Special Status Application
Most students admitted under the special status classification wish to eventually change the status to a regular, degree seeking classification. In order to initiate a change of status, students must complete a Change of Status Form and submit it to the Office of Admissions. In order to be re-classified, a student must meet the admission conditions of either a transfer student or an entering freshman and supply the additional required information to the Office of Admission.
Restrictions of the Special Status Admission Classification:
1. Students currently under suspension form another institution may not attend Samford University until the suspension period imposed by the previous institution has expired.
2. Special status students are ineligible to receive federally funded financial aid until their admission status has been changed to a degree-seeking category.
3. Only 18 credit hours earned as a special status student will count towards a Samford degree program. Each academic department reserves the right to determine the acceptability of credits earned under this classification.
4. Credit earned as a special status student will not count towards a graduate degree.
5. Enrollment in any course is contingent upon course availability, current enrollments (seat availability), and final approval from the course instructor/department. The Academic Success Center will seek to confirm that students have met course prerequisites (if any) and gain department/instructor's approval. The ASC will register students only after final approval has been received from the department.
