<p>As i didn't get into any good colleges this year, i'm thinking of attending a safety school for a semester, and then try to transfer. how hard is it to transfer? I mean I dont have to transfer only to ivies or anything, but how hard is it to transfer from a school like Caldwell or Colby Sawyer etc to public schools like U of Michigan, Texas A&M, etc?</p>
<p>If you maintain a GPA of around 3.0 it should not be a huge problem. If you are sure about transferring to Texas A&M, you should probably attend a safety school that is in Texas itself. Many public colleges will charge you in-state tuition fees after you stay in their state for a year. So, going to Texas to attend a safety school and transferring to UT or Texas A&M will actually help you save a lot of money.</p>
<p>I’ll just give the example of Colby-Sawyer. You can always attend Colby-Sawyer and transfer to University of New Hampshire(which is a great school!). Be sure to confirm whether UNH follows the same rule of one year in-state residency like some other states before you transfer. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>transfering is not easy, specially if you need aid. A friend of mine (international student) applied to transfer, and was very hard for him and a 3.0 won’t cut it. you gotta do much better than that.</p>
<p>Also, New Hampshire is cold as frick!</p>
<p>Can anyone name some good schools that offer financial aids to international transfer studs?</p>
<p>I think Trinity College provides aid for international transfers too.</p>
<p>No! I don’t think so!!</p>
<p>Sorry to spoil your hopes guys but transferring as an international is pretty hard. I know a lot of you come in thinking you will transfer to a better college after a year worth of great GPA under your belt. So, did my friends, and 90% of them are still in the college they first came to. Transferring to publics is easy if you have good grades and have the finances. Private colleges do offer aid sometimes but the competitiveness is higher than for freshman admission. I myself am a transfer from a decent liberal arts in top tier to a T-20 research University but my permanent residency helped. And out of 60-70 odd transfer students in my class i think no international is on financial aid. There are very few cases where internationals transfer with full aid.</p>
<p>TExas A&M is a really great school for Engineering and science major if your intending to transfer and most importantly the $1000 scholarship gives you opportunity to study in instate tuition rate. But in texas Universities a lot of seats are directly given to the TExas high school graduates so you have to keep your GPA around 3.9-4 to have a good chance of getting in.</p>
<p>Texas Universities are like 80% texas residents and for an international transferring to them is close to impossible…So, if you think you think you won’t be happy at the college you are applying to, then don’t go there. I suggest you look at some other public universities towards the North</p>