As a transfer student, you may face new challenges as you acclimate to the MSU Texas campus. Below are opportunities that can help the transition to MSU Texas and Wichita Falls community.
How to be Successful before Classes start
Advising
The mission of the MSU Texas Academic Advising Program is to provide effective, timely, and accurate academic advising and to positively impact student achievement and retention. The Academic Counselor will help students develop a strong foundation of knowledge of all university, core, and major/minor requirements to ensure that they complete these requirements in a timely and mindful way.
Find more about advising and your academic counselor here.
Financial Resources
Scholarships
New incoming transfer students seeking their first bachelor’s degree who are admitted to MSU by July 1 for fall or November 1 for spring and have all required documents on file with the Admissions Office are automatically considered for our general merit and Phi Theta Kappa scholarships.
For more information about requirements and awards here.
Getting to Know the Campus & Wichita Falls Community
MustangsLink & CORQ
MustangsLink is MSU Texas student involvement system that helps students become involved on campus and manage their experiences outside the classroom. MustangsLink serves as the central calendar for student life and has groups for every registered student organization, residence hall, and living learning community on campus as well as a variety of university departments, programs, and resources.
Visit MustangsLink to sign in!
Corq is the app for MustangsLink created by CampusLabs to help you stay up to date with everything that is happening on campus. Logging in with your my.msutexas.edu portal account will give you access to everything the app has to offer on your favorite mobile device. It allows you to find events near you based on your location, organization, and category
Tau Sigma Honor Society
Tau Sigma National Honor Society is designed exclusively for transfer students! Our mission is to "recognize and promote the academic excellence and involvement of transfer students." Tau Sigma provides its members opportunities to earn scholarships, attend leadership conferences, take leadership positions in the university, serve others at the university and in the community, all while developing friendships and becoming a more integral part of the university to which they transferred! Invitations to membership are extended during each spring semester, for eligible students who transferred to MSU Texas in the previous year. To learn more, visit the national organization webpage.
Relocation to Wichita Falls
The Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce helps make relocation easier for you. Follow the link to download the Relocation Guide, community demographics, map and more.
Professional Development
Student Engagement Center recently hosted a webinar called "Supporting Transfer Students." The link is to the PowerPoint slides. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UPL0ZP2EAX6nXopBSzlySbTDL_1xzzJM/view?usp=drive_link
The presentation is derived from the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students.
You can see the original webinar and download the guidebook there.