<p>I currently am a freshman at Fordham University, and enrolled here after being wait listed at BC. I am from MA originally, and want to go to school closer to home so I’m thinking about applying as a transfer student for Fall 2013. Both of my parents have MBAs from BC, I had a 3.8 gpa in high school, 1970 overall on SATs, did a ton of clubs. In college I’ve joined a few clubs and am working on getting the best grades possible. Since I was wait listed before, do you think I have a decent chance of getting in? Also, does anyone know what the adjustment is like for transfers at BC? Thanks for any info!</p>
<p>BC is somewhat transfer-friendly. Your chances depend primarily on your first semester grades, and then recs & essay (why BC is better for you than Fordham, and what you have to offer the BC community). Your HS stats will have minimal impact if any at all.</p>
<p>BC had a large frosh yield this year, so they may accept fewer transfers (since there are fewer beds).</p>
<p>Being a legacy is a small plus, but won’t outweigh the other important items.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Hi, I am a sophomore and transferred to BC this fall from the University of Michigan. I applied and got in to BC out of high school. I also know a few transfers in my class who had been waitlisted out of high school and did get in as transfers. I am not in admissions so I can’t say for sure, but I think being waitlisted/accepted out of high school is a “hook” and shows them that you are a strong candidate.</p>
<p>The hard thing about transfer admissions is that they vary so much from year to year. Georgetown, for example, had a 20% transfer acceptance rate just a couple years ago, but this year’s rate was 7%. For my transfer class at BC, they accepted 75 applicants out of over 2,000. Please do not get discouraged from these numbers though, because if you are coming out of a good school like Fordham instead of community college and were waitlisted in hs, your chances go up significantly. I’m telling you the numbers more to advise you to apply to a LOT of schools if you want to transfer, just because it’s so much harder to predict if you’ll get in. </p>
<p>Now for what it’s like to actually transfer, I’ll say that at BC it has not been easy at all because of the way housing works. If you are able to get dorm housing, you will make friends on your hall and it will be a lot easier, but if you get stuck in a suite or apartment it will be tough. I would advise you to only transfer if you really, really hate your current school and there is no way that you can be happy there. Research how housing works for transfers and how easy the transition is at that particular school before you transfer. If I had known more, I would have applied to transfer to more schools and maybe been at Georgetown now instead of BC (their transfers have a much better transition and quality of life). Let me know if you have any more specific questions.</p>
<p>Jane092, </p>
<p>I am already accepted into BC for this spring and am highly reconsidering transferring. I am ‘happy’ at my current school, although think overall BC is a much better fit. I have heard similar sentiments from people I know who have transferred and was wondering if you could either PM (it says I am not allowed due to low post count) or elaborate on this within this thread.</p>
<p>I have been guaranteed one semester of housing but am not sure if this is in a suite/dorm. How has it been specifically tough to make friends at BC vs what you expected at other schools?</p>
<p>I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>-M</p>
<p>Jane092,
Thanks so much for your answer, it was really helpful! I am applying to four schools altogether in the Boston area, and my main reason for transferring is location. I’m from MA originally and I want to be closer to home. I am curious about the student life/body at BC…at Fordham it is very snobby and cliquey, and there is a severe lack of any sense of community. Have you been able to find a solid group of friends?</p>