<p>On another thread in College Search someone suggested USC and Cornell as offering good financial aid to transfer students.</p>
<p>Is anyone aware of any other colleges that offer good aid to transfers?</p>
<p>Much appreciated!!!</p>
<p>On another thread in College Search someone suggested USC and Cornell as offering good financial aid to transfer students.</p>
<p>Is anyone aware of any other colleges that offer good aid to transfers?</p>
<p>Much appreciated!!!</p>
<p>You might find some gems by reading the financial aid pledges on the Project on Student Debt site. For example, Amherst meets 100% of need (CSS Profile required) without loans for all students:</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.amherst.edu/offices/financialaid/firstyear_transfer/faq[/url]”>Frequently Asked Questions | Financial Aid | Amherst College;
<p>Are you sure that your D will be considered a transfer student? I know that she has CC credits, but it sounds like she hasn’t graduated or gotten her GED yet. If so, then she might not be considered a transfer student. </p>
<p>It’s in her best interest if she’s not a transfer student.</p>
<p>Cornell has an aid estimator on their website and it was veryyyyyyyy generous.</p>
<p>My D transferred after spending a year at Brooklyn College (Macaulay Honors).</p>
<p>She was accepted to three schools as a transfer: Boston College, Mt. Holyoke, and Smith.</p>
<p>All three gave her packages no different than they would have an incoming Freshman.</p>
<p>But you need to look at each school’s website. My D really wanted to go to Brown, but they make it very clear on their website that, not only are they need aware for transfers (which they are not with incoming Freshmen), they don’t guarantee to meet need (which they do with incoming Freshmen). Vassar was another school she was very interested in, but had similar wording on their website.</p>
<p>So if your D is considered a transfer student, make sure you read the websites carefully. But I would also discuss your specific situation with admissions and see if they would really consider college credits taken to fulfill high school requirements as having attended college. I recall at one info session (and I don’t remember which one now) that they don’t consider any college credit taken to fulfill high school requirements.</p>
<p>I just read some of your previous posts.</p>
<p>A lot of home educated kids do exactly what you have done - have the child attend community college and then get the GED as soon as she is old enough. </p>
<p>That would probably be how your child would be evaluated - similar to a home educated student (my eldest was home educated).</p>
<p>I still think a sit-down with you, your child, and an admissions officer is important to see what is required (i.e., home school supplement on the Common App, for example).</p>
<p>I agree with M2C - applying as a Freshman is in your child’s best interests. My son just started at Lehigh, and although he is an incoming Freshman, his schedule says he is a “Sophomore” because of his incoming AP credits. That might be the case for your child as well, but that doesn’t make her a transfer student.</p>
<p>Good luck! <em>hugs</em></p>
<p>Go to the Transfer Students forum, Resources sticky thread, there’s a link to a thread with merit for transfers.</p>
<p>Well, I have gone back and read my previous posts and I feel like I have not been paying enough attention.</p>
<p>Here is the question that really hangs me up - how can my daughter possibly compete with the other incoming frosh at LACs? Academically she is thriving at CC, but she does not have the all the classes required for freshmen (years of English, Science, Foreign Language, Social Sciences, Math, etc.). She’s probably fine on English, Science and Math and has some of the others.</p>
<p>Also, because she was sick, she has very few extracurriculars. She would be competing with students with many AP classes, extracurriculars, etc. We thought that, as a transfer student, her high school record wouldn’t be as important and her success at college would weigh in her favor.</p>
<p>The lack of financial aid to transfers is relatively new info to us. The college websites make it difficult to ascertain their policies. Clearly, I need to speak to more of them directly.</p>
<p>It had not occurred to us that some colleges would not count her units for classes that might be considered high school level.</p>
<p>We have understood that this attempt is a big stretch, but it is important to my D and we wanted to give it our all. So I need to be sure that we are putting our efforts in the right direction. At this moment it is seeming like a near impossible feat. (sigh…) I am generally on top of things, but this experience is sooo complex, it is very humbling.</p>
<p>My eldest, as I said, was primarily home educated through high school. She took some of her classes at the local public school.</p>
<p>Her only ECs were church youth group and cello. She was accepted to 4 of the 5 schools the applied to. One of the acceptances was to Colgate, which was her first choice. Colgate is big for the cello.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t be discouraged because of the “lack of ECs.” If her essay explains what she has been through, how she has grown, etc., the school will take all of that into account. She just needs to choose carefully. You mentioned Brown in one of your posts - Brown is a stretch for everyone, and their rate of acceptance is in the single digits. So that doesn’t mean don’t apply to Brown, but make sure she selects schools that she with her specific talents are a good match.</p>
<p>And as I said before, I don’t think she should apply as a transfer. Even as a transfer, with only one year of college credits her high school record would still be evaluated, so there is certainly no benefit to it. What courses do you think she is lacking as far as a high school record? There are ways, particularly with her life experiences, that can be addressed.</p>
<p>Another option - does your community college have agreements with four year schools? I would check on that as well.</p>
<p>Good luck <em>hugs</em></p>
<p>Thanks susgeek!</p>
<p>Thoughts of Brown were long ago. She will probably apply to the Claremont colleges (I think Scripps is her best shot), Lewis & Clark and a couple others. L&C is her top pick. Thus far, she has only been looking seriously at the west coast.</p>
<p>I spoke to the L&C admissions dept. this a.m. and they said that she should apply as a first year, which is good news. I’ll talk to Scripps today as well</p>
<p>I know our CC has agreements with schools in the California state system. She will probably go that route if she doesn’t get accepted next year.</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Do contact each school about whether she can be considered a frosh applicant…that really is the best thing for her.</p>
<p>How did I miss this in the search I did? Great info, thanks!</p>