<p>Seeming its winter break and everyone will be doing their applications here soon, it seems like a good time to start this thread for questions, concerns, tips, chances, ect...
for chances, please put year, which college you're applying to (obviously each one has higher/lower standards than the others), and your current school</p>
<p>go hoos! =)</p>
<p>I think that one thing every applicant should do is visit, the transfer info they provide is very helpful.</p>
<p>when did you find the time? im 2 hours away, thinking about coming up for a friday afternoon, but my schedule is so hectic with classes =( what type of "helpful transfer info" did they give? could you share a bit that you learned?</p>
<p>Well when I went it was a transfer information session, so that was probably why it was so helpful. But they gave good GPA estimates for transferring, clarified the type of things they were looking for, and allowed you to talk to certain college deans along with the transfer dean of admission (greg roberts). We also met students who were transfers from other schools, and Mr. Roberts talked in length about the transfer agreement and how it was going to be encorporated in admissions. Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.</p>
<p>i went to the transfer meeting and I think you'll find the same information if you just email someone at the office of admisssions. There wasn't too much there to jusify a 2-hour trip. And they don't take down your names, so it doesn't help your chances of acceptance.</p>
<p>I disagree, the information they had in regards to the transfer agreement along with having the ability to meet individually with deans at the school (which I took advantage of) fully justified the trip. I left with better understanding of what I needed to do in order to get an admission offer.</p>
<p>which is basically a good GPA, meeting requirements, and killer essays i assume</p>
<p>Yes, but since my credit situation is a little unusual it helped me alot to speak to someone about it and get a definitive answer on a few questions I had.</p>
<p>Shoebox, If you're going to the meeting in order to get a leg-up on admissions, you probably could save yourself the trip. Basically, they let you know what they're looking for (mainly GPA, course selection, and Test scores). They make it pretty clear that extra curriculars are a high priority and that they weigh high school grades a little less than college grades. If you have a unique situation, I'd suggest you email the admissions office first and then go to the meeting if you can't figure it out through email.</p>
<p>im not looking to go there to get a "leg-up", im going to find out more about the program so that i know that i wouldnt want to transfer again...like firebird said, most of my issues are with transferring credits and how far/ahead i would be (im applying to e-school, and i know im behind by atleast one class, but thanks to APs and extra stupid math classes at my current school, im somewhat ahead too in other areas), but those i take care of through email
what i meant by meeting requirements before was meeting the transfer requirements for juniors...they tend to give preference to those who are as close to those requirements as possible, if they havent already met them, instead of simply saying "we prefer soph or junior transfers more"
also, the essays seem to have more importance than ECs from what i've gathered</p>
<p>It shouldn't be about getting a "leg-up" and what not. If you have some questions and they haven't been sufficently answered or you just want to see the school, take a visit. If you cant go, then there should be enough info online to get you through. You should e-mail the school and see if they can give you the transcript from the transfer chat fom a few months ago, there was alot asked about there and the deans answered the questions.</p>
<p>i agree firebird...i actually took part in that chat, but i had to use my roomate's computer (mine refused to download the needed Java-ware), and she "forgot" to copy and paste the chat because i had to run to class...nightmare</p>
<p>also, for an applicant to a specialized school, such as nursing, arch, or in my case, e-school, are they going to look more heavily at my major-required courses? my first semester grades were Bs in chem/calc II/vector calc and A-s in chemlab/engineering class, but my only B- was in a non-major class, geology...since i have all As and Bs in my major-classes, will they see this and somewhat look past the B- in geology?</p>