Month: September 2009
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When to Dump Your College: Transfer Mid-Year or Stick It Out?
A reader sent us an email, posing some very good questions about the college transfer journey. We got the thumbs up from her to share her situation with you just in case you’ve been wondering the same thing. I am currently enrolled at Mercyhurst College, in Erie, PA. I am planning on transferring. Mercyhurst is…
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Fall 2008 College Transfer Acceptance Rates Added
Just added Fall 08 transfer admissions rates for some of the top schools in the US (the Top 50 National Universities according to US News). Check it out by clicking here, or clicking on the “Stats” tab at the top of the page. We wanted to give everyone a sampling of the most popular schools…
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Why the Community College Transfer Process is So Complicated
More than 2.7 million people are in a community college in California. Plenty of these are students seeking just two-year degrees, but did you know only about 100,000 of those community college students transfer to a four-year school each year? That’s only 3.7% of all the students in community college! It’s tough to estimate, but…
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Transfer Students Apply to College, Too. How Come We Don’t Help Them?
Stephen J. Handel explores this question in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. While doing research for a book on transfer admissions, he discovered that… there’s practically nothing out there for transfers! He searched high and low, both online and print resources, but still came up empty handed. This is despite the fact…
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Don’t Transfer Commercial: from CollegeHumor.com
Had to link to this, it’s just way too apropos. (Warning: it’s at least PG-13, so not for the easily offended.) The last line is the best. If you can’t see the embedded video above, click here to go the CollegeHumor site.