Category: Admissions
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How to Research Transfer Admission Criteria
In our last blog entry, we provided some specific details about transfer requirements at different schools. How did we find all that info? Research! It’s not hard. With just a few minutes of online research you can find out what schools expect from you as a transfer applicant. Say you’re interested in transferring to the…
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College Transfer Admission Criteria: What’s a “Good” GPA?
This question was inspired by an email we received from a reader. So, what GPA do you need to get if you’re applying to transfer? The obvious answer is “get all As (and maybe even shoot for A pluses) so that the school you apply to will have no excuse to reject you.” Of course,…
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The Transfer Application: Is My High School or College Record Given More Weight?
Here are the highlights of an email we received: I am currently a freshman at Rutgers University in New Brunswick (NJ). Needless to say, I am unhappy. I am a student with a great amount of potential. In high school, I was one of seven students in my graduating class to have taken six AP…
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Colleges with Highest Transfer Acceptance Rates
Just added numbers for the colleges with the highest transfer acceptance rates. Check it out by clicking here, or by hovering over “Stats” tab at the top of the page. As always, take the numbers with a grain of salt. The numbers change each year, but these should give you a sense of some of…
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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…