<p>For most schools, do you usually apply to transfer during the fall of your SECOND year, or the fall of your THIRD year?? </p>
<p>I'm confused because a lot of the schools say that you have to have a certain amount of units completed by the time you transfer. So does that mean that you apply, and then keep them updated until you finish all those units? </p>
<p>If in fact you do apply during fall of your SECOND year, then do they take into consideration the work that you do while finishing out that second year?</p>
<p>You can apply the 2nd or 3rd (or more) fall for a junior level transfer. I applied the second fall. </p>
<p>Most schools will have you update them at the start of the second spring semester with your progress. Then submit a final transcript before you transfer.</p>
<p>So you can apply both times? Fall of second year AND fall of third year? I'm assuming that applying fall of second year would place a much heavier emphasis on your first year grades and applying fall of third year would split the emphasis on both years?</p>
<p>If you apply in Fall year 2 then most schools won't look at your very last semester/quarter grades in deciding admission. They'll look at your earlier grades and then conditionally accept you provided that your final grades aren't a mess.</p>
<p>It doesn't really matter which year you apply if you're planning on doing well every semester/quarter, but I guess if you had horrible grades in your first year and wanted to drag it out like you got tons of good grades thereafter then applying later would be advantageous.</p>
<p>Another question that I'm confused about, I keep hearing "sophomore transfers" being posted. </p>
<p>So are sophomore transfers, transfers who applied during the fall of their FRESHMAN year? As in, they went to a college and then applied to another school 2 months after they started?</p>
<p>Sophomore Transfer - Apply in 1st year of college (only 1 semester/quarter completed probably)</p>
<p>Junior Transfer - Apply in 2nd year of college (1 yr and maybe 1 semester/quarter completed probably)</p>
<p>Try not to apply in your third year, when you ARE a junior (at your current school) to another school AS a junior.
This is b/c once a school accepts you, you will begin the following fall at that school, so you will be a senior at your school but a junior at the new school. A lot of schools require you stay 2 years at their campus, so you'll be graduating in 5 years total (if you apply during your 3rd year).</p>
<p>They didn't necessarily apply two months after they started - transfer applications for a lot of schools are due between april and june, or even later. I finished one semester at my school before I decided I wanted to transfer, so I'm applying now and hopefully will start somewhere else next fall.</p>