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Chris Goodmacher and husky31 are now friends 12 years, 6 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher replied to the topic Personal Transfer help in the forum Financial Aid and Scholarships 12 years, 6 months ago
That’s awesome Laura! Best of luck with the blog and thanks for sharing!
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Chris Goodmacher commented on the post, The College Transfer Admissions Essay: Three Keys 12 years, 6 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 12 years, 6 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 12 years, 6 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 12 years, 6 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 12 years, 6 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 12 years, 6 months ago
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Lan Ngo replied to the topic Semester/Quarter System in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 12 years, 7 months ago
Applying to transfer from a school on the quarter system to a school on the semester system shouldn’t put you at a disadvantage. Transfer applicants from both types of schools will have finished one term by the […]
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Chris Goodmacher and Erica are now friends 12 years, 7 months ago
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Lan Ngo replied to the topic Penn vs. Georgetown in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 12 years, 7 months ago
Congrats, Laura! Let us know which school you decide on!
Also, thanks, Stella, for your insightful advice!
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Lan Ngo and Stella Aslibekyan are now friends 12 years, 7 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher and Stella Aslibekyan are now friends 12 years, 7 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher and Sophie are now friends 12 years, 7 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher and Harrison Potash are now friends 12 years, 8 months ago
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Lan Ngo wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
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Chris Goodmacher wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
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Lan Ngo wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
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Lan Ngo wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
The big question you have to answer through your essay is basically this: “Why do you want to transfer?” We cover the transfer admissions essay in great detail in the book (with real, successful examples), but I […] -
Lan Ngo wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
Stephen J. Handel explores this question in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. While doing research for a book on transfer admissions, he discovered that… there’s practically nothing out there […]
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