Hi, I’m from New York City. I’ve been accepted to Stony Brook, Ithaca College, and the CUNYs. I was also waitlisted by Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration and if I am admitted, I will attend. However, I need to choose a college now.
I am interested in business. I also need to know which college will give me the best chance of being admitted during spring transfer of my freshman year. I know I will need a very high GPA and recommendations. So, I’m here to ask at what schools will I be able to create relationships with professors, maintain a high GPA, and successfully spring transfer to another school?
Here are some of the schools I am thinking about doing spring transfer to:
Wesleyan
Brandeis
Colby
Bowdoin
Hamilton
Union
Bucknell
Bates
I am looking for a liberal arts school with a research university focus (so a mix of both). If there are any other suggestions, that would be appreciated.
Thank you!
The odds of your successfully managing a Spring Transfer Freshman year are very low. You’ll only have Fall grades and you won’t really have had enough time to develop a sustained relationship with professors, get involved in meaninfgul research, etc. Choose your college as if you were to stay there 4 years. The most LAC-like college on your list is Ithaca, so that’s where I’d deposit based on what you said you wanted (ie., personalized classes, relationships with professors, etc).
Agreed with @MYOS1634. Transferring in your freshman spring is largely going to be based on your high school record, since when you apply you won’t really have much of a college record yet. Transferring at all of those colleges is highly competitive - often more competitive than freshman admissions, since they only have few slots left open for transfers. So if you applied to any of these colleges this year and didn’t get admitted, things are unlikely to change much for your spring freshman year - you might have better luck with a sophomore or junior transfer, though. So I agree that you should choose a college that you’d be happy at all four years - just in case.
With that said, if you wanted to get high grades, participate in campus activities and get recommendations you could do that at any of the colleges you listed - those things are more determined by you and your actions than the college itself. I agree that Ithaca College is probably the closest in form to the kinds of colleges you want to transfer to, and has the benefit of an idyllic rural campus like many of those colleges (which the CUNYs and Stony Brook do not).