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Chris Goodmacher replied to the topic Late Bloomer transfer stories? in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 13 years, 5 months ago
Just remembered, there’s also the parent that wrote us here after reading The Transfer Book: http://thetransferbook.com/about/reviews/
GPA was 3.2 senior year of high school (2.6 as a freshman), with very low SATS […] -
Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, College Transfer Q&A: I Didn't Do Well My First Semester. Do I Still Have a Shot at Transferring? 13 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for the comment! Agreed. We’ve focused on universities because there’s just so many more students interested in them and applying to them, but we’re working on putting together more data and information on […]
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Chris Goodmacher replied to the topic Transfer friendly Liberal Arts Colleges? in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 13 years, 5 months ago
We’re working on putting together a table of data on the top LACs. I’ll post here to update once we get all the data on the site.
As a matter of fact, we’re trying to do a comprehensive set of transfer-specific […] -
Chris Goodmacher replied to the topic Late Bloomer transfer stories? in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 13 years, 5 months ago
Well, I happen to know you checked out the book already so you know this, but for anyone out there who’s listening, I am one of these stories. I got plenty of Bs and a couple of Cs in high school, and I […]
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Chris Goodmacher and
husky31 are now friends 13 years, 5 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher replied to the topic Personal Transfer help in the forum Financial Aid and Scholarships 13 years, 5 months ago
That’s awesome Laura! Best of luck with the blog and thanks for sharing!
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Laura Davis replied to the topic Pay for room and board? in the forum Financial Aid and Scholarships 13 years, 5 months ago
Hey everyone,
I applied to transfer last spring as a financial aid applicant. Coincidentally, I am transferring to UPenn in the fall. I can attest that UPenn’s financial aid is amazing and the best part is that […] -
Laura Davis started the topic Personal Transfer help in the forum Financial Aid and Scholarships 13 years, 5 months ago
Hey all!
I’ve started writing a blog about my experience with the transfer process. I was a financial aid applicant so I know a good amount about the process. Please check it out below and email me at <a […] -
Laura Davis started the topic Personal Transfer help in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 13 years, 5 months ago
Hey all!
I’ve started writing a blog about my experience with the transfer process. Please check it out below and email me at transfertips1@gmail.com with ANY questions!
http://transfertips.wordpress.com/ -
Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, The College Transfer Admissions Essay: Three Keys 13 years, 5 months ago
Oh okay, I got it.
You should do both, just don’t dwell too much on the negative stuff (why you weren’t happy with those classes).
It’s important to explain why you want to transfer, but a mistake a lot of […]
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Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, The College Transfer Admissions Essay: Three Keys 13 years, 5 months ago
Hi yermaine, you absolutely need to explain why you’ve decided to change your major (and you should take some journalism or journalism-related [like English] classes before trying to transfer as well).
As for […]
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Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, Transferring Colleges: Three Ways to Overcome a Weak High School GPA 13 years, 5 months ago
Absolutely, 100% yes.
This is a classic excellent transfer case: the student that was clearly smart, but wasn’t motivated enough to do well grade-wise.
Here’s basically what you need to do (I’ll write […]
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Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, Transferring Colleges: Three Ways to Overcome a Weak High School GPA 13 years, 5 months ago
Hey Chris, thanks for your thoughts, I’m sorry things didn’t work out for you this go around.
But, as I think you already know, (1) you got into some other strong schools, (2) you sound like you’ll do great […]
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Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, Transfer Admissions Rates for US News 2012 Added 13 years, 5 months ago
Ok, so first, it’s worth trying to negotiate with JHU a bit. Just ask to speak with a financial aid officer on the phone (if you’re in the area for some reason, an in-person meeting would be even better). […]
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Chris Goodmacher and
Elizabeth are now friends 13 years, 6 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher and
Erica are now friends 13 years, 6 months ago
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Laura Davis replied to the topic Penn vs. Georgetown in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 13 years, 6 months ago
(I mean, considering the internal Georgeton transfer. So, in this case it would be Georgetown college of arts and sciencs Biology of Global Health major vs. Penn CAS Health and Societies major.
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Laura Davis replied to the topic Penn vs. Georgetown in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 13 years, 6 months ago
Thanks again
I also recently found a Gtown major (Biology of Global Health) that fits my needs more than intl health because of premed reqs and the opportunity to take upper level bio courses. However, this […] -
Laura Davis replied to the topic Penn vs. Georgetown in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 13 years, 6 months ago
thank you, Stella and Lan! your supportive advice was very helpful. I haven’t made up my mind yet, but I will have to in about one week.
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Chris Goodmacher and
Stella Aslibekyan are now friends 13 years, 6 months ago
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