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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
The question: How can I overcome a weak high school GPA if I want to transfer to a school with high academic standards?
My high school transcript was pretty weak for the school that I was shooting to […]
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
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 […]
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
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 […]
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
A really interesting article was published recently on InsideVandy.com, the website of Vanderbilt’s student newspaper. As you’ll note in our transfer admissions statistics, Vanderbilt accepts an unusually […]
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
We just added the recently released Fall 09 transfer admissions numbers 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 by […]
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
We just added a table that goes through the transfer application deadlines (for both fall and spring entry, if applicable) for some of the top schools in the US (the Top 50 National Universities according to US […]
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Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, Your Transfer Application: the Complete Breakdown 12 years, 8 months ago
Visit them! Make appointments with them, and stop by and tell them what you’re doing and what you’re working on.
Most students don’t really do this, but it’s easy to not only build a good connection this way, […]
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Chris Goodmacher and
Lydia Mekonnen are now friends 12 years, 8 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher and
Lan Ngo are now friends 12 years, 8 months ago -
Chris Goodmacher posted a new activity comment 12 years, 8 months ago
Good addition!
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Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, College Transfer Admission Criteria: What's a "Good" GPA? 12 years, 8 months ago
This is a tough one.
Yes, UCLA’s minimum GPA requirement is 3.2, but to have a good chance at getting in you usually need significantly higher than the minimum. In our experience, it’s closer to 3.5.
If […]
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Chris Goodmacher replied to the topic Applying for ‘Need-Base Aid’ as a transfer in the forum Financial Aid and Scholarships 12 years, 8 months ago
First, sorry for taking so long to reply! Our goal when we started this site was to answer every question posed here within a day or two and so far we’ve failed pretty miserably at that, but we’re cycling through […]
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Chris Goodmacher replied to the topic Best community colleges. in the forum Community College 12 years, 8 months ago
That’s interesting, but it’s not clear where they’re getting their data from.
Also, some of the columns don’t really make sense: these are community colleges, so it doesn’t make sense for that site to have a […] -
Chris Goodmacher replied to the topic Son wants to go elsewhere in the forum Community College 12 years, 8 months ago
First, if you haven’t already, fill out the FAFSA right now and turn it in, even if you don’t think you’ll get anything. You’d be surprised. A large number of students simply don’t apply for financial aid, and […]
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Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, Should I Even Apply to Transfer to This College? Case Study: Brown University 12 years, 8 months ago
We haven’t heard anything in particular about the biology major.
In general, schools like Brown actually don’t really look at the space available in particular programs when they consider whether or not to admit […]
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Chris Goodmacher and
Zhao Xu are now friends 12 years, 8 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
Here’s a breakdown of all the items any student (whether coming from a community college or a four-year school) may need to apply to transfer. The major exception to these guidelines are community college […]
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
Transfer Admissions Rates for US News 2012 Added
Update: also see our analysis of the newer US News 2013 numbers. We just added the recently released Fall 2010 transfer admissions numbers for […] -
Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
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 […]
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
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 […]
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