<p>Hi all,
I was just wondering how important high school versus college ECs are in the transfer process for transferring as a freshman?</p>
<p>Should I even list high school ECs at all, or focus only on college ones?</p>
<p>You mean transferring as a junior right? I heard that colleges only look at your extracurriculars from after high school.</p>
<p>Applying for transfer during freshman year, which I guess is probably then transferring as a sophomore? (sorry, that was a friend posting on my account, and I don’t think she’s very clear on the terminology, nor am I)</p>
<p>She’ll be a freshman this fall, but may not be able to attend her first-choice college (which she got into…and other great schools which she’d love to attend) because of recent financial problems in her family. It also doesn’t really look like she’ll be getting more aid since it’s a complicated situation. As a result, she may be attending community college for a year.</p>
<p>If that happens, it looks like she will have to reapply as a transfer (but will want to do so as soon as possible since she’s been looking to have a full college experience for so long), and I’m trying to help her make plans.</p>
<p>I applied as a transfer as a second semester freshman (for the spring) and included ECs from high school and college, because I figured although I was involved in college I didn’t have quite enough time to be as involved as I was. Certain schools really value ECs and things such as community service in their applicants (collegedata.com shows this) so it can only help to include it all. Colleges always love “well-rounded” students and showing old ECs shows potential.</p>