Category: All Transfers
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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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Should I Even Apply to Transfer to This College? Case Study: Brown University
You’re a college freshman or sophomore and you know you want to transfer. Now what? For one thing, you’d better be digging up info on schools that you might want to transfer to. As a transfer applicant, you should “do your research” with the goal of finding the little quirks of the college transfer process.…
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Spotlight: College of William & Mary, A Very Transfer Friendly College
William & Mary caught our eyes because we interviewed three transfer students there, and they all had great things to say about the support offered to transfers at W&M. We also noticed that W&M has a relatively high transfer acceptance rate; for fall 2009 it was 43.7%, which is higher than their freshmen acceptance rate…
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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…