accompanied by the advance deposit established for the upcoming year, is submitted to the Registrar of the campus currently attended. The application is subject to approval by the Dean and Assistant Dean on both campuses. After the application deadline, the advance deposit is neither refundable nor transferable. If, however, the application is not approved, the advance deposit is transferable for the upcoming year only. An advance deposit will not be rolled forward to a future year. A student who changes his or her mind about transferring after a transfer application has been approved by both campuses is not guaranteed a space on the home campus. Availability for financial aid may be limited.
Transfer applicants who require financial aid must complete and file all paperwork for the FAFSA/Renewal, FAFSA, and CSS Profile by March 1. The FAFSA must be sent to both campuses, and the Profile to the campus currently attended. Approved transfer applicants receive only one award – from the campus to which they want to transfer. If a transfer applicant has indicated on his transfer form that he is in need of St. John’s grant assistance and his financial circumstances change so that he no longer needs assistance, he must notify the financial aid office by March 1 or his application will be null and void.
After the transfer application deadline, each applicant will be assigned a lottery number within his or her class.
This lottery number will be applied to the following ranking categories:
First Priority
Students who have come for just one year in the order of rising seniors then rising juniors.
Second Priority
Rising seniors
Third Priority
Students who were unable to transfer the previous year because of low priority.
Fourth Priority
All remaining applicants alternating between rising juniors and rising sophomores.
Applications will be approved in the order of their ranking subject to the needs of the college as determined by the Deans and Presidents of the college.
Approval of a transfer application is always understood to be contingent upon the successful completion of the work of the second semester. Students should not assume that their work is satisfactory for purposes of transfer merely because the don rag committee at the end of the second semester indicates that they may continue into the next year. Unsatisfactory work in any part of the program will jeopardize inter-campus transfer, as will having a lot of work that is barely satisfactory. Every effort will be made in such a case to give students a final determination as early in the summer as possible, but that determination must wait upon receipt of final clarification of the record on the campus to which the student wishes to transfer. If there are complications, it may be late in the summer before a student learns that transfer isn’t possible after all.
A student will not be allowed to transfer unless all financial obligations to the home campus have been met by May 1 prior to the fall of transfer. Mid-year transfer between campuses is not allowed unless under extraordinary circumstances and is particularly problematic for financial aid recipients. Rising seniors transferring to the other campus are expected to participate in the commencement exercises on that campus.
The readmission and transfer deadlines and guidelines stated above apply. Applicants for readmission and transfer who apply after the above deadlines will be considered for readmission only.
A student applies to the campus last attended (the home campus) for readmission and transfer. The readmission application is considered first and, if approved, the transfer application is considered. If both applications are approved by the home campus, they are forwarded to the other campus along with those of applicants currently enrolled for consideration of transfer by the Dean of the other campus. The applicant is advised of the readmission and transfer decision by the home campus. Readmission and transfer applicants for the fall term will be advised of the transfer decision before the end of March prior to the fall in which they wish to enroll. Students should seek the advice of the Financial Aid Director on the home campus as soon as they are considering readmission and transfer.
