<p>I've just completed my first year of college, and I was planning on transferring to a small nearby private school for a year. After that, I wanted to transfer to UNC Chapel Hill (So junior year transfer there) and then I would stay there for the rest of undergrad. I asked the Doctor that I've been shadowing his thoughts on this, and he said that he didn't think it was a great idea.
I don't know if he knows that from experience or if it's just his personal opinion.
Can someone help me out? Should I transfer to the smaller private school at all? They are offering me a $12k scholarship and that brings the cost of everything down to the same as what I'm paying now.
Please, I really need some help right now.</p>
<p>not a good idea</p>
<p>I see zero reason to transfer at all let alone twice.</p>
<p>There is data complied by AAMC that suggests that having 3 or more transcripts is associated with:</p>
<p>lower MCAT scores</p>
<p>lowered chance of gaining a medical school acceptance</p>
<p>higher risk of not completing medical school if you do matriculate</p>
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<p>Also as a junior year transfer, you will be at a disadvantage in getting strong letters of recommendation from your professors. LORS are a critical in gaining a med school admission.</p>
<p>The school I go to now is not very good, their science departments are absolutely awful. That’s why I want to switch. Does anyone have any advice on what I should do?</p>
<p>Is there a reason you can’t transfer to UNC straight from where you are? Otherwise, maybe you could just transfer to the small school and stay there the rest of your undergraduate career.</p>
<p>This doesn’t look good for a number of reasons:
*Doesn’t look like you planned it very well. If money is an issue, you should have anticipated some of that. *If your school has a weak science, well, you didn’t reasearch it very well. *And if you’re thinking you’d like to transfer to UNC but you can’t do it over the summer, well, you didn’t schedule your timing very well. *Who’s to say you won’t totally dislike the small private nearby school anyway? Ugh!</p>
<p>If you’re serious about medical school, you better show long-term commitment towards that goal. It’s not like you can bounce around in med school. What you should be doing instead is studying, researching, and volunteering.</p>
<p>will let you know how it goes for me…</p>
<p>CC – 1st yr ----> transferred</p>
<p>large state school 2nd yr (4.0 in my phys, chem, bio 1&2 core + orgo1) —>
transferring again due to my scholarship fund via military reserves in state being bankrupt…have put in 200+ hrs in the ER, 1 pub in public health journal, 9 months in a marine bio lab</p>
<p>3rd yr(this yr) will be at a top 10 school…either I gamed the system w/my 4.0 sGPA or it’ll bite me in the backside…either way I have my reasons for the x2 transfer.</p>
<p>if it’s best for you then go for it! imagine if your reasons for moving twice are reasonable it won’t make any difference…also imagine your odds for getting into UNC-CH SOM will go up if you can pull good grades your jr yr there. If you are starting at a CC then I think it’s reasonable…if not then probably should stay where you are this yr and just make one move to UNC next spring if they have that or next fall</p>