<p>Does anyone know when Amherst notifies spring transfer applicants?</p>
<p>I called admissions on Monday. They said they haven’t even gone to committee yet! I was told, however, that they would start sending decisions out after the 15th.</p>
<p>Thanks. Good luck.</p>
<p>Good luck to you too!</p>
<p>The anticipation is killing me. Huge life changer.</p>
<p>Seriously.</p>
<p>I concur! Do you guys have an idea of how many students they accept for the spring? I know for the fall the amount is ridiculously small…</p>
<p>No. But 9 students enrolled.</p>
<p>Ah ok, well I guess we will find out in two weeks or so</p>
<p>The wait is irksome. I have absolutely no idea how my application will fare in the committee. </p>
<p>Re: two weeks. I imagine admitted student’s will hear late this week or early next week. Previous admitted College Confidential users have reported receiving a phone call ahead of their notification letter.</p>
<p>I agree! I am so nervous because I know I am qualified, but that means very little because they have so many qualified applicants…
Oh ok, the earlier the better!</p>
<p>‘I know I am qualified,’ how?</p>
<p>4.0 GPA
2360 SATs
Amazing professor recommendations
Stellar extracurricular
I’m sure you and most applicants have around these stats</p>
<p>rstrl6675- Where are you transferring from? The stats sound phenomenal.</p>
<p>Medic1983, I am transferring from a community college in PA.</p>
<p>I just reread what I wrote yesterday. I hope I didnt come across as rude. If I did, I apologize. </p>
<p>I find this process annoying becauseas you pointed outthe quantitative differences between applicants is negligible. Therefore, well all ask the same question: how are decisions rendered? I know this a prevalent concern for freshman at the elite level. But, it seems it sorts itself naturally. This is not the case for many of the elite-credible community college applicants. </p>
<p>Were encouraged to apply to a dozen or more schools that typically accept less than a dozen students. Every fall a batch of a few hundred students all compete for admission to Amherst or Cornell or Berkeley and the few other elite schools that value community college transfers, or veterans, or non-traditional studentsand too many schools that dont. I expect if each of us is moving through this process in a near-hallucinatory state many admissions departments do too, if they move at all.</p>
<p>I guess my point is this: if there is little to differentiate ourselves academically, greater focus should be spent on placement in an appropriate environment. This is easier for freshman. College will create their character and they will adapt. This is not the case for many of us. </p>
<p>If after reading my application, an admissions committee thinks Im not an appropriate fit for their campus, why couldnt they pass my application onto another participating school? Essentially, I want the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to have a clearinghouse for qualified community college transfers, veterans, and non-traditional students. </p>
<p>My access to college is extremely limited. I would gladly sacrifice choice for access.</p>
<p>1882, no need to apologize! We are all stressed out; I understand :). </p>
<p>I wholeheartedly concur with your concerns. My school is involved with the JKCF, but the only school they have an agreement with is Bucnkell, which I did not think was a good fit for me. When I saw schools like Berkeley, Amherst, and Cornell had agreements with other community colleges, my heart sank because I knew that they would give priority to students who went to the “right” community college. Frankly, this frustrates me. Just because I go to my particular community college, my options are limited even though I am just as qualified as someone who just happened to live in a different state, in a different district. We already have some innate biases against us simply because we are community college students; people think the classes are easier, even though the material is, for the most part, identical. I mean, how much can you differ with a course like calculus 1? The nebulous transfer admission combines with this bias to create a compounding effect that not only diminishes the likelihood that qualifications will secure one’s spot at a particular institution, but it also demoralizes strong students.</p>
<p>Don’t worry though, 1882. You seem to be an industrious student and applicant; you should have no trouble getting in somewhere. Perhaps we will not get into our top choices, but in the end, we will turn out fine as long as we continue to embrace the work ethic that has helped us achieve unparalleled success, regardless of the institution.</p>
<p>Still no word… bleh.</p>
<p>From tonight’s chat: “DeanNancy: spring transfer notification occurs very late in December”</p>
<p>1882–Thanks for the info. Did they say anything else of interest to people like us during the chat?</p>