<p>Understanding Transfer Admissions News:</a> Understanding Transfer Admissions - Inside Higher Ed
In some parts of the country, it is the norm to transfer. All of that in turn raises the question of how colleges evaluate transfer applicants -- and a study being released today by the National Association for College Admission Counseling tries to illuminate that process.
<a href="http://www.nacacnet.org/PublicationsResources/Research/Documents/TransferFactSheet.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.nacacnet.org/PublicationsResources/Research/Documents/TransferFactSheet.pdf</a></p>
<p>Is the implication of the figure on the importance of the overall GPA of transferrable courses not misleading? Do the courses that transfer really matter? If so, maybe that is one reason transfer applicants in lower tier colleges are at a disadvantage. Am I correct in my sentiment?</p>