Help !!!! Help !!!!

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello everybody,</p>

<p>This admission year 2006, I've been rejected from my 1st and 2nd choice (which were MIT and Harvard). However I dont want to give up just like that and i'm thinking of trying again by transfering.</p>

<p>I have some questions:</p>

<p>1, When should I transfer? (starting to apply during my freshman to attend as a sophomore or starting in my sophomore year to attend as a junior) Which one is more advisable?</p>

<p>2, Will it lower my chance as a transfer if i applied to the same school that i applied before as a freshman (i.e. i mean MIT and Harvard)?</p>

<p>3, How many schools should and can I apply as a transfer? (thinking of other schools such as UPenn and Stanford...)</p>

<p>4, How did you talk to your professors/uni counselor about transfering? (i mean, you need their recs and support and other stuffs) What was your reasoning to achieve their best support? (i'm just afraid that they may interprete not nicely about you, e.g. they would think "he/she doesnt want to study at our school because he/she doesnt think that our school is good enough for he/she" or something like that and therefore the consequence would be "not supportive" or if you don't get in after trying to transfer, your remaining time at the present college would be horrible....(you know what i mean, dont you). Especially, will unsuccessul transfer effect anything to your present financial aid?</p>

<p>5, Whatever other advice/comments would be appreciated.</p>

<p>Some of you may find my questions very silly but please bear me and answer me as detailed as possible.</p>

<p>THank you very very (very)^n much.</p>

<p>PC31</p>

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<li><p>I think this would depend on your high school record. If it was stellar, then you should apply for a sophomore transfer. If it was average however, you should apply for a junior transfer to show how much you have grown academically.</p></li>
<li><p>It would be logical to think that re-applying to the same schools as a transfer would show true interest in the school. All in all however, I do not think that this would play a significant factor.</p></li>
<li><p>You can apply to as many school as you want. Don't apply to Upenn though, they lie about their transfer decision dates.</p></li>
<li><p>Try to form a good relationship with your advisor during your first two semesters. I got to know my advisor really well, and although she was disappointed that I was leaving, she was fully supportive of my intention. Same thing with your professors.</p></li>
<li><p>Don't get your hopes up for Harvard or MIT :P. Search for transfer-friendly schools such as Cornell (although if next year's admissions are like this year's, Cornell won't be seen as so friendly anymore), NYU and the like.</p></li>
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<p>@ Y17K: what do you mean by Upenn "lie about their transfer decision date"? Also, may i know how you first mentioned the intension of transfering to your advisor? - THank you</p>

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<p>no more comments? anything would be appreciated....</p>