<p>when transfering to another college, by whom is the process carried out? is it the counselor of the college u r in already? if it is so, wont the college find it a bit offensive if u r planning on leaving the college. what effects would that have if u chose to stay in the college even after applying.
thx for the answer.</p>
<p>i flat out told my counselor at the required meeting that i was transferring - gave her my reasons and she even wrote me a letter a rec... so it all worked out too.</p>
<p>Good Q. I'm curious. If you apply and don't get into a school you want to and decide to stay, how could the fact that you tried to leave impact affect you?</p>
<p>i really think you are looking too much into it</p>
<p>the people grading your papers and determining your gpa are going to be your professors, they are professionals who dont have too much vested in what one student decides to do</p>
<p>the counselors are also professionals and have very little vested interest in you leaving your current school</p>
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<p>I'd say this is true 99.9% of the time. My D was in the .1% :(. The counselor of her Honors college said that she would write her a good letter and not "sabotoge" her. Well, whoever sent out the packets got them mixed up and sent the wrong forms to a couple of schools. One of the transfer schools was nice enough to send the forms back to my D, so she saw the evaluation from the counselor. It was a mundane letter stating that my D was in the Honors college, but somehow failed to mention that she was the recipient of the most selective merit scholarship in the college (15 students out of 6k entering freshmen). So, it can happen.</p>
<p>I think that if my D had any thoughts of staying at her old school, this was the final straw.</p>
<p>Just a side question (not to be invading your thread, sorry)- are advisers and counselors the same thing? Because I haven't seen any counselors, but I have met with my adviser (for my major, that is).</p>
<p>Yeah, adviser is the term most often used in college.</p>