An offline AI advisor for Massachusetts community-college transfer planning.
MassTransfer Advisor helps community-college students map their coursework to UMass and the state universities, plan their transfer, and understand what credits will count — all from a single app on their own computer.
Apple Silicon · macOS 13+ · Free and open source
A complete transfer advisor in a single window.
Every question a community-college transfer student is expected to know the answer to, available offline and answered with citations.
Course-by-course equivalency
Look up any community-college course and see exactly how it maps to UMass, Salem State, Bridgewater, and the rest of the MassTransfer network.
Transcript → credit estimate
Drop an unofficial transcript PDF. The app parses your courses locally, checks each one against MassTransfer, and tells you what counts.
A2B pathway eligibility
Check whether you meet the A2B Mass Transfer requirements (GPA ≥ 2.5, 60 transferable credits, the pathway curriculum) before you apply.
Answers cite the official policy
Every answer points back to the exact MassTransfer policy section, course record, or rule it came from, so you can double-check before talking to an advisor.
Speaks 4 languages
English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Vietnamese — the languages spoken in MA community college classrooms today.
Works fully offline
No accounts, no sign-in. After the first launch downloads the local model, every conversation stays on your own laptop.
A simple, four-step way to plan your transfer.
Designed around how transfer questions actually come up — one course, one school, one requirement at a time.
Install the app
Download MassTransfer Advisor once. The first launch retrieves the local model so the app can run on your own laptop; every launch afterwards works without internet, from anywhere — your campus, your dorm, or a kitchen table.
Ask a question in your language
Type a question about a specific course, a transfer pathway, your GPA, or a school you are considering — in English, Spanish, Portuguese, or Vietnamese.
Get a cited answer
The app checks the official MassTransfer course equivalencies and policy documents and replies with a clear answer, citing the exact source it came from.
Confirm with your advisor
Bring the cited answers to your community-college advisor or your target school's transfer office. The app is a starting point for that conversation, not a replacement for it.
Designed for the students MassTransfer is intended to serve.
Current community-college students
Plan your semester so every credit you take actually lands somewhere at your target 4-year school.
Prospective transfer students
Decide between BHCC, MassBay, MWCC, RCC and the rest before you enroll — based on where you want to end up.
First-gen and ESL students
Get answers in your language, without an appointment, without paying for tutoring, and without being made to feel like you should already know this.
Counselors and advisors
A reference tool that cites MassTransfer policy directly. Bring it into a session to walk a student through their options.
Free, open source, and released under the MIT license.
Version 1.0.1 · May 2026 · 320 MB installer. On first launch the application downloads its local model (approximately 3.2 GB). All subsequent use runs entirely on your device, without an internet connection.
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