<p>I just wanted to know if it is possible to transfer to the SFS if you applied and got in through the georgetown college? Also would you be able to cross enroll as well?</p>
<p>At our info session, admiss. staffer was pretty explicit that there was no chance to transfer between schools. Also, no cross registration among schools. Seemed strange to us and is the reason our son is still applying elsewhere despite EA to Georgetown.</p>
<p>absolutely, although you might have to stay a year in the COL… cross-registration is possible, but somewhat difficult given that some courses are SFS-only… though you can still theoretically take it, but SFS kids get priority first and those classes always almost fill up by SFS kids</p>
<p>Hey! I’m a freshman in the SFS. This is a big question among students, but yes, it is possible to transfer once you are on the Hilltop. Immediately, probably not, but after your first semester/year, definitely. Don’t stress too much, though, as a lot of the first year classes are pre-requesites anyhow. If you go from COL-SFS (a popular transfer), you won’t get to take an SFS Proseminar and you’ll have to take Political and Social Thought (PST) with freshmen. Other than that, if you are contemplating a transfer I would suggest ECON/Foreign Language/History/Humanities & Writing courses, as those are requirements for the College and SFS (and to some degree MSB/NHS)</p>
<p>waitinginruralwv - have you heard of anyone switching before they even start school? how would one go about doing that?</p>
<p>@kcmdonahue, i know on the green sheet that came with the acceptances there is a section on program changes that tells how you would go about that, i believe it is a written agreement or something. what program are you in/what program are you changing to?</p>
<p>okay thanks hoyasaxa92, i’ll go find that sheet. i’m thinking of changing from msb to sfs…i’m just so undecided about everything. random i know, but i’d be going to the STIA program</p>
<p>Yeah I’m in SFS and thought about switching to the college because I didn’t want to limit myself, but the more I look into the program the more I realize it’s where I want to be! Good Luck with the switch, maybe we’ll be in classes together next year!</p>
<p>yeah, i had the same exact thought, but they have a pretty varied core and if i’m in STIA i get to take science courses too. but yeah maybe we will! and thanks (:</p>
<p>Transferring between schools before attending there seems rather…Well, I don’t think the college would like that especially seeing it can be seen (quite transparently, too) that you simply applied to a school that had higher chance of accepting you rather than the school you were interested in. </p>
<p>I doubt they will let you transfer before you even go there!</p>
<p>I understand your logic TheRoad, but if they were completely against it they wouldn’t mention it in the application material. If you write a strong essay of sorts explaining your desire to switch and maybe even honestly mention your uncertainties at first Georgetown will definitely consider your request.</p>
<p>TheRoad, it actually apparently happens a lot. We’re 16 and 17-year-old kids, it’s hard to know exactly what you want to do at that age. Of course some people are going to be indecisive or change their minds.</p>
<p>That’s interesting—I had the most stressful time deciding which college to apply…and ended up applying to College which was weird since I was debating between SFS and MSB. Thought a “generic” school was better than an uncertainty between “specialized” schools.</p>
<p>Well, I knew I didn’t want to be in the College, so that wasn’t really an option for me. I don’t really understand your point in telling us that…because you did it everyone else should?</p>
<p>kcmdonahue, but you think 5 months? Find out in April and you change your mind before enrolling? I understand that it’s possible but I doubt it’s easy. </p>
<p>If you’ve attended there, took a few colleges, talked to some professors and students, then I’d say the school should be lenient in changing since as you said, as 16-17 years old, we shouldn’t/didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into. But changing your mind in few months without having much basis on your decisions seemed rather weird to me, although Hoyasaxa clarified for me on the previous post.</p>
<p>Did I say everyone should? Stop taking words out of my mouth…and my post wasn’t to you, if you had any confusion on that part (it was a response to hoya)</p>
<p>TheRoad, please do research before you talk about Georgetown transferring.</p>
<p>1) I already got in, actually, so I won’t find out in April.
2) It’s actually MUCH easier to transfer before you get there rather than once you’re already there. Current Georgetown students on this board will tell you that, if you read earlier threads.
3) Don’t assume what the school “should” do without doing your research on what it WILL do.
4) Who are you to say that my decision to switch my major has no basis?</p>
<p>If you’re going to criticize the decisions of others, at least do some research on the topic first.</p>
<p>Oh wow, someone is really strung up. Okay, stop reading my posts because whenever I say “you,” it isn’t YOU, kcm… you can change it to “one” if you’d like. So there goes your list of 1 and 4…as for your 2 and 3, (they basically say the same thing), I said it was weird; doubting and assuming are two different things. </p>
<p>Give me statistics of how many people transferred BEFORE entering the school before you start spouting some random defensive posts…</p>
<p>I guess your last sentence is from YOUR assumption that I was even talking to you…<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>Don’t sweat it, it’s a huge misconception that the SFS is “harder” to get into than the COL, MSB, NHS… if you look at the stats (which is the only hard evidence we have), its really about comparable between the 4 schools…</p>
<p>Trust me, plenty people transfer out of the SFS… it is just harder to do so after freshmen year because of all the requirements</p>
<p>I am very reluctant about applying to Georgetown because I can not decide between a major in Finance or Political Science. Hence SFS and MCB. I was wondering if I could have some advice. I got in EA to Notre Dame which is very flexible about this however Georgetown is not. So I probably will chose ND over GT(if I get in).Can I transfer when I get there, can I have the best of BOTH WORLDs or will I have to chose?</p>