<p>My question is like this: I saw some schools encouraging transfer students apply in their freshman year as sophomore transfers because <em>there is limited space for junior transfers</em> But in fact will it be harder to transfer as a junior? </p>
<p>what does that mean? fewer space doesn't necessarily mean more competitive because the number of people applying might be much smaller.</p>
<p>And I happened to see a thread saying that 90% of transfers in Dartmouth are sophomore year transfers. it really scared me because I was trying to build up my grades after getting in college and i planed to apply as a junior transfer....</p>
<p>anyone with any statistics will be extremely welcomed!</p>
<p>is there any proof that UPenn doesn't like junior transfers, or is that just a hunch? I read the UPenn thread from last year and it seemed like though the Wharton junior applicants didn't fare so well, those who applied to CAS did fine...</p>
<p>it is known colleges like more freshman admission than tranfer as students will stay more time in the college. so in same reason colleges will like more sophomore transfers than junior ones.</p>
<p>My feeling as an Ivy transfer student was that there were far more sophomore transfers. The good news, however, is that many many top schools like Emory, Northwestern, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, UNC, UCLA, UCB, etc take lots of junior transfer.</p>
<p>I don't know guys...maybe I'm clinging to false hope, seeing as how I am a junior transfer, but I feel like maybe the reason you see more sophomore transfers is because more sophomores apply to transfer. By the time you're a junior you're settled into your school and, in some ways, the end is in sight. Maybe there are just less juniors that try to transfer
Also, I think junior transfers may offer a little more focus than sophomore transfers. While this time last spring I had little idea what direction I wanted to go in, now I've figured it out, selected schools based on specific programs and profs, and taken a lot more classes in my potential field of study. I think those things in a lot of ways give me a better reason to transfer.</p>
<p>I don't know though...again, it's quite possible that I'm just holding on to any hope that I can!!!</p>
<p>i agree with you speakout! and maybe i am holding on to the hope as you did!!!
so i said in my thread that <em>fewer space doesn't necessarily mean more competitive because the number of people applying might be much smaller.</em></p>
<p>I know no one at Dartmouth who transferred as a junior, as I just heard the news</p>
<p>Current School: University of Southern California
Entering as: Junior
High School GPA: 3.86
College GPA: 3.88
SAT/ACT Scores: 790V 670M 740-12W
SAT II Scores: 710 (US HIST) 720 (LIT) 620 (MATH I)
Significant ECs: Conservatory-caliber cellist, conductor
Major applied for: Music (BA)</p>
<p>Applied to: Dartmouth, Yale, Cornell, NYU (CAS), UPenn, Columbia
Accepted: Dartmouth, NYU (CAS)
Waitlisted: Pending
Rejected: Yale</p>
<p>I'd definitely say it means you've more solidly proven your academic skills. It gives them way more data to look at. Imagine how hard it would be to judge whether or not someone was academically up to par based on 4 grades from 4 intro/low intermediate level classes. Almost anyone can suck it up and get good grades for 1 semester. Doing that repeatedly is a lot harder.</p>