<p>I know that at some schools, showing interest can make a difference in borderline cases. I think that this is becase schools want students who will matriculate, so does showing interest matter at in transfer admissions since it probably doesn't matter as much to schools what percent of their transfer acceptances matriculate?<br>
I'm pretty borderline at Georgetown, and I've already visited campus once, gone to an info session in Vermont where I go to school, and I'm going to a transfer info session on campus on Friday (woo hoo, get to get out of Vermont for a couple days!) am meeting with a history professor and am including a signed statement with my application that says, "If I am accepted to Georgetown University, I will matriculate in the fall of 2006." Will this help at all? Any more general thoughts on the question?</p>
<p>I think it's better than if you say something like "I kind of like your school, and if you let me in...I'll think about it." I think a lot of people will demonstrate enthusiasm, though. I don't think it would hurt. I've wondered how to work in things like, "You're the only school to which I'm applying because I LOVE you," without sounding psychotic.</p>
<p>By the way - do transfer applicants ever get waitlisted? I just realized I'd never heard anyone say they had been, but it seems like there'd be no reason why not.</p>
<p>ahhaaha I've been trying to figure out a way to say that without sounding crazy/desperate to get away from UVM too! Your school is Brown, right? Anyway, yes they do get waitlisted, although sometimes that's just a nice way of saying "We should have taken you, but we didn't have room." For example, at Harvard, the year that over a thousand applied for transfer and 55 got in, all 55 matriculated. For most schools, though, I think there is at least a little bit of hope if you're wait listed.</p>
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By the way - do transfer applicants ever get waitlisted? I just realized I'd never heard anyone say they had been, but it seems like there'd be no reason why not.
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<p>Yes.</p>
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"We should have taken you, but we didn't have room." For example, at Harvard, the year that over a thousand applied for transfer and 55 got in, all 55 matriculated.
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<p>Not really, and the Harvard example does not attest to that. All the example states is that all those who were accepted also happened to matriculate; if one did not, a student would be pulled from the waitlist.</p>
<p>Georgetown, in general, tries to be precise about students who they think will matriculate in any given year. Because of zoning laws, Georgetown cannot afford to overenroll, since they will be charged a fine; however, there are better ways of demonstrating interest than including a statement declaring an intention to matriculate; since it is not legally binding, any student, whether or not he/she really intended to matriculate, could do the same. There are other ways of demonstrating interest, and Georgetown most definitely notices them.</p>
<p>what are they? i'd do any I could....</p>
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what are they? i'd do any I could....
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<p>I cannot say I know any guaranteed way of doing it. Just be yourself. If you try to manufacture interest, the contrivance will likely be apparent to the admissions officer.</p>
<p>I think (hope) my enthusiam will come across in my essays, but do you think that meeting with this professor and visiting campus twice, once for a transfer orientation session, talking to the admissions director, etc are those other ways to show interest you spoke of? Thanks for the help.</p>
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I think (hope) my enthusiam will come across in my essays, but do you think that meeting with this professor and visiting campus twice, once for a transfer orientation session, talking to the admissions director, etc are those other ways to show interest you spoke of? Thanks for the help.
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<p>I am unsure. Just be natural. For example, when I was sending in my mid-term grades, I called the admissions office and ended up speaking to the assistant director of admissions: he gave me his personal fax number and offered to personally file the mid-term report. I do not know whether that was a good or bad thing, but it made my file salient, and made me seem interested. I had no intention of demonstrating interest.</p>