<p>can any transfers speak to their experience?
are you glad you transferred? why/why not?
what were your reasons? where were you coming from?
orrr people who are friends with tranfers could comment?</p>
<p>i have the same question.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm interested too.
My boyfriend's a freshman in junior college right now and he's really interested in transferring to pomona/cmc as a business/econ/finance type major. What are his chances at a small school like pomona, especially competing against students transferring from bigger universities?</p>
<p>I thought I heard that Pomona took around 5-10 transfers a year. Admission for a transfer is sometimes harder because you need to prove that you can handle the work load and have a legitimate reason to transfer. I don't know if Pomona really takes many/any Junior college transfers. Quick question, Junior College = Community College right?</p>
<p>There is no hard and fast rule on the number of transfers. It all depends on the yield from the accepted first-year students.</p>
<p>Yeah Junior College = Community College =)
That's a really low number for transfers!</p>
<p>The number of transfers doesn't depend on the first-year yield, actually. It really depends on how many people (regardless of age) dropped out that year, which is why Pomona accepts so few transfers; Pomona has a very high student retention rate.</p>
<p>I think it's worth noting, however, that Admissions always makes a point of accepting at least one junior college transfer student.</p>
<p>just got a fed ex... in :-)</p>
<p>w00t. congrats!</p>
<p>Hey, I'm sorry about the late response to this thread, but I've talked to a few transfers to Pomona. To give you some context, we have a range of transfers, which include those coming from Ivies, UCLA, small liberal arts colleges on the east coast, and community colleges. I specifically asked one transfer on why people have decided to transfer here - the reasons she stated (and what I got from talking to others) are basically the size and atmosphere of the college. Some people wanted a place where people were more serious about school, less into athletics, etc. and others appreciated the smaller classes here. Generally all the transfers I've talked to seem very happy with their decisions. One great thing about Pomona is that they house all the transfers together as one sponsor group with their own sponsors, so it's less isolating and easier to adjust to the school. On the other hand, they are usually placed in Walker, which is on North Campus, and the other sophomores generally live on South Campus, so sophomore transfers may feel more isolated from their classmates. They do get to do Orientation Adventure, but then again it's with first-years (and upperclassmen leaders). Either way (if you come to Pomona or not), I recommend joining clubs and getting involved - it's probably the best way to feel less like a transfer and more like everyone else at the school. Hope this helps.</p>