Zhao Xu

Admissions offices try to admit the best students regardless of major. They don’t really think about things in terms of space available in particular majors, etc. (The only exceptions are when you’re applying to a […]

Feeling that the rest of the student body you’re at is going at a different pace than you is a common (maybe the most common?) reason a lot of students transfer from a four-year school: college should be a place […]

For need-aware schools like Brown, if you can afford it, don’t apply for financial aid.
For need-blind schools, apply for financial aid (it doesn’t hurt, and you might get some).
In a case like yours, a school […]

Well, here’s the story with that:
Georgetown and several other schools choose to release Fall 2012 numbers early on their own, either on their own websites, through press releases, or in some cases when they talk […]

Right here! Transfer Acceptance Rates at the US News Top 50 Too easy! Give us a hard one!

Unless you’re set on pursuing a transfer agreement with another school to increase your odds of getting in (like for example one of the California community college to CSU/UC agreements), you’re actually […]

Re: credits
If you’re transferring from UIUC to any of the schools you mentioned, you shouldn’t really have any issues with transferring credits.
Students usually only run into problems when they take courses in […]

The most important thing is to keep your GPA up. The closer your GPA is to 4.0, the easier it is to transfer to highly selective schools like Harvard.
Explore your academic interest(s) deeply. Ask yourself, “I’m […]

Boom. Good job!

Well, at least now you know, right?

I’ve heard Dartmouth might be more accepting of taking in transfer students with a lot of credits, but you would have to check. Depending on how picky you are, I would just […]

I’m still waiting on some med school experts to chime in, but it sounds to me like you’re pretty decided, no?

I think you should just be up front and ask them. Sometimes they don’t give you a straight answer, but sometimes they can be surprisingly honest.

If you haven’t told them already, tell them you’re willing to […]

I’m going to ask a couple med school people what they think, but here’s my quick take:

(1) It’s your life, so you should go to the school that you think will be best for you (ie, the one that will let you […]

Unfortunately, I can’t give a simple “yes, you’re ineligible” or “no, you’re fine” answer. School policies vary a lot, so what I would do is either email or call some of the schools you’re interested in and just […]

Complicated situation! So I have to ask, why do you think you’ll get a B? There’s still a lot of time before the term ends, so it seems to me the best solution is to study hard and just focus on getting a better […]

Sorry for the delay asuka! I thought I knew someone who knew someone, but I don’t.

Hopefully you and @luying3636 might be able to help each other a bit?

I’ll chime in if I think of anything, thanks for sticking around!

1. If you’re not sure, always remember that there’s minimal/no harm in applying. If you get in to a great school, great! If not, you just stay at your current school.

2. Kind of contradicting point 1: if you […]

It will still help a lot to re-take the course for two reasons:

The fact that you’re re-taking the course says a lot about you (your determination, etc.) vs. someone not re-taking it and just accepting the […]

Can you just re-take the class you got that F in? I think that would solve a lot of problems. If there’s some written rule that you can’t re-take it, there’s probably some way around them as long as you press your […]

@transfer0, thanks for sharing this, I’m sure it wasn’t easy.

The main thing I need to say, which I’m sure you already know, is that no matter what, you have to pull up your GPA: it’ll help you if you transfer, […]