<p>Is the chance for transferring into sophomore easier than into junior? or it doesn't really matter? especially schools like Upenn CAS and UoChicago</p>
<p>THanks a lot.</p>
<p>All depends on your HS stats. If you apply sophomore year, your HS stats will be weighed more heavily especially since you will have only accumulated one semester’s worth of grades. If you apply as a Junior, your HS stats still count but not to the extent. College grades are weighted more.</p>
<p>The other way around - it’s generally easier to get in as a junior, because you presumably wouldn’t be taking much space up in the often-overcrowded freshman/sophomore general education classes. You also have a more extensive transcript and record of (presumably) success in college-level courses.</p>
<p>I look it up the admission stats for Wharton and there’re only one or two incoming juniors while there’re about 20 or more sophomores. I saw that a while ago but prolly for fall 2010. They didn’t put how many applicants for each pool so i’m not sure.</p>
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I agree that applying as a Junior will give you a better chance at admission, but the second part of your statement depends on the school. For example, Wharton states:
So it’s all subjective on the individual school.</p>
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I kind of doubt that since there are more space available in freshmen admission. It’s true you would have more EC on your resume, but admission officers would also expect more from you because you have been in college for two years. So, it is really hard to say… I guess it probably depends on how you do in HS and your career plan</p>
<p>Wharton appears to be an exception, probably due to their curriculum requirements. What I said holds true for most public universities - privates such as UPenn/Wharton probably often do have different policies.</p>
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<p>Freshman admission has nothing to do with it.</p>
<p>When you transfer in as a junior (presumably with lower-division general education requirements complete), you’re mostly taking up slots in upper-division courses related to your major. If you’re applying to a major that isn’t “impacted” or overloaded, there are generally “empty seats” in those courses waiting to be filled, and thus the university has room to admit you.</p>
<p>Whereas, if you come in as a sophomore, you’d be competing for general education classroom space with all the other lower-division students.</p>
<p>is there case that one applied as a junior but admitted as a sophomore? I think there’re so few admitted as junior because only a few keep enough credits to be in junior standing, while the rest even though are juniors but lose enough credits to be sophomore again.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s because of gaining or losing credits. It has to do with the vast prerequisites you have to complete if you want to transfer in as a Junior. Secondly, there are few spaces for incoming Juniors. I believe you can apply directly into Wharton as a freshman. </p>
<p>So let’s say there is a limit of 500 students. If Wharton accepts 400 then that leaves room for 100. Penn also allows CAS students to transfer into Wharton. Figure this adds another 60-70 students. That leaves you with the 30 or so spots. Of course those numbers were made up but you can see my point.</p>
<p>so generally its harder for junior applicants or its just Wharton?</p>
<p>Just Wharton.</p>
<p>In fact, UC Berkeley doesn’t even accept transfer applications from freshmen. You must enter with junior standing.</p>
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<p><a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/transfer.asp[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/transfer.asp</a></p>
<p>This policy applies, in most cases, to other UC schools as well. For example, UC Davis only accepts sophomore transfers in a few specific majors such as agriculture.</p>
<p>As I said, this is because enrollment is limited by the capacity of lower-division courses that every one of the thousands of freshmen and sophomores must take - whereas upper-division major classes are much more fluid in terms of available seats.</p>