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<p>transferring twice
a little about me, i attended a top 20 school, and then transferred to a top 15 school...but i dont like the top 15 school, in fact, i think i like the top 20 one better</p>

<p>i wanted to know if it is worth my while to try the transfer process again...i felt like i got pretty bad results the first time around...i had excellent high school credentials and my year gpa at my first school was ~3.8 and my SATs are in the mid to upper 1400s.</p>

<p>I wanted to know if I can keep up my performance at my new school...do i have a shot at</p>

<p>Stanford
Harvard
Columbia
Duke
Dartmouth</p>

<p>does it look bad to transfer twice b/c right now i think i made the worst decision of my life....</p>

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<p>and btw, i never in my life had applied to Dartmouth or Stanford or Harvard, i wonder if that matters</p>

<p>the other 2, i had applied for freshman and transfer admission and was waitlisted both times</p>

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<p>Be aware that October is a month when many, many new students - freshmen or transfer - are questioning their choice of school. </p>

<p>In general, I do not think it is a good idea to transfer twice. Your case might be the exception. But you need to ask yourself what you thought was wrong with the first school and why you no longer think that is a problem. Then ask what is wrong with your second school, so that you can hope to figure out whether you will still think it a problem when you get to your third school.</p>

<p>You could easily find yourself regretting the move to your third school next October.</p>

<p>So, let's get to the root of things before you make any more decisions.</p>

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<p>jmmom....wat about just returning to my current school...i arranged a way for me to just return with the admissions office without me having to reapply before i transferred.....</p>

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<p>Well, jf, ifi you've set that up, that is great and certainly makes it easy. But I don't want you to make a hasty decision. So what I'm asking (and I know it's none of my business, but since you've come here for opinions.... ;) ) is why you don't like this place you thought would be better; why you didn't like the place you now want to go back to....</p>

<p>Would you care to share that either here or PM? Sometimes a sounding board is a good thing; instead of jumping into action prematurely.</p>

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<p>jfaramoon, you sound a lot like simbajune/bball...</p>

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