Northeastern has been my top school since I was in 6th grade. It has everything I want in a school, and I applied for Early Decision I for the Fall of 2022 but did not get in. It was truly a heartbreak, but I’m keeping my head up and I really want to try to transfer. This same thing happened to my older sister and she was able to get into Northeastern as a sophomore transfer. (I am a legacy mom, brother, and sister all went to Northeastern as well)
I have enrolled in a 4 yr university (also in Boston) as a political science and criminal justice major on the pre-law track, and I plan on doing the combined major at Northeastern. I am pretty stuck on what I should be doing for the next year in preparation, to give me the best chance to get accepted as a transfer. I do not believe I will be able to apply for the Spring 2023 term so I will wait to transfer after my freshman year, but I would really love some guidance on what to do.
I normally advise against going into school planning on transferring try to have an amazing freshman year and make the most of the experience. With that said the most important thing you can do is keep your GPA a minimum of a 3.5 or higher. That’s what’s necessary to be seriously considered. I will warn you that a junior transfer may be easier because if you’re applying after freshman year your hs grades are still a important factor.
If you’re currently stuck on what you should be doing to get accepted… what happens if you’re not? Then you’ve spent how many months of your college career pining away for a college which has already rejected you instead of putting down roots and making friends where you are?
Why not make the most of where you are and allow your 6th grade self to say goodbye to Northeastern? You’ll be establishing another school as the alma mater for your own kids!
If you are pre-law, then you will want to maintain a high GPA at your present (or soon to be) university. Fortunately this is also important for increasing your chances to transfer to Northeastern. I would recommend that you take the classes that make sense for you, and do very well in those classes.
You might want to also look for internship or research or coop opportunities if those are available at the school that you will be attending.
I do think that you should give your present university a chance. You might decide that you want to stay there for four years. There are a lot of good universities, and even a lot of good universities in Boston. For graduate school I was turned down by my “dream” school and LOVED the school that I went to instead, which turned out to be a better fit for me. Something similar might happen to you also.
I do have a neighbor whose son transferred into Northeastern as a junior. It does indeed seem to be possible.
I think that you should do well at the university that you will be attending, and just see how it goes. A year from now (or a bit less) if you get accepted as a transfer to Northeastern you can decide then whether transferring makes sense for you.
My current high school GPA is around a 3.8 (my school does not do weighted) and I have taken a good amount of APs and honors so the factor of a high school transcript doesn’t bother me! I definitely do think I will still make the most of it and if I truly do not want to transfer, then I wont, but I’d love the option.
Thank you! I definitely will give this university a chance and make the best of it. I was planning on going there for graduate school so I will for sure come back if I transfer, but I would really like the option.
I will still make the best out of my first year regardless of the school, and if I get rejected again, then what’s done is done and I will stay at my school which is not a problem. Northeastern checks all the boxes for me in regards to what I want at my school, and a big part of my family has gone there, so I’ve personally seen how NEU’s opportunities (co-ops, dialogues) have shaped their lives. I’m thinking about my future, and the opportunities I would like to partake in will be possible at Northeastern. If I end up not wanting to transfer, then I won’t, but having the option would be nice 
would the increase in applicants (and lower acceptance rate this year) make it harder for me to transfer? I’m pretty worried about how many people are applying and it seems like the number will only get bigger.
Previously being rejected will make it harder for you to transfer.
A post was merged into an existing topic: Chances on transferring to Northeastern University