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Advanced Standing Freshman

Who is an Advanced Standing Freshman?

This population of students encompasses individuals who have earned college-level credit or successfully passed credit-bearing exams before graduating from high school. Typically students have earned dual-enrollment credit from another undergraduate-level institution and/or successfully passed Advanced Placement exams. Exam Equivalency Charts can be found below.

How can transcripts be sent?

Institutions vary how they send official transcripts. We do accept electronic transcripts through verified servers (i.e. National Clearinghouse, eScript, Parchment, Credential Solutions, NJ Transfer). Transcripts received from a student will not be considered as official, so they will need to be requested from the Registrar’s Office of the previous institution unless another process is in place for the transcript to be sent on the student’s behalf. We do not request transcripts on a student’s behalf, and they are not automatically sent once the courses conclude.

Official transcripts may be sent electronically to msuadm@tamilfolksongs.com or via mail to:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Montclair State University
1 Normal Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07043

When are credits posted?

Credits are posted to a student’s degree audit once a deposit has been submitted. We encourage students to send their official transcripts and verified exam scores to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions as soon as possible so that first-year schedules can consider those credits when being created.