<p>What's a good strategy as far as how many school I should I apply to in terms of..</p>
<p>Safeties - ?
Matches - ?
Reaches - ?</p>
<p>it doesnt matter, it is what you feel good to apply to. Apply to a couple safeties with rolling admissions really early so you find out if your in around november.. then if you are happy with your safety school you can apply to more reaches. If you are already happy with a school you got into, only apply to school you KNOW you would choose or you are just wasting money on application fees. (i'm gonna be paying 520 dollars)</p>
<p>I'm applying to about eight. I'm going with that many because I need to compare financial aid offers, and I also want to push myself by having a few reaches on the list. I have two safeties, three matches, and three reaches. I think it's a good list, and my advisors and professors really like it.</p>
<p>Also, like burgler09, I'm being careful to look at deadline dates to make sure that I don't apply to any colleges I don't "need" to apply to. I am doing one of my safeties early because I think I have a really good shot at their full tuition scholarship, but other than that, I am concentrating on the matches and reaches.</p>
<p>Well, with transfer, it's a whole different ballgame than regular senior year admissions. Simply put, in senior year, it's almost essential that apply to some safeties. For transfer, some people only apply to one and some people apply to 10. It really depends on your situation--i.e. I'm just applying to Yale for the heck of it or I have to get out of this Community College. There's no general right or wrong answer.</p>
<p>I had to get out of my community college so I applied to 8 elite schools. Got into one.</p>
<p>@burgler09</p>
<p>Do you know any good Business Schools with rolling admissions?</p>
<p>I've done some research and haven't seen any rolling admissions.</p>
<p>Purdue has a decent to good business program, and has rolling admissions.</p>
<p>as for the ratio:</p>
<p>I consider 2:3:2 pretty good, though if money is an issue applying to more safeties is usually good since your chance of getting a full ride is always smexy.</p>
<p>I would apply to as many as you can afford to. Keep your options open.</p>
<p>For some people, their current school is their safety. So, if that is the case, you don't need any safeties. Could also be true for matches, as in WindCloud's case.</p>
<p>It also depends on how much you know about the schools where you're applying. So many kids/families visit all their possible schools before freshman apps. But that isn't always possible when you're applying for transfer. So you might need to apply to a few more on the chance that you won't really like some of your possibles once you get accepted - kind of increases the app fees, but a lot cheaper than trips to lots of schools.</p>
<p>Just in case anyone's wondering, I am neither at a Community College nor am planning to apply to Yale for the heck of it. Those were just examples. I'm plenty happy at the school I'm attending right now.</p>
<p>Yes, and we're all very jealous. ;)</p>
<p>i was coming from a T 15 school, so I only applied to 5 places, with 2 of them being complete insane reaches ( H and Y). The other 3 were lower tier ivies, i.e., Penn, Columbia, D-mouth. And I got accepted at 1 and wlisted at the other 2.</p>
<p>university of michigan has a good business program, i am not sure if they accept transfers or not but I would look into it if I were you, they are pretty good with out of state students also</p>
<p>I don't know about the business program in particular, but Michigan definitely accepts transfers and is actively recruiting them now, at least from the community colleges, by attending two-year transfer fairs and Phi Theta Kappa events. They seem to want the out-of-staters now.</p>
<p>I'm looking to transfer Fall 2008, I just called and they don't have rolling a admissions... on their website they have a specific date...</p>
<p>I just read that they only accept sophomore, MAX 45 credits.. I guess I won't be able to apply to UMich then.</p>
<p>Typically, that means they'll only transfer in 45 credits...not that you can't apply if you have more than that. You can usually choose to relinquish credits in situations like this, or they'll just automatically select which ones to bring for you. I have a friend who transferred to Wellesley (non-traditional, mind you) after completing her junior year of college by agreeing to come in as a sophomore and start over with a new major. Two friends are choosing to go to Brown next year as sophomores even though they've finished their Associate's degrees. I think it can be done.</p>
<p>Is there a reason you require a rolling admissions date? That's pretty hard to find with top institutions. :/</p>