<p>when the transfer admissions faq says that you can transfer as a freshman in the spring, but "at fewer schools."</p>
<p>does that mean that i need to go to a college that allows me to transfer out, or that colleges that i hope to transfer into are not likely to allow transfering in?</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UChicago, Columbia, and UPenn are my biggest concerns.</p>
<p>also, i think it should be noted that I did not apply to any of the above as a senior in high school because I felt like my transcript was subpar.</p>
<p>If I were to attempt to transfer into those schools, would it be more advantageous if i stayed at whatever school i go to for Fall freshman year for 2 years, and then transfer out spring sophomore year, because then my college transcript can dig me out of the hole?</p>
<p>I'd really prefer it if I could transfer out Spring freshman into one of those schools for the fall term as a sophomore, if possible.</p>
<p>P.S.: from Harvard Website: "By the anticipated date of matriculation, applicants must have satisfactorily completed a minimum of one continuous academic year in a degree program at one college, and not more than two academic years of full-time college study."</p>
<p>If i applied spring freshman year and got accepted, i would start attending in the fall of my sophomore year. Is that the date of matriculation; or is the date of matriculation actually the date (presumably in May) when I accept the acceptance letter and get enrolled?</p>
<p>Princeton doesn’t accept transfer students.</p>
<p>Date of Matriculation is the date you start classes.</p>
<p>If you apply for transfer in your second year of college (you would start at the new place for your junior year), many colleges and universities won’t look at your HS transcripts. Even if they do ask for your HS transcripts, those grades won’t matter as much as the ones you’ve earned in college.</p>
<p>If you apply for transfer in your first year of college (to start at the new place for your sophomore year), your HS grades will definitely matter.</p>
<p>most (or many, anyway) colleges don’t accept freshman in the spring semester. they want kids to be sure of their decision before they transfer out, and they also don’t want kids to do to another school just so they can eventually transfer.</p>
<p>its different for every school, but many schools say you cant even start applying after a certain number of semesters or credit hours</p>
<p>what harvard is saying is that you can’t apply to transfer for spring semester. you would have to start fall of your sophomore year.</p>
<p>use the rest of this semester to work on your apps for fall which, now that its almost march, are probably do pretty soon</p>
<p>Most colleges hardly accept any spring transfers, if any at all. It is very difficult to transfer for the spring semester because it is not the most conventional method. Sophomore transfers typically have a slight advantage because they have 2 years of college work to show for, it also makes up for high school stats. Freshman transfers have their college work and high school work looked at more or less equally. Anyways, good luck transferring to those schools, some have better chances of winning the lottery.</p>
<p>A word on terminology: when one applies for a transfer during the spring of their soph year in college, to be admitted the following fall, this is referred to as being a jr transfer student; when applying as a fr for admission the following fall, this is a soph transfer. </p>
<p>For soph transfers, HS record (gpa & course rigor) and test scores are weighted MORE than the college record as the student will only have completed 1 semester at the time the application is due vs. 4 years of HS.</p>
<p>To the OP, you need to go to the websites and see if any those schools accept transfers in the spring of fr year, it is unlikely. And even if they do, the application will be due at the beginning of fall semester, so the only thing different from regular fr admissions (other than lower transfer acceptance rates) would be what you did the remainder of your sr year in HS and during the summer. In addition, LORs would be very difficult to attain and it would be hard to write a convincing main CA essay about why you want to transfer, having spent very little time at your current school.</p>
<p>None of the schools you mentioned will take spring semester transfers. Look at their websites under admissions>undergraduate admissions>transfer students.</p>