<p>..in choosing the state school she is attending! She was accepted at other schools but refused to go look; she is basically at a CA commuter school and is bored! She tells me all her friends are leaving next year to go to community colleges and she is miserable!</p>
<p>She admits me she got herself into this situation (at least she is not blaming me) and I really do not know what to tell her. At this point, I do not think it is a good idea to leave a 4 year state school to go to a community college--classes are so difficult to get and it could take a long time to get the classes she needs to transfer to another state school. She somewhat agrees with me but do I really do want her staying there if she is so depressed about her situation. To tell you the truth, may years ago, I was in the same situation, I left a CA state school to go to a private school..but I wanted until I was able to transfer as a junior.</p>
<p>Is it possible to transfer to other 4 year schools after freshman year? If so, any suggestions? Any words of advice that I could give her would be appreciated!</p>
<p>Is this the D who graduated early? Is this her first semester or second?</p>
<p>Is she at a CSU?</p>
<p>Depending on your finances, why not contact some of the privates that might still accept her as a transfer…like Whittier College, Redlands or Azusa Pacific? There are others, but these just came to me…lol. there are also some small Catholics as well. </p>
<p>There are probably good 4 year schools that will still have openings for next year. She should ask her GC. Several years ago my nephew, an excellent student, applied only to Princeton, Carleton and Haverford. Carleton never got his (online) app, Princeton rejected him and he was waitlisted and eventually rejected by Haverford. Once the waitlists get sorted out, GCs will have a list of which schools still have openings. My nephew was admitted to an excellent LAC with a nice merit scholarship and had a very good experience there.</p>
<p>mom2-Yep, that’s her–She is in her first semester at a CSU. Will private schools accept students with less than 60 units? Wouldn’t it be to late to apply for Fall at this point or do private schools accept students on a rolling basis. She is a declared business major but after taking Economics this semester, she is questioning that decision also! </p>
<p>bethievt-Since she is already in college, she doesn’t have a guidance counselor. How could one get a hold of a list that does have openings?</p>
<p>It is possible…but keep in mind that considering her limited number of college credits…her high school record/standardized scores will still be weighed more heavily. </p>
<p>More importantly, if she is going to transfer…does she have a definitive idea of what field(s) and campus environment she wants? This is important to avoid a repeat of her unhappy experiences and possibly transferring multiple times. </p>
<p>The latter will raise possible red flags with some employers and grad school admission committees who’d wonder why a given student didn’t learn from his/her unhappiness at his/her first college and research his/her transfer choices more carefully to avoid transferring more than once.</p>
<p>*mom2-Yep, that’s her–She is in her first semester at a CSU. Will private schools accept students with less than 60 units? Wouldn’t it be to late to apply for Fall at this point or do private schools accept students on a rolling basis. She is a declared business major but after taking Economics this semester, she is questioning that decision also! *</p>
<p>Oh yes…contact a few of the privates in Calif that aren’t super popular with apps…</p>
<p>The deadlines for transfer students are ridiculously late at a lot of schools. My son didn’t even start working on his transfer application last year until early April. He was accepted, and is now a junior at his new school.</p>
<p>Siliconmom-She has started getting the info to contact admission offices at schools she was previously accepted to…but since she will have already complete a semester, and acceptances have gone out for the fall, she is not hopeful.</p>
<p>Cardinal-Is there a list of schools that accept late applications?</p>
<p>reeinaz-That was the list we were looking for–Thanks so much!!</p>
<p>I just checked out the NACAC website for the Space Availability Survey info. They apparently remove the list after a few months. Does anyone have a list from previous years…just want to get an idea of the colleges that have shown up in the past.</p>
<p>I thought those schools with openings after May 1 were for incoming FRESHMEN.</p>
<p>I would suggest that your daughter look at some specific schools to which she might be interested in applying. Look for their transfer student deadlines. </p>
<p>Personally, I don’t think she should be choosing a school based on WHETHER they have a late transfer deadline. She should be choosing the schools because she has an interest in attending…first. Somewhere there will be several schools at LEAST where she has an interest in attending AND the transfer deadline is later.</p>
<p>Does she want to stay in CA? What are her interests? If she wants to transfer to a private school, I think she has options, esp. if she broadens the net to outside of CA. Private schools don’t need you to finish two years before transferring. And the deadlines at many are late. It would be a good idea, though, for her to figure out what she does and does not like about where she is now, so that she will be able to pick a school more likely to satisfy.</p>
<p>A friend’s D went to a private univ for her first semester and was very unhappy almost from the beginning. She had previously been accepted to our big state u. She was not able to transfer directly there after only one sem. at the private. She came home,lived with her parents and commuted to the local state u. for the spring semester while re-applying to big state u. She was accepted and loved her last three years at the big state u. She is now in her third year of medical school at same big state u.</p>
<pre><code> Don’t despair sokhermom, a rocky start doesn’t mean it won’t all turn out good in the end.
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<p>Sockhermom: Why is she bored? Is it because the classes are too easy, or that it is a commuter school and everyone leaves on weekends?</p>
<p>How far away from home is she? Does she come home on weekends? </p>
<p>Frankly, I would advise against going to a community college at this point. Not sure why people would leave a 4 year to essentially start over at community college. It’s a mad house at the community colleges and transfer rates are dismal.</p>
<p>Before she transfers, is she interested in visiting other schools first? The grass isn’t always greener on the other side, as you well know.</p>
<p>I agree that she shouldn’t just go to a school because it has late admissions…cuz she may hate that new school. Some of these schools will be largely commuter schools which probably won’t be desirable. </p>
<p>that said, there are some nice residential schools that she may really like that will accept her at this point for next fall. </p>
<p>Since your D was able to start a CSU in the spring, I’m guessing that this is a “lower CSU” since the better ones don’t allow spring admits. If that’s the case, then that may be why many kids are leaving or don’t find the school challenging enough. </p>
<p>If she were to want to go OOS, I would suggest that she look at Birmingham Southern College…it’s one of those Colleges That Changes Lives schools. Small, residential…and beloved by those who go there…and strongly supported by alumni.<br>
<a href=“http://www.bsc.edu/[/url]”>http://www.bsc.edu/</a></p>
<p>It’s close to a major airport, so convenient.</p>
<p>But don’t let her jump from the frying pan into the fire. A transfer to a late decision college isn’t always the right choice. Maybe she can find ways to better enjoy where she is now.</p>
Some of these schools will be largely commuter schools which probably won’t be desirable. </p>