FAQs & Transfer Resources

Transfer Resources

Transfer & Transition Center Info Flyer - This document outlines who our center serves and how we serve them.

Scholarship Guide - This document will assist future and current transfer and branch transtion students in locating scholarship opportunities at UNM.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Financial Aid & Scholarships

I graduated from a NM High School but then attended college outside of NM. If I return to NM, do I qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship?

If you are admitted to UNM as a New Mexico resident, you would qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship as a returning learner (not eligible for the Legislative Lottery Scholarship).

Please visit the UNM Scholarship Office's webpage on the Opportunity Scholarship for more details.

If a student has exausted their time on Lottery but wants to stay at their 2-year institution or Branch Campus to finish their associate degree for 1-2 more semesters, can they petition to get Lottery back once they transfer or transition to UNM ABQ? Or, could they get Opportunity instead when they get to UNM ABQ?

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.

It’s also important to note that once a student is receiving the Lottery Scholarship, they must maintain that eligibility. Students can’t switch back and forth between being a “Lottery student” and an “Opportunity student.” They’ll remain classified as a Lottery recipient unless the two-year break has been completed.

I'm transferring to UNM from a NM Institution. I did not have the Legislative Lottery or Opportunity Scholarship at my transfer institution, do I still need to do the New Mexico Scholarship Transfer Transcript (NMSTT)?

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.

Since UNM is a 4-year institution and requires more credit hours to earn Legislative Lottery Scholarship, do I need to "make-up" any credit hours to meet the 4-year requirement if I transfer to UNM from a 2-year institution or transition from a UNM branch campus mid-year?

When a student transfers between a 2-year and a 4-year institution mid-academic year, their new academic year begins the following Fall term.

Example 1:

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.

Example 2:

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.

They are not required to make up 12 credit hours in Summer 2025 to meet the 30-credit requirement. Their new academic year will begin in Fall 2025.

Please visit the UNM Scholarship Office's webpage on the Legislative Lottery Scholarship for more details.

Admissions

I'm transitioning to UNM Albuquerque from a UNM Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, or Valencia. Which application do I fill out.

Current Students: If you are currently attending or within the last three semesters have attended UNM Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, or Valenica then you should complete the Branch Transition Request form.

Returning Students: If the last institution you attended was UNM Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, or Valencia but you are no longer an active student (it has been more than three consecutive semesters since you took a course) then you need to complete the Albuquerque Campus Undergraduate Application.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Financial Aid & Scholarships

I graduated from a NM High School but then attended college outside of NM. If I return to NM, do I qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship?

I'm transferring to UNM from a NM Institution. I did not have the Legislative Lottery or Opportunity Scholarship at my transfer institution, do I still need to do the New Mexico Scholarship Transfer Transcript (NMSTT)?

Since UNM is a 4-year institution and requires more credit hours to earn Legislative Lottery Scholarship, do I need to "make-up" any credit hours to meet the 4-year requirement if I transfer to UNM from a 2-year institution or transition from a UNM branch campus mid-year?

Admissions

I'm transitioning to UNM Albuquerque from a UNM Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, or Valencia. Which application do I fill out.

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