<p>If the student wants to transfer to another college and if he is not accepted there is he still guaranteed the place in his current university? </p>
<p>Can I send application to several schools and then choose where to transfer?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Yes. Applying for transfer doesn't mean you will be kicked out of the currently enrolled university. It's your choice to leave or to stay put after you receive your acceptance/rejection from the other schools.</p>
<p>Is there some kind of data which tells mostly from which schools Upenn or Georetown accept transfers?</p>
<p>DOLO2, aren't you an international who is applying for fin aid? There is no fin aid for international transfer applicants at UPenn and Georgetown.
Sorry if I am wrong.</p>
<p>Sorry, I was wrong about UPenn.</p>
<p>barium, I am told that internationals sometime take fin aid from a lower ranked Univ so as to get the visa papers to enter the US and then transfer out to a better school even without fin aid because they have other financial sources that just could not be used for getting the student visa. Biggest hurdle for most outsiders is getting into the US. If a school gives financial aid, it counts a lot in the eys of an American visa officer.<br>
Once here, many often earn wages 'under the table' to finance their school. Some borrow from their US relatives. Many can also get loans from their home country banks only AFTER they start attending.</p>
<p>b@r!um. Yes I’m international student who got some fin aid in some institutions, but in case if I decide to transfer to Upenn or Georgetown I can write in the application that my family can afford to pay the full amount of college cost if that will increase my chances.</p>
<p>CollegeBound2007. “If a school gives financial aid, it counts a lot in the eyes of an American visa officer”. And if not? May it cause some problems? </p>
<p>Thanks for the responses</p>
<p>DOLO2, as you probably are aware that one of the things visa officer looks for is your source of finances while in the US so that uncle Sam (=US Govt) doesn't have to take care of you. Getting the financial aid from a Univ is the best proof of your support. Anything else (your assets, bank statements, etc) are not as impressive as they can all be manipulated in many foreign countries.
So, yes, it may cause you visa problems if you don't have fin aid.</p>
<p>Some universities gave me fin aid, but school where I want to go didn’t give me fin aid. I thought that after university sends me I-20 visa, there would be no problems. Do you know if I can check before head if I will have problems with the US embassy in my country or not?</p>
<p>I-20 means nothing. Any Univ permitted to accept internationals will give you I-20 which only specifies costs and any fin aid. You have to show the source if the fin aid doesn't meet the cost. What I am saying is that it is best get good fin aid from visa point of view. You can't really check how the visa officer will decide beforehand. Apply to the embassy and hope for the best.</p>
<p>Is there any kind of data or ranking of the institutions from which Upenn, Georgetown or Berkley accept most transfers? </p>
<p>BU
Babson
Bentley
Northeastern
Indiana University
University of Illinois at Urbana
Syracuse
University of Miami (FL)</p>
<p>Can someone tell me from which school in this list is it easier to transfer to Upenn, Georgetown or Berkley?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Your chances as a transfer depend on what you have accomplished in the school you are attending, rather than on the school itself.
Why don't you pick the university or college that gives you the most opportunities freshman year?
Doesn't Babson for example have that "create, run, and liquidate your own business" program for first year students? That sounds like a great experience.</p>
<p>And pick a school you would be comfortable attending for all 4 years, just in case transferring doesn't work out.</p>