<p>I am currently going to be an incoming freshman at a four year university but I want to transfer out. I know USC does not require a minimum number of credits to transfer, unlike many universities require (60 credits). I was just wondering if anyone can list the names of schools I can transfer after only one year of college, similar to USC's transfer policy??</p>
<p>There are a lot of schools that allow you to do that. Instead of asking us for all of them, I would find other colleges that I was interested in, and check their policies.</p>
<p>Besides, why go into your freshman year with such a negative attitude? You may enjoy yourself and find that you don’t even want to transfer.</p>
<p>I am also interested in a list of schools that will accept students after one year…</p>
<p>Princess, this has nothing to do with a “negative attitude”. ! My daughter his graduating early from HS and is going to start a a 4 year college as a spring admit; if you don’t know, a lot of schools do not admit students in the spring so her options are limited. She would like to know, if she does well, if she could transfer to another school where she may have been qualified but could not be admitted to due to spring admission.</p>
<p>Please do not judge people by their questions, sometimes what may not seem legitimate to you, is applicable to others.</p>
<p>@sockhermom, the OP said nothing about a spring transfer. They asked “after only one year of college,” which implies they want to be a fall transfer for their sophomore year. I’m not being judgmental, I simply suggested that they begin their college career with a positive attitude and try to make the best of their situation.</p>
<p>I agree with PRiNCESSMAHiNA, if you go into it thinking that you only want to spend one year there you might ignore all the things that you might like about the school because in your head you are already transferring. Do a year there and don’t think about transferring until after because you might enjoy going to where ever a lot and not want to leave after a year…be it friends, teachers or the fact that you will have to start new somewhere else the next year. Just don’t jump to the transfer card until you at least spend a semester or year there.</p>
<p>What is your reason for transferring if I may know?</p>
<p>Unless you have good high school stats + SAT scores, you are NOT going to get into a better university than your current one with just one year of college credits under your belt.</p>
<p>^seconded</p>
<p>Also, few schools have a <em>minimum</em> of 60 credits, a lot of schools won’t accept more than that. A lot of schools require 30 credits, but that’s only a year of coursework, and you can be in the middle of completing them at the time of application.</p>
<p>“Unless you have good high school stats + SAT scores, you are NOT going to get into a better university than your current one with just one year of college credits under your belt.”</p>
<p>I got accepted to a school I was rejected by in first year admission after one year at college.</p>
<p>imasophomore, getting rejected during high school doesn’t mean you didn’t have good high school stats and SAT scores. Plenty of students who ARE qualified get rejected, there just aren’t enough spots. I have a hard time believing you went from the bottom of your high school class to getting accepted after one year, which is what you’re implying.</p>
<p>If you are looking at a private school like USC, most do not have unit requirements. And in fact, many privates require students spend at least 2 yrs on campus and so discourage anything later than a jr yr transfer.</p>
<p>To understand the comment of Princess, a very helpful member on this forum, it helps to have been around the Transfer Students forum for a year or two. Once final fr decisions are complete in the spring, this forum gets inundated by students anxious to transfer before giving their school a chance in the fall. And since they are most often disappointed by their fr results, they want to be able to ‘transfer up’ after a year of college.</p>
<p>Few recognize that:</p>
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<li>Soph transfers are heavily weighted on HS, not college records.</li>
<li>Transfer admission rates tend to be lower than fr rates.</li>
<li>Merit aid is extremely limited for transfers.</li>
<li>While some schools treat transfers the same as fr admits for need based FA, many give less to transfers.</li>
<li>It’s a lot of work to fill out transfer applications, which are every bit as time consuming as fr applications, if not more so (HS + college infomation).</li>
<li>It’s often difficult to approach newly made friends, profs, etc. with the fact that you want to transfer.</li>
<li>There are other complications with transferring, such as what to do about housing for the next year, since those commitments usually have to be made before transfer decisions come in.</li>
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<p>Because of these reasons and others, some of us on this forum counsel incoming fr to at least have an open mind about their new school and try to find new friends, participate in activities, and look for academic opportunities. If after the first semester they still feel as strongly about transferring, then go ahead and give it a shot, but be realistic about your expectations.</p>
<p>i have to say, though, that it’s difficult to anticipate how well you’ll adjust and like an environment before actually being immersed in it.</p>
<p>for me, where i went fr year genuinely wasn’t a fit and i wouldn’t have been as happy as i think i could be without transferring</p>
<p>Well, most privates allow you to transfer after just one year. For the people saying it is near impossible to do so, you must conduct more research as the chance of acceptance is based on the school’s policy. For example, USC allows transfer with LESS than 30 units BUT they weigh heavily on your HS record. Once you accumulate 30+ units, however, your HS grades are OBSELETE. I don’t know where people are getting the “HS grades are the world for people trying to transfer after one year” mentality as it is purely false.</p>
<p>“I got accepted to a school I was rejected by in first year admission after one year at college”.</p>
<p>Did you have good SAT scores and high school GPA? If you did, then your argument is pointless.</p>
<p>yes, i did, and i reread the post and realized that. sorry.</p>
<p>no problem :)</p>
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The top schools (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, UPenn etc) will still weigh an applicant’s HS record even after a year’s worth of college work. It’s been stated the most successful applicants to these schools not only have exceptional collegiate records and extra curricular activities but would have also been highly competitive for freshman admissions.</p>
<p>All depends on the school and their selectivity.</p>
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<p>First, two people posted that many schools, particularly privates accept transfers without a unit quota. No one said it is “near impossible” to find a school that accepts first year transfers.</p>
<p>Second, whether or not or how much a school counts your HS record for transfers depends on the school (as Mitch states), to say they are obsolete is incorrect.</p>
<p>Third, when you use quote marks, that means someone has actually said those words, no one on here has.</p>
<p>As an entering fr, this all might not be what you wanted to hear. Accept it or not, that’s your choice, but it’s not OK to misquote or misinterpret what others have said.</p>
<p>^This, completely.</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that colleges aren’t looking at even an entire year of college coursework. They’re looking at 5, maybe 6 classes, and that simply isn’t enough to prove a student has turned their behavior around if they weren’t doing well in the first place. Just like a student can have a bad semester without being a bad student, someone can have a good semester without necessarily being a good student.</p>
<p>It’s not impossible to get in after one year of college, but the students who do were usually qualified to get in the first time around.</p>