Commonwealth Commitment Participation Form

Dear Future College Graduate:

We are thrilled that you want to participate in Massachusetts's MassTransfer Commonwealth Commitment! The Commonwealth Commitment seeks to help you achieve college savings while you earn your degree.

By participating in a MassTransfer A2B Mapped Pathway, you may be eligible¹ to receive the following Commonwealth Commitment benefits:

• A freeze on tuition and mandatory fee rates at a Massachusetts public community college from the moment you enter the Commonwealth Commitment and a ten percent (10%) rebate off frozen community college tuition and mandatory fees at the end of every successfully completed semester.
• Upon transfer to a baccalaureate institution, a MassTransfertuition credit, and a freeze on mandatory fee rates from the state university or University of Massachusetts (UMass) campus to which you transfer² and a ten percent (10%) rebate off frozen mandatory fees at the end of every successfully completed semester.

Carefully review the program details listed on this page. Your academic advisor will help you determine if the Commonwealth Commitment is a good fit for you. More information, including a Fact Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions, is available at www.mass.edu/macomcom.

MassTransfer A2B Mapped Pathways at Quinsigamond Community College for Transfer (Space Permitting):

QCC Programs to State Universities & UMass

• Business Administration-Transfer to Business
• Computer Science Transfer to Computer Science
• Criminal Justice-Transfer to Criminal Justice
• Early Childhood Education to Early Childhood Education
• Liberal Arts to Art & Humanities Majors (Includes Communication & Journalism, Fine Arts, Linguistics, Performing Arts, World Languages)
• Liberal Arts to Communications
• Liberal Arts to Liberal Studies Majors (Includes Various Ethnic & Gender Studies Options)
• Liberal Arts to Mathematics
• Liberal Arts to Social Science Majors (Includes Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science)
• Liberal Arts to STEM Physical/Natural Science Majors (includes Earth Science, Environmental Science/Studies, Geology, Physics)
• Liberal Arts-Biology to Biology
• Liberal Arts-English to English
• Liberal Arts-History to History
• Liberal Arts-Psychology to Psychology
• Liberal Arts-Sociology to Sociology

Please note: MassTransfer Pathways vary from school to school. Not all pathways may exist at all state universities and UMass campuses. Visit the MassTransfer website, www.mass.edu/masstransfer, to confirm specific pathways. Additional MassTransfer pathways may be added to this list throughout the year. Visit the MassTransfer website to identify new eligible programs and pathways.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

(These are 45-credit pathways—students transfer after completing 3 semesters of specified coursework)

• General Studies to Energy Systems Engineering
• General Studies to Facilities Engineering
• Business Administration-Transfer to International Maritime Business

¹Students must meet all eligibility criteria to receive benefits.

²Freeze reflects the tuition and mandatory fees rates in effect the year the student enters the program. For example: If a student enters the Commonwealth Commitment at Bunker Hill Community College in Fall 2019, that student will be charged the same rates while at BHCC. If the student transfers to UMass Boston in Spring 2021, the student will pay the mandatory fees rates at UMass Boston at their Fall 2019 rates for the next two years and get the MassTransfer tuition credit.  This freeze does not include discretionary fees and non-mandatory fees.

Eligibility Requirements

1. At the community college:
   1. Enroll in at least 12 college-level credits per semesterat the same community college.
   2. Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above (not including developmental course work).
   3. Enroll as a degree-seeking student in an approved MassTransferA2B Mapped Pathway (continuous Fall/Spring semesters).
   4. Complete a MassTransferA2B Mapped associate degree within two and a half years of submitting the Participation Form³.
2. When transferring to a baccalaureate institution:
   1. Enroll in at least 14 college-level credits per semesterat the same institution (additional forms may be required for admission and students should read all institutional correspondence).
   2. Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above (not including developmental course work).

³If intending to transfer to Massachusetts College of Art and Design or Massachusetts Maritime Academy, students must transfer prior to earning an associate degree at the community college and reverse transfer credits back to the community college to complete an associate degree.

Please NOTE: Students must maintain all eligibility requirements to remain eligible for the program.