If a student exhausts their Lottery eligibility while attending a 2-year school, like CNM, they must transfer to a 4-year institution, like UNM ABQ, to continue receiving it. The Lottery Scholarship is meant to be awarded and maintained consecutively, so if a student chooses not to transfer right away or decides to take a break, they would need to complete a two-year waiting period to be reconsidered for the Opportunity Scholarship as a returning student learner.

If you are admitted to UNM as a NM resident and attended another NM Institution anytime since Fall 2022, then yes, you should definately submit the NMSTT even if you did not have Legislative Lottery or Opportunity Scholarship at the time you transferred.  UNM will need this form to determine whether or not you qualify for either Lottery or Opportunity at UNM.  Just because you didn't qualify at your transfer institution doesn't necessarily mean you will not qualify at UNM, but we cannot determine that without the NMSTT form.

NOTE: Students transitioning to UNM ABQ from UNM Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, or Valencia do NOT need to complete the NMSTT form.

• A student attends CNM in Fall 2024 and completes 9 credit hours with a 2.5+ cumulative GPA.
• They transfer to UNM for Spring 2025, where they only need to meet the semester requirements (12 credit hours and a 2.5+ GPA).
• They are not required to complete 30 credit hours across Fall 2024, Spring 2025, and Summer 2025 but must fulfill the 30-credit requirement starting in the 2025-2026 academic year.

• A student completes 9 credit hours in both Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 at a UNM Branch campus, then transfers to UNM Main for Summer 2025.

Each UNM campus has their own admissions application.  When a student wants to move from one campus to another (regardless of the campus), the student needs to fill out the admissions application for that campus.  A link to each of the 5 different UNM campus admission applications can be found here: https://apply.unm.edu/ 

If a student wants to apply to UNM-ABQ, then they would select the admissions application for UNM Albuquerque: Albuquerque Campus Undergraduate Application.

Application Fees: Application fees are waived for active UNM branch students who want to transition to UNM-ABQ.  An active UNM branch student is someone who is currently attending or within the last three semesters attended UNM Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, or Valenica.  In order to get the application fee waived, current branch students must select "Mail In Payment" rather than pay the fee.  If the fee is paid, it cannot be refunded.

Returning Students:  If the last institution a student attended was UNM Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, or Valencia, but the student is no longer an active student, (it has been more than three consecutive semesters since the student took a course) then they will be required to pay the application fee.  The fee can only be waived if the application is completed at a recruitment event sponsored by UNM Admissions & Recruitment.