<p>I, freshman at Notre Dame, want to apply as a transfer to several institutions (Northwestern, Columbia, Yale, etc.), where I previously got rejected/or waitlisted from. Do you think these colleges still have my old application from last year and consider it for my transfer admission decision, or will they solely look at my new application?</p>
<p>Each college is different, some throw them all out, others hold, some hold only if you ask them in the spring when you were denied/WLed. I know that Y doesnāt keep old applications. You need to call individual schools to find out what they do.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help. Can letters of recommendation be written by a TA, or must they be from the professor him/herself?</p>
<p>Hi Entomom,</p>
<p>I know Iāve asked you about this countless times so I apologizeā¦But I finally submitted my first CA application and I successfully created my alternate version. However, when I click the button āreplicate,ā a popup window comes up and tells me to check two things before precedingā¦the agreement is as followsā¦and I copy and pasted thisā¦</p>
<p>I am creating an alternate version of my application to 1) correct an error I discovered after submission, or 2) provide new information not available when I first submitted my application.</p>
<p>Required I understand that it is not necessary to nor should I ācustomizeā my Common Application for individual colleges. Individual college supplements and supplemental essay questions should be used to provide special information to different colleges. </p>
<p>Did they do these agreement things past years too? I mean, Iām just a little worried that I am actually using my alternate version to customize for each of my school, even when the agreement forbidsā¦ :/</p>
<p>banana, TAs are fine.</p>
<p>kor, this is the first year Iāve heard of the CAs agreement about customizing applications. Why donāt you do a Search on the CA subforum to see what others have done, and if you donāt find anything, start a thread there and ask.</p>
<p>Alright, Thanks Entomom.</p>
<p>I have a question if anyone can answer it:</p>
<p>Is it too late to apply for the Fall 2010 Semester? </p>
<p>Iām applying for Uconnās School of Engineering. Their deadline seems to be April 1st for that particular school on the main campus. What are the down sides of applying late (but before the deadline)?</p>
<p>@mindrust, </p>
<p>As long as the school is not accepting students on a āRollingā basis, there will be no disadvantage. (unless you apply after the deadline 
)</p>
<p>Thanks for answering me, NEU2NU. </p>
<p>Would you mind clarifying what you mean by a ārollingā basis?</p>
<p>Rolling is when a college makes their admission decisions in the order that the applications come in until they fill up all of the spots.</p>
<p>Is it typically an advantage if a student has been admitted as a freshman but chose another university (much to their regret) and is reapplying to transfer as a sophomore?</p>
<p>Not an advantage per se, but it does indicate that the student was a competitive candidate for that school as a fr and likely is also as a soph transfer.</p>
<p>āMost applications want two college teacher recommendations (the āprof recs.ā) High school recs are not good substitutes. Many students worry that they do not know profs well enough, especially if you have only been able to take large classes thus far, with TAās. Transfer admissions officers understand that. TAās can write recs, alone or in collaboration with the prof (see below).ā</p>
<p>Does a part-time adjunct who is a full-time high school administrator count as a high school rec? </p>
<p>He taught my freshman mathematics class. I already asked him if he could write a letter for meā¦it would be pretty awkward telling him that I canāt accept it.</p>
<p>Which title he uses depends on what capacity he served when you interacted with him. Since he was teaching you in a college course, he would qualify as an instructor to write transfer LOR for you.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the responses guys/gals. </p>
<p>I asked this question over at the Uconn section but I received no reply. Maybe someone can help:</p>
<p>Iām applying as a transfer for the Fall 2010 semester as an undecided engineering major and I would like some advice.</p>
<p>According to this page ( <a href=āhttp://transfer.uconn.edu/choosing.html[/url]ā>Transfer Applicants | Undergraduate Admissions : