Applying to Transfer to Multiple Schools

Transfer Students
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<p>Will schools that take the common application know that I submitted it to other schools as well? Will this look bad in terms of me not looking like I've made my mind up?</p>

<p>I will be applying as a junior transfer applicant to 3-4 schools, so I will have given my current school a full 3 semesters before trying to get out, but my predicament is this: I know I want to transfer and while I certainly have a top choice, it is quite the long shot and my desire to transfer is such that I think I would rather submit several applications at the risk of not looking 'dedicated' to one particular school simply so that I have a reasonable chance of transferring somewhere. After one year I still strongly dislike my current institution, but I'm definitely holding out hope that this semester will prove it to be awesome and I won't have to go through with the rigorous transfer process. But, where it currently stands, I plan on applying to transfer.</p>

<p>It could be that the schools won't even know I applied elsewhere, and it could also be that they don't care. I know as a freshman applicant we were encouraged to apply all over the place, but something tells me transfer applicants might be given different advice. Any input?</p>

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<p>It doesn't matter if you apply to multiple schools. Considering that transfer admission rates at some colleges, especially selective ones, are lower than freshman admission rates, I would definitely encourage you to apply to more than one college. If you really just hate the school you're act and you're not trying to transfer to your dream college, then I would encourage you even more to apply to multiple colleges. Colleges don't usually ask on the application and I don't see how else they could find out.</p>

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<p>Schools will fully expect you to be applying to more than one school, for transfer just as for freshman applications. My son applied to, I think, 10 places and was accepted to all but one.</p>

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<p>Wow okay that's great news...thanks you two.</p>