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The Military Admission Process:

Transitioning from Military to Student Life

Presenters: Amanda Parkstone, Transfer Admissions Coordinator- UNCWBob Phillpott, Veterans Affairs Coordinator- Cape Fear Community College

UNC Wilmington & Cape Fear Community

CollegeUNCW

Amanda Parkstone- Transfer Admissions Coordinator

CFCC Bob Philpott- Veteran’s Affairs Coordinator

CFCC UNC

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Who is a Military Affiliated Student

Generally they are: Non-Traditional

o 24+o Marriedo Childreno Working full- or part-time while attending schoolo Large gap in education history

Have Military Training and Experience Come from a highly structured environment with a

chain of command Need a specific POC to “report” to May desire accommodations for physical,

psychological and/or emotional challenges Motivated, self-starters

UNC Wilmington 2012-2013 Academic Year Enrollment:

o 12,387 Undergraduateo 1,346 Graduate

Majorso 74 Undergraduate concentrationso 38 Master’s programso 2 PhD programs

New Transfer Student Enrollment 2012-2013o 1,659

New Military Student Enrollment 2012-2013o 10% self identified as Active Duty service members or

Veteranso 8% self-identified as Military Dependents

Point of Pride: 44-46% of all new students to campus each fall are transfer students

UNCW’s Military Admission Policy

Applicable to any person who has served 2 or more years in any branch of the military in any status (AD, NG, Reserve)

Apply as transfer studentso SAT/ACT scores are not requiredo Letters of recommendation are not requiredo No traditional college credit? Military credit from JST or

CC of the Air Force transcript o No minimum amount of transferrable credit requiredo College credit? Must meet minimum transfer admissions

standardo Will take the maximum amount of transferrable credit

(93 for UNCW)o Application Fee waived if AD at time of application

Why a Transfer Student?

Why not freshman admissions? o Highly competitive, weighted high school GPAs, SAT and

ACT scores, letters of rec. from HS counselors and teachers

Many of these students either-o Knew they were going into the military straight from HS

(didn’t apply themselves or take challenging course loads)

o Never took SAT/ACT o Knew college was not an ideal option o Not on college prep track- technical or remedial track;

missing mandated core high school courses• Military was the “other” option (besides college)

Not Competitive for Military Admission?

Three reasons applicants might not be competitive for admission:o Under age 24 and Minimum Course

Requirement deficiento Have traditional college credit (any amount)

but a cumulative transferrable GPA below admission standard for transfer

o Poor high school record and no college credit to evidence academic improvement

Military Admissions Contract

The Community College Partnership

Important to develop relationship with our community college partnerso Establish a direct point of contact for students we are

encouraging to start at a 2 yearo To offer continued support and assistance with class registration

for students working to complete contractso To bridge the gap for students during their transition

• All result in success of the student at both institutions How to foster that relationship between institutions and the students we

are working with:o Community College Visit Days- UNCW Transfer and Military Admissions team visits

CFCC once a month during the academic year for a full day of drop-ins meetings• Advertised monthly via e-mail by both institutions and posted flier in Veterans Lounge at

CFCCo Military specific visit days at the University

• Advertised to CC military population• Includes Military Admissions pre-tour with information on applying, military credit, VA

benefits, Military Affiliated Student involvement on campus, and full campus tour led by current Transfer Students and members of the Student Veteran’s Organization

Cape Fear Community College

Programso 22 College Transfer Pre-Majorso 55 Voc. Tech. Programs (most with multiple exit points

e.g. diploma or certificate available)

# of Studentso Total student population: 9,000

# of Veteran Studentso 714 Student receiving VA Educational Benefits (including

dependents) for Spring 2014 termo Approximately 200 more attending but not receiving VA

benefits

Veterans Center Assist Student Veterans in the transition to academic and

civilian lifeo Unique challenges

How we assist o Advisingo Financial Aido VA Education benefits certificationo Scholarship helpo A communal place for camaraderie and support

The Center

Innovative Strategies

DAV in center to assist with claims Volunteers Summer Institute

o Aurora Foundationo Goalo Details on programo Lessons learned

Questions?

Contact Information

Amanda ParkstoneTransfer Admissions Coordinator

UNC Wilmington910-962-2550

parkstonea@uncw.edu militaryadmissions@uncw.edu

Bob PhilpottVeterans Affairs

Coordinator Cape Fear Community

College910-362-7106

rphilpott@cfcc.edu

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