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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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Lydia Mekonnen are now friends 12 years, 8 months ago
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Lan Ngo replied to the topic Transferring Freshman Year? in the forum Four-Year Transfer Forum 12 years, 8 months ago
Lily made some good points. I agree that, if you can, transferring earlier is better because that would give you more time to establish yourself in your new school.
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Lan Ngo replied to the topic How do transfers to another country go? in the forum International Transfers 12 years, 8 months ago
There are some schools in Asian countries where classes are taught in English, though you’re likely expected to study the country’s language also. Years ago, I went to Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in […]
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Lan Ngo replied to the topic What countries accept transfers? in the forum International Transfers 12 years, 8 months ago
If you’re from the US and don’t speak another language, I would consider the colleges/universities in English-speaking countries. It seems common for students from the US to study in Canada and England.
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Lan Ngo commented on the post, College Transfer Admission Criteria: What's a "Good" GPA? 12 years, 8 months ago
Like Chris implied, for transfer applicants, your college GPA is the most important. Getting a better SAT score isn’t going make your application stronger if you don’t have at least the minimum GPA. […]
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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
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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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Lan Ngo wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
Question:
When I looked at the common application, I noticed that there is a generic “why transfer” essay and a supplement for each school that asks, “Why do you want to transfer here?” What should be include […]
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Lan Ngo wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
We’ve received many emails and comments from worried transfer applicants who are having trouble with the Common Application. We’ve dug through the Common App to expose some of the issues that you’ll come acros […]
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Lan Ngo wrote a new post 12 years, 8 months ago
We have been getting a lot of questions regarding what to write for the Common Application main “why do you want to transfer” essay. Our advice is to customize your essay if doing so would tell the story you […]
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