Princeton now accepting transfers??

<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><a href="http://www.kylgrafx.com/outlook/class2003.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.kylgrafx.com/outlook/class2003.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegefootballnews.com/Big_Ten/2004_Previews/Purdue_offense.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegefootballnews.com/Big_Ten/2004_Previews/Purdue_offense.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://goprincetontigers.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/foran_bill00.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://goprincetontigers.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/foran_bill00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Stand aside, Dick Kazmeier!</p>

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<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>Hey. Maybe the football team won't suck this year.
Oh, I forgot we still have the same coach. =)</p>

<p>Carry on.</p>

<p>Haha. Turn princeton into a sports club then. No need to accept students now.</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>

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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>What does it matter to you anyway, Byerly? Honestly, give it a rest.</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>Don't you see the distinction? A school can make, bend or change any rules it wants to. </p>

<p>What is hypocritical is saying you have a rule that applies equally to everybody when in fact it doesn't.</p>

<p>the impresson that I got from Pton is that they really arent that big on transfers</p>

<p>They won't have room until (1) study abroad programs expand, and (2) new housing (with more beds) comes online with the 10% expension in 2006.</p>

<p>But they are also planning to increase class size so I don't even know if the expanded housing will help the transfer situation.</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>

<p>50/1000? That will be the freshman acceptance rate for internationals at many colleges (e.g. MIT).</p>

<p>Hey, this year, 50/1000 may be the acceptance rate for RD applicants at Harvard/Yale!</p>