<p>Apparently the strict Hargadon policy against transfers has finally been reversed - at least in the isolated case of an all-state quarterback from Texas, Bill Foran, who was red-shirted in 2003 at Purdue before being welcomed to the Tiger squad as a "freshman" transfer this fall. Apparently he bailed on the Boilermakers after another red-shirted freshman move ahead of him on the depth chart.</p>
<p>Oh.. and from the current Princeton admissions website:</p>
<p>"May, 2002</p>
<p>To Those Inquiring About Transfer Admission:</p>
<p>Because of larger than expected first-year enrollments, coupled with a very low rate of attrition, there will be no transfer admission process until the fall of 2006, at the earliest.</p>
<p>We appreciate your interest in Princeton.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Spencer J. Reynolds</p>
<p>Associate Dean of Admission"</p>
<p>(This quarterback transfer must have been viewed as an extreme hardship case: ie, Princeton was hard up for a quarterback!)</p>
<p>If he's entering as a freshman, it's not a transfer. Transfer implies they accept your credits from your old school and you enter as a sophomore or above.</p>
<p>But those who've attended a tertiary level organization CANNOT be accepted as freshmen... so technically it IS a transfer... except that no credits got transferred (which is likely, as even in regular transfers, not all your credit is always transferred).</p>
<p>That's the technical way to pretend you're still maintaining the "no transfer" policy, I guess. Plus there is this lovely byproduct: </p>
<p>You get extra bang for your buck by getting 4 years of service out of the guy. Since he's already taken a red-shirt year at West Lafayette,you <em>could</em> let him in with sophomore standing, but then you would only have him in uniform for 3 years.</p>
<p>Harvard did the same thing with a talented runningback who redshirted his first year at Northwestern, then transferred to Harvard as a "freshman." I don't think Harvard tried to pretend he wasn't a transfer, however, or that he hadn't been a student at Northwestern.</p>
<p>You will look in vain on the Princeton athletic site for any hint that Forman spent a year as a Boilermaker before donning Tiger stripes.</p>
<p>So true! Then there was this korean chick who was miss korea and participated in miss universe and had a best selling book in her country. She was in 2nd year college but got accepted to MIT as freshman. :-/</p>
Transferring probably works slightly differently for internationals. One college specified that all international students must apply as first year, regarless of whether they are transferring or not.</p>
<p>I don't think this counts as a transfer...it'd be the same thing as dropping out of college and reapplying as a freshman. No credits and they don't care that you were enrolled before. Ok I obviously don't know anything about transfering, but I don't like the implication that Princeton is being hypocritical. So they really want a quarterback, so what?</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with "really wanting a quarterback". The Alumni will cheer.</p>
<p>But don't tell me it isn't a wee bit <em>hypocritical</em> to quietly bend your "rule" for a sought-after football recruit while continuing to maintain on your website that <em>NOBODY</em> can transfer - with or without credits.</p>
<p>If that's bending the rule then so is favoring/recruiting athletes or URMs, or people in rural areas. At least, I never thought the process was fair to begin with so bending rules for a sought-after player doesn't seem hypocritical at all.</p>
<p>transferring is good though!!! gives us another shot at princeton a year or two down the line....more chances at princeton the better...whose with me???</p>
<p>but the chances at transfer at infinetly small as if they werent already. for example at H they only accept about 50 out of 1000 transfer applicants.</p>