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Transferring to Westmont

What Westmont College expects from community college transfers. Its deadlines and course rules differ from UC and CSU, so plan for it separately.

Checked against each university’s own pages and Common Data Set in October 2026.

At a glance

Fall 2027 priority date
March 15, 2027
Application
Free
ADT admission guarantee
Not stated

Application dates

DateWhat
March 15, 2027Priority application date for fall 2027 transfer admission. Westmont keeps reviewing applications on a rolling basis as space allows after this date.
November 1, 2026Priority application date for spring 2027 transfer admission, with rolling review afterward as space allows.

What you need

  • Transfer applicants can use either Westmont's own application or the Common App. Both are free and Westmont states no preference. Source
  • Westmont does not require a set number of completed units before a transfer applies. Applicants with fewer than 24 semester or 36 quarter units must also send an official high school transcript. Source
  • Transfer applicants need one academic reference from a teacher in a major subject plus official college transcripts. Source
  • Westmont says the vast majority of college-level academic credit transfers, including IGETC or CSU Breadth coursework. The page does not mention Cal-GETC. Source
  • Westmont's 2022-2023 Common Data Set lists a maximum of 64 credits transferable from a two-year college and C- as the lowest transferable grade. Source

Scholarships and aid

  • Westmont's transfer guide (posted December 2025) lists the President's Scholarship at $20,000, the Kerr Scholarship at $15,000 and the Founders Scholarship at $12,000 in its scholarship grid for a 3.75 to 4.00 college GPA. Need-based Westmont Grants are awarded from the FAFSA. Source
  • Incoming transfers are awarded academic scholarships based on prior college work and need at least a 3.0 college GPA to qualify. Meeting the scholarship GPA does not guarantee admission. Source
  • Westmont says more than 95 percent of first-year and transfer students receive an academic or talent-based scholarship, with the amount based on GPA and overall application quality. Source

More from Westmont

  • Transfers may enter in fall or spring, per Westmont's 2022-2023 Common Data Set and its transfer admission page. Source
  • Westmont's transfer guide (posted December 2025) promises a personalized transcript evaluation, no credit threshold to apply and guaranteed on-campus housing for transfers. Source

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Questions

When is the Westmont transfer deadline for fall 2027?

Priority application date for fall 2027 transfer admission. Westmont keeps reviewing applications on a rolling basis as space allows after this date.: March 15, 2027. Priority application date for spring 2027 transfer admission, with rolling review afterward as space allows.: November 1, 2026.

Sources

  1. Westmont: deadlines
  2. Westmont: CDS 2022 23 MASTER
  3. Westmont: 25 Transfer Guide PC 6x11 Digital
  4. Westmont: transfer scholarships