Good reasons to transfer?

Transfer Students
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<p>I've been trying to write my Common App essay for the past couple weeks but I'm really struggling to come up with "general" transfer reasons for the main essay. So far I've come up with:</p>

<p>Brand name: Not transferring solely to say "I go to X school" but more for the networking/internship opportunities and recruiting/job positioning that a higher ranked university would provide. My career path has also changed somewhat and a well known university would make life a lot easier down the road.</p>

<p>Change in academic atmosphere: Looking for more focus in my curriculum. I respect a well rounded program but my school takes it a bit too far for example, 3 theology/religion courses including a Biblical Traditions course is a bit much and is preventing me from graduating in four years without a massive credit overload.</p>

<p>Finances: I decided not to go to my first choice school to save money for those first two years and now I can afford to go to a better university.</p>

<p>Do these reasons sound ok to you guys? I wanted to somehow address that I'm a more qualified candidate now than I was as a high school senior as well but I don't know if I could do that without introducing a fair amount of negativity.</p>

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<p>Help please!</p>

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<p>Honestly a lot of schools reject people who are looking for an upgrade, I would not recommend focusing your essay on how you are looking for something better. Everyone ones wants the opportunity to be able to network at a top school and such, so it really wont make your essays stand out. You have to think that you are going against a lot of other applicants that might have better reasons for transferring. I feel too many schools get these types of applicants.</p>

<p>Try to be specific. Is there a certain program at X school you are interested in? Is the location better? Any sort of programs (study abroad or research) that your current school does not offer?.. ect. Try to have a really good reason on why they should accept you. Those are the types of things I focused on, but again there is no perfect essay. Good luck!</p>