<p>I didn't seriously think about transferring until I returned to campus in January as a freshman. I started on the paperwork sometimes in February and then I got sidelined with schoolwork and friend crisis. By the time March rolled around and I had two weeks until the deadline, I got right to work because I really, really wanted to leave then!</p>
<p>Your D shouldn't be scared to approach any profs- just pick the ones she liked the most and they'll write her off. But they most likely will talk to her first to make sure that it's what she wants (profs see this happen a lot with freshmen and are used to it) and write the LOR. But she needs to know specific reasons for transferring so she can frame her app around it. Academic reasons tend to get a very favorable response while "I just wanna get out of there" don't always work.</p>