With the common app’s transfer prompt, I’m really confused with how I should go about writing this. I see a lot of responses stating that I should focus on the reasons for transferring to a particular school, however, as the personal statement I can’t really do that especially when many of the college’s supplements already have a “Why Transfer” type question. What should I be focusing on for this prompt? I don’t feel that I necessarily need to list the negatives of my current college, but am I supposed to just give some generalized reasons for why I’d want to go to any of the schools I’m applying to?
I think what you’re supposed to do is talk about why you want to transfer (generally) in the Common App, and then why you’re transferring to the specific school in the school supplements. You don’t have to list negatives, but do state what your college experience thusfar has shown you that you actually want in a school environment. Also highlight any extraneous interests (study abroad, an EC, etc.) that you want to pursue more in-depth. I guess this will be more “personal statement” like than the school supplements, because you want to show who you are, what you’ve done, and what you hope to do.