Colleges not accepting pre-meds transfers?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey all, it's been a long time since I've posted on here. </p>

<p>I'm a pre-med mathematics major in my 2nd year at UAlabama and I'm looking to transfer to somewhere far more north, but I noticed when I was looking at Boston College they said that they wouldn't allow any transfers to be pre-med if they planned on transferring past their first year. This is a major red flag for me.</p>

<p>Is this something I should go back and look at most of my schools for? Is this something that's common, and I've just never heard of, or should I just assume this is just one school's policy?</p>

<p>Thanks for any help.</p>

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<p>Interesting, I’ve never heard of limitations like this before. </p>

<p>After reading the BC website, they are talking specifically about their premed ‘program’, which states:</p>

<p>[Welcome</a> - Premedical and Predental Program - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/cas/premed/overview/welcome.html]Welcome”>Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences | Boston College)</p>

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<p>The description of the program, just sounds like they typical premed office that advises and coordinates premeds:</p>

<p>[Program</a> Introduction - Premedical and Predental Program - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/cas/premed/overview/intro.html]Program”>Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences | Boston College)</p>

<p>Perhaps BC is a school that limits the students that they permit to apply to med school so that students with low gpas are screened out. I’m not sure they could prevent you from taking premed coursework, but their premed program is likely in charge of releasing LORs which are necessary for med school apps.</p>

<p>I would suggest you also post your question on the Premed Topics forum, there are many experienced members there and may know if this is an isolated or relatively common practice.</p>

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<p>Yeah, this was the first time I’ve ever heard of something like this either.</p>

<p>Here’s the page where I found that statement: [Special</a> Conditions and Specific Requirements - Office of Undergraduate Admission - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/transfer/specialconditions.html]Special”>http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/transfer/specialconditions.html)</p>

<p>It’s the first bullet point under the Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Studies section. I’ll also seek out the help of the pre-med section of this site.</p>