<p>The UC’s will ignore the F’s if they were repeated. I failed all of my classes my first quarter and made them up the second and was accepted to those UC’s.</p>
<p>^ thanks for replying. I can finally calm down. lol</p>
<p>I have another question for anyone that can answer. I’m a poli sci major and I need to take 2 more prereqs. My college has both of these classes but only has these classes in the spring. I know I have until spring to finish my prereq’s but I think it’ll be confusing for me to take 2 poli sci classes at the same time.
So I’m thinking of commuting to another college and taking a poli sci class in the fall. </p>
<p>they have basically the exact same courses but there’s a class called political thought at the college i will be commuting to. (this is required for ucla). however, at the college I’m at right now, they don’t have this class so I know I don’t have to take it.</p>
<p>do I have to take the politcal thought class if I’m only taking one class at the new
college? will ucla count this against me? because I really don’t have time to take a 3rd poli sci class.</p>
<p>I don’t know if this has been said before as this thread is fairly long but my transfer admissions advice is:</p>
<p>with the except of CCers, really, DO NOT make up your mind that you are going to transfer before you set foot on a campus. don’t set your sights on somewhere else before you even end up in school. you won’t take advantage of your first year and you’ll end up feeling more isolated and disconnected :)</p>
<p>I dont know about you, But I would not go through that confusion. I would take the damn classes (both poly sci classes at same time) and just pretend im interested in my major. After all it IS your major and you should want to take two courses from your major, otherwise you got the wrong major. I cant wait till Fall when I get to take English 103, 211 and world lit. Its going to be awsome</p>
<p>I dont know man, that many W’s is really not good looking. I mean 4-5 is okay but 12? Thats like registering full time for three straight semeseters and dropping all classes for those 3 straight semesters. Now they are under the impression that you will withdraw from a class at the next level</p>
<p>*** This is a “reference” type thread, designed to include information of fairly general use to anyone interested in transferring.</p>
<p>It is NOT a good place to ask case-specific questions about your own chances, situations wrt specific schools, etc.</p>
<p>Not only will such posts clutter up this thread, they are highly unlikely to be seen and read by folks who could advise you.</p>
<p>Please start new threads to ask such questions. Thank you. ***</p>
<p>you cant transfer after only one semester of college right? so is two semesters enough(1 year) with around 15 credits per semester? I am planning to go to stony brook for biochemistry.</p>
<p>Some colleges will accept transfers into the second semester of freshman year. That is not common, but possible. Obviously, such a transfer would rely almost completely on your high school record.</p>
<p>You would have to check each individual school to see whether second semester transfer is possible.</p>
<p>Transfer after one year with 15 credits per semester would be quite common.</p>
<p>How important is a high school record in a selective university? I want to go to University of Michigan, and in college I feel that I have done extremely well. But in high school, I did god awful and my SAT scores were low ( 1420/2400). I didn’t apply myself in high school and I know I can go back and get a higher score, but Michigan advised me not to do it. Should I retake the test and get a higher score anyways? Also, how important is high school record in a selective university like Michigan?</p>
<p>I was thinking this might actually work in my favor when the school sees a giant leap in academic achievement and motivation. I am also out of state. Any advice? I can post my college credentials if needed.</p>
<p>What if I could be a transfer student but I don’t want to be? What if I’m going to CC for one year and then I’m going to a University but I want to be in the University as a freshman and I don’t care whether my credits transfer. At CC I’m not working towards a degree I’m just taking a few classes. Couldn’t I then choose to be a freshman applicant and not have my credits transfer?</p>
<p>I have two questions…</p>
<p>Would I have a better chance of being admitted if I submit my application ahead of the March deadline? </p>
<p>Is there a feature on the CommonApp where my recommendation letter writers can just upload one file and have it submitted to all my schools? </p>
<p>Two questions as promised Thank you all in advance!</p>
<p>From the Brown website, they say they give no special treatment to those who submit their application ahead of the march deadline. They say the only advantage to doing so is to get more time to relax.</p>
<p>I wont post my whole life story, but this is some of it:</p>
<p>My senior year (last year) I focused all of my energy on trying to attend the Air Force Academy (this year). The rest of the schools I applied to were “back ups,” so I didn’t have any other “reach” schools that I was interested in. I got accepted and showed up to basic training where I realized that it definitely was not for me. Fortunately, I reserved a “fall back” school that I will be attending this fall, and am now beginning to plan my papers to transfer. The schools I’m thinking of are of “high caliber” like the Air Force Academy (I’m thinking Yale, Columbia, Brown and UPenn). One of those four I would love to attend.</p>
<p>I have several questions:
I heard that Harvard is not accepting transfer students (at least temporarily). Is this true, and does anyone know if other schools are doing the same thing (aside from Princeton)?</p>
<p>Does a transfer student have better/worse chances of getting in if they show their SAT + SAT2 scores if they are not required? (Mine are not 2400 and I haven’t taken any SAT2s) </p>
<p>Is it better to transfer with high grades from a state school than with high grades from a community college?</p>
<p>Hello. 
