Registrar

International student applicants must mail all required documents in one envelope to the International Student Services Office. Failure to submit all documents in one envelope will result in a delay in processing. Applications from overseas must be received no later than two months prior to the beginning of the semester. Please visit our International Student Services page for details.

If you have any questions, contact our International Student Services Office at 617-984-1663.

Download the visual guide to how to register on the portal. [PDF]

Students planning to apply for any of our Health Sciences programs must complete the admissions exam prior to applying. Health Science programs include Surgical Technology, Phlebotomy, and Clinical Laboratory Science. The exam costs $25.00 and is administered each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To pay for and schedule the exam, please go to the Office of the Registrar.

Download the printable Nursing and Natural Health Sciences Test Request Form. You may fax your form to the Registrar at (617) 984-1794.

Download the visual guide for adding and dropping courses. [PDF]

To add or drop a day course you must do so during the first week of classes. Evening and weekend classes may be added or dropped before the third meeting of the class. Adding a class is not allowed after the add/drop period. In order to add/drop a class, Click here to obtain a printable version of an Add/Drop Form. Copies of this form are also available at the Registrar. Request for dropping a class cannot be made over the phone. All requests must be done in writing.

REFUND POLICY
Students who have officially withdrawn in writing from the school will receive a refund of tuition according to the following schedule.

Please note the following refund policies:

• 10 and 15 Week Semester Courses:

• • 100% 7 working days since the start of class*

• Special Sessions 5 and 7 Week Courses:

• •  100% 3 working days since the start of class

For more information please view the Student Handbook.

If you desire to withdraw from a course or from the College, you must complete an official withdrawal form (found on the Student Tab of your MyQCPortal account) and submit this form to the Registrar. Requests for withdrawing from a class cannot be made over the phone. Failure to attend class or merely giving notice to an instructor is not considered an official withdrawal. If you withdraw, a grade of a “W” is recorded on your transcript. Once a class is in the withdrawal stage there will be no refund. Quincy College may require you to get approval from your advisor or Dean. No withdrawals are official until certified by the Registrar. For a full listing of important dates including when the deadline to withdraw is, please refer to our current Academic Calendar.

You may audit a class to learn more about a subject or to brush up and update your knowledge about a course. In order to audit a class, you need to register just like a regular registration but specify that the registration is for auditing the class. The tuition is the same as for a credit course. A student may change a course from audit to credit during the add/drop period. A change from audit to credit is NOT allowed after the add/drop period. A change from credit to audit is allowed up until the last days of withdrawal by completing an Add/Drop Form and returning the form, along with fee payment, to the Registrar.

An official copy of your transcript is required to transfer grades to another institution.

Quincy College has authorized Parchment to provide official academic transcript ordering services via the Web. Please CLICK HERE to request for your official academic transcript.

NOTE: All holds, such as account balance, library, or immunization can prevent transcript processing. Please contact the Business Office at 617-984-1630 or email Studentaccounts@quincycollege.edu , the library at 617-984-1680 or the Registrar’s Office at 617-984-1650 or email Registrar@quincycollege.edu to resolve any issues. Transcripts will not be released until holds have been resolved.

In order to graduate from Quincy College, a student must apply for graduation. If you have completed or are about to complete 60 credits for an Associate degree or 30 credits for a certificate program, you may apply for graduation. If you apply late, your diploma may not be printed on time. Click here for the Application for Graduation Form. Copies of this form are also available at the Registrar. Mail or bring your completed Application for Graduation, along with the Graduation Fee, to the Registrar. All students receiving financial aid must complete an exit counseling session prior to graduation. All students must submit a copy of their high school or official high school transcript. The Graduation fee of $150 is required to graduate from Quincy College. You must still pay the graduation fee even if you are not participating in the graduation ceremony. For more info, visit our Guide to Graduation page.

Our institution has authorized the National Student Clearinghouse to act as our agent for verification of student enrollment for those students who have graduated from 2000 – present. Please visit the Clearinghouse online at http://www.studentclearinghouse.org or call them at 703-742-4200.

For students that graduated prior to 2000, you may contact the Registrar to receive the graduation date by calling 617-984-1650/1651, faxing your request to 617-984-1794 or writing to “Verification” the Registrar, Quincy College, Presidents Place, 1250 Hancock Street, Quincy Center, MA 02171. Download the Enrollment Verification Form. Please make sure to leave your name, date of birth, and your return phone number if leaving a voicemail.

A registered student who believes that he/she has received a final grade, in accordance with published Quincy College grading criteria, which is not justified, may apply to an Academic Review Committee for evaluation of his/her final grade. It is recommended that the student attempt to resolve the final grade dispute with the faculty member with whom the dispute exists before requesting a hearing by the Academic Review Committee. This request must take place within 30 days of issuance of final grades by the Registrar. Download the Request for Grade Correction Form.

You may contact our full-time faculty members by first visiting our Faculty & Staff Directory. This page contains faculty phone numbers as well as a link to each individual email address. If your instructor is not listed on this page, contact the Dean’s Assistant. If you need to contact an adjunct faculty member, use the following email address format: firstname.lastname@fac.quincycollege.edu, for example instructor John Smith would be john.smith@fac.quincycollege.edu.

Please visit the Tuition page to learn more about student identification cards.

Students are required to carry their student identification card at all times while on campus.

If you have recently moved, simply fill out an Address/Name Change Form and return this completed form to the Registrar. You must be a current student. You may also pick up a copy of this form at the Registrar. Name changes require proper documentation such as a marriage license. You may fax the completed form to 617-984-1794. It is in your own interest to update your address with us as all mail, including grades and news about upcoming events, are sent to your address on file. Please be sure to include your apartment number and new telephone number when completing the Change of Name/Address Form. International students must fill out this form at the International Student Services Office.

All full-time students (taking 12 credits or more), all Nursing and Natural & Health Sciences students and all international students must submit proof of immunization by completing an Immunization Form within one month of admission to Quincy College. Copies of this form are also available in at theRegistrar. It is strongly recommended that this form be submitted at the time of registration.

Whether you have a car or not, commuting to class at Quincy College is easy. We have two conveniently located campuses in Quincy and Plymouth, Massachusetts. Our campus located in Quincy is only one block from the Quincy Center and North Quincy “T” Stations. Click on the appropriate link below to get driving directions to either Quincy or Plymouth and find out how to get to our Quincy campus using the “T”.

Policy 7.05: Withdrawal/ refund schedule

I. POLICY

Students who have officially withdrawn in writing from the school will receive a refund of tuition according to the following.

Please note the following refund policies:

• 10 and 15 Week Semester Courses:

• • 100% 7 working days since the start of class*

• Special Sessions 5 and 7 Week Courses:

• •  100% 3 working days since the start of class

II. DEFINITION

Special sessions include 10-week, 7- week, 5 week, tandem, flex, and lifelong learning courses. Please reach out to the student accounts office for questions regarding this policy.

* Start of classes for the semester and not the start date of individual class.

Original: October 1999

Revised: January 2006, March 2011, August 2020, March 2021, June 2021