<p>Ok all, just a quick question. When applying as a sophomore transfer, do most people wait until after their fall semester freshman grades are in? I'm terrified that if I wait too long, I will be rejected again. I have exemplary stats, however my timing has been awful for my last two applications. (transcripts kept getting lost/not filled)</p>
<p>Hey Joshua, glad to see that you’re ready to try again. Anyways, I think I may have mentioned this before but I’ll say it in case I haven’t. I was told by the admissions counselor that when applying for Fall transfer, it’s best to apply as early as possible. They will probably drag it out for a long time until they receive your first semester college grades but it will help in that you have everything in and they have everything processed. Also because you already applied before as a transfer, I’m sure in your rejection e-mail they mentioned that you can simply e-mail them to have your application moved to the next semester. I would do that immediately because it took them two weeks to move mine from Fall 2011 to Winter 2012. This way you won’t have to fill out another app and pay more money. Also you can basically just send them in your college grades and not have to write any more essays, although if you have new thoughts on any of the essays, it can definitely help to rewrite them. Also have you spoken with an admissions counselor as to why you keep getting rejected? It helped me a lot when I finally decided to speak with them and they gave me a bunch of great advice. Good luck to you and hopefully you get to see the acceptance e-mail this time.</p>
<p>Hi Anthony, of course I’m trying again! Dreams are not an easy thing to abolish. And I had been in regular contact with my admissions counselor since August… She advised that I send in my email after I receive my Fall grades. So my question was if there was a large amount of people that are also waiting for those grades… And the reasons they give me continue to make me scratch my head. The first semester I was waitlisted, then denied (which was OK, I applied a little later than I should have due to some family issues). The second semester they told me I needed more coursework in college to be competitive as a TRANSFER student (although I was waitlisted previously, which indicates I was plenty competitive as a freshman applicant) So it seems as if I am caught in a vicious cycle</p>
<p>To be fair, it’s not that hard to get on the waitlist at Michigan. Plenty of barely competitive applicants get on it, not that I’m saying you were barely competitive because your stats speak for themselves. You know, compared to most transfer applicants, I suppose I can see how you might not be competitive because you haven’t proven that you are able to handle a difficult college course load but still, it is unfair to you how they’ve been treating you. You did prove yourself in high school. I still think it makes sense to send that e-mail early. The way I think about it is the same as you, if the majority of the 3,000 transfer applicants are all about to submit their apps at around January, it would give you an advantage to get your stuff processed in December. I think maybe as a compromise, send the e-mail in mid-December so by the time they’re done processing your e-mail, it’s January and you will have sent in your transcript. You know how slow the admissions office is.</p>
<p>I’m dealing with the same dilemma. I spent my freshmen year at a community college and my overall GPA was 3.9. This year I transferred to Purdue and am planning to transfer to UMich’s Taubman College. I am pretty sure that I will have around 3.9 for my fall semester here at Purdue. I know it’s better to apply ASAP but I still want to wait for the Purdue transcript til I send all the stuff. I hope it would be fine as the portfolio’s deadline is March, so I think the admission timeline for the architecture school is different.</p>