I posted this in the normal Transfer thread but I haven’t recieved a response. I wouldn’t be obnoxious like this, but I am in a time crunch at the moment so if anyone could help me, I’d gladly appreciate it. </p>
<p>I have a couple questions, as I’ve found myself in a particularly difficult conundrum.</p>
<p>I recently moved out to Boulder, Colorado from Florida to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder. I am already registered, etc., but my classes don’t start until Monday(yes, tomorrow). I plan to double major in Film and English. I know I have only been here a few days, but I definitely do not like it. The film program leaves a lot to be desired and I simply chose this school for all the wrong reasons…</p>
<p>I’ve read on here, multiple times, that its smarter to apply to NYU Tisch as a freshman, instead of a transfer. If I deferred my admission to CU-Boulder now, would I still be able to apply as a freshman?
If possible, I would defer my admission and find employment in order to build my resume. And then, I would apply for the Fall 2010 admission. I already have my portfolio complete, I just need to raise my ACT score immensely. My grades in high school weren’t necessarily top notch, but I lived an incredibly advanced childhood, and I did the best I could. My moms been in jail for about 12 years, my dads permanently paraplegic, and I was raised by my great grandmother who passed away when I was sixteen, so I moved out, got a job, got pregnant, gave the baby up for adoption, etc… The only issue with applying as a freshman is that I have virtually NO EC’s. None. Will my work experience in a related field (volunteering or paid) help at all with that, if I defer and apply as a freshman?</p>
<p>Or, should I just stay at this University for the year, get straight A’s, keep taking my ACT’s, and build my EC’s like crazy and then try to transfer?</p>
<p>I know I probably haven’t provided enough information, but please feel free to ask anything you might need to.
Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Other schools that I am considering are, Columbia University, University of Southern California, University of California - L.A. and the University of Maryland. I want to focus, primarily, on Video Editing and Production, which is why Tisch is my top choice.</p>
<p>Do I have a better shot at any of those schools?</p>
<p>I would just go to, like, California Institute of the Arts, but I also want to major in English, so that wouldn’t work.</p>
<p>Also, if anyone knows of any small schools with good film/video production programs, I am definitely open for suggestion!</p>
<p>-Sorry for the story book thread.</p>
<p>—Chelsea</p>
<p>I dont’ have many answers for you, and I’m still looking for answers for mine haha. I could tell you that for (at least Columbia) you don’t hear back from the school like in high school- april, may, june so there is no point in quitting Boulder right now. Also, I sort of understand where you’re coming from. I actually attended the Air Force Academy this summer for basic and realized that I was there for all the wrong reasons, so even though I came with enough time to spare, it was still a hassle trying to get into my state school. The safest bet for me right now is to ride the storm out this freshman year, take all the classes intended for my major, get a job, party (unlike what I would’ve done at AFA :]), and at the same time start my transfer applications for when the march deadlines come. The bad thing is that if your high school grades weren’t stellar, top-notch colleges are probably going to skip you over this year. if you try to transfer again next year for your junior year they might not even worry about your high school grades if your college grades are like you mentioned- all As. But again, I’m on the same boat as you and I know as much as anyone would from reading some of the posts here. Good luck.</p>
<p>I have considered staying here in Boulder for another year, but it seems absolutely pointless to me as I continue to think about it. They don’t have me registered for any film classes(they messed up) and so I am taking all English classes as of right now, and even though my English credits will probably transfer, I will be even more behind if I do get into NYU. And by staying at Boulder, I lose my chances of applying as a freshman. And I know that it is really hard to get in as a transfer, while I am confident that I would be able to get straight A’s easily, I kind of want to defer and then try my shots as applying as a freshmen by building my resume, raising my ACT scores as much as possible, and submitting a killer portfolio, since I’ve also heard that they really look at that… If I don’t get in as a freshman, I’d still have my place open at Boulder, so I could just come back in the Fall and start applying elsewhere as a transfer… </p>
<p>Make sense? :)</p>
<p>I guess it makes sense. But I hope you are 100% sure of what you’re doing. Like I said: I’m in a situation similar to yours, but I have never heard of any school letting you keep a place for that long. You said you want to leave boulder and if the transferring process doesn’t work out, go back the following year? I don’t understand how that works, but if it’s possible I say go for it! good luck!</p>
<p>Would it hurt my chances of getting accepted if the majority of classes I’ve taken are humanities and social sciences? I hoped I could take a natural science this semester, but the registration gods are against me at the moment. If I don’t get into one this semester, I will definitely take one in the spring.</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore, btw.</p>
<p>Another question- I am really intent on transferring colleges, but I am really scared about asking my professors for letters of recommendations. I’ve just started class this week. I’m worried because I’m a very frank person and I say what I want and I’m afraid (for a lack of a better word) that my professors won’t like me. I feel like I also have limited options. I might go to a professor’s office hours- but I’d realize that the only reason I would be going is for a good recommendation. I’m very focused on what I want, but I also want to be genuine and I feel like thats not possible for me to do at the moment. Should I just try to kiss up (despite how painful it would be) and get it over with as a formality? I’m not looking to be their “best student” or anything, I just want As in my classes, and good letters of recommendation.</p>