<p>It's been made clear that having a good reason to transfer is important and it seems that a great deal of people here have transferred because the research program at their university wasn't so good.</p>
<p>But if your study of interest wasn't affected by the school you go to what would your reason be? At most universities the English program isn't drastically different from one or the next. (Although I'm sure some classes and professors have varying degrees of awesomeness.) </p>
<p>Well...if you have to ask others for a reason to transfer, it usually means there's really not a sufficient reason to transfer in the first place.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, I'm sure theres some English major transfers.
Why do you want to transfer?</p>
<p>I'm an English major transfer (creative writing) but I'm trying to transfer to USC because I'd like to minor in screenwriting or at least take some screenwriting courses/work on student films and learn a bit about the film industry so I can be a sreenwriter/script reader. USC isn't the best English school but I think it has a lot of things that my current school doesn't have in areas of English I'm interested in. I've also applied to NYU because there are a lot of internships in editing jobs there and also screenwriting courses. I think a lot of English majors transfer. This is the undergrad degree so grad school is the important time to really look at strength of the major. For undergrad, it should be fairly good but you should also look at other factors like what experience you want in college. That's why I'm trying to transfer.</p>
<p>Hi Wind, I wanted to know if my reason would be good enough in comparison to someone who would want a better research university. I got the impression that English programs everywhere were generically the same (and thus it would not be a good reason), but I think kaitylin has explained it to me. My reason is definitely similar to hers (specialization) and now that I see it written it definitely sounds solid to me.</p>