<p>I was just curious that do you guys that whether I should ask my admission counselor about the transfer admission process if I think I would get rejected from that specific school? here's a sample what I may want to ask..</p>
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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>[University Name] happens to be a reach school for me but I am in truly love with this school. I love the philosophy of this school about education [and so an so forth]. My question is that if due to any reason if I get rejected from this school, what are the process of applying as a transfer? [and a couple of other sentences...]</p>
<p>I really don't think a question like this is necessary until after decisions come out. If you are rejected, then ask. It's not like you can transfer immediately anyway, you'd still have to wait until the end of the next academic year.</p>
<p>I personally would not do it. If they haven't reviewed your file yet, or if they are currently trying to make a decision, it may look like you don't have enough confidence in yourself to get accepted as a freshman. Just my two cents, though.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what your reason is for wanting to ask your area representative from your dream school this question. Please be careful before you decide to do this.</p>
<p>If it is to impress the admissions rep with the depth of your devotion to the school, this is not the way to do it. Show it in the rest of your application by demonstrating how you and the dream school are a good fit for one another; show why your presence would be a benefit to the campus.</p>
<p>The admissions rep also might take your query as a sign of immaturity--how can you be discussing transferring when an admissions decision has yet to be made? You are not seeming to give any other school a chance -- is the only rreason for wanting your transfer is that you are not at school X?</p>
<p>Something else to think about--transfer information is available on every school's website. It could make a very negative impression on the admissions rep to ask about information that is so readily available to you--he could think your are lazy or ditzy or both.</p>
<p>In the mean time--be optimistic! You come across as a student with a lot of passion and I am sure it shows in your application. A reach is just that--a reach-- but a lot of students matriculate at their dream reaches, and I hope you will be one of the lucky ones. And whatever school you end up at, give the school an honest chance!</p>
<p>why not ask after you get rejected? schools usually offer information on their website for transfer admission and they have different deadlines. Why the rush?</p>
<p>I think the collegeboard profiles have numbers and percentages of transfers accepted. (even if they aren't always accurate it should still be a rough idea)</p>
<p>a way to approach this is to ask what the college you are looking at looks for in a transfer student...without talking about yourself</p>
<p>are there particular classes, an average GPA, etc</p>
<p>that way, IF you want to transfer there later, you will have some goals</p>
<p>needless to say, they higher the grades, the more transferable credits, etc will all be taken into account</p>
<p>one thing to look into, is not the difficulty in getting as a transfer necessarily, but what classes should you take....do they have some core classes thtat their frieshman etc take? how many credits can your transfer, what classes can you not transfer</p>
<p>those questions wouold be more valuable if indeed you want to transfer in, you want to be an attractive transfer candidate</p>
<p>abg, I decided to look up his stats after reading your post, and you're wrong about him not having anything to offer.</p>
<p>He has a fine GPA to attend college, and he is involved in some activities. He belongs in a four year college, because he obviously cares enough about it to post on this board fairly often, and his grades warrant an acceptance somewhere.</p>
<p>However, I do think most of the schools he listed are reaches for him with those SAT scores. I hope he considers applying to his instate university, and perhaps a smaller high percentage acceptance local college.</p>
<p>Not to say he won't get into Suny, Syracuse or Polytechnic but I really wouldn't bet on Rochester, MIT and Cornell.</p>
<p>I think Polytechnic is his best bet, and it's not a safety, so to the OP, please consider a safety, or you may end up rejected from all in the worst case scenario.</p>
<p>Transfering to UChicago after 1 year would be extremely hard, my suggestion would be to try and achieve great things during your first two years of college, and apply for transfer junior year. At that point, your college grades will be much more of a factor. Perhaps take the SAT's again, and study for them. I'm not sure if they still play into admissions for junior transfers.</p>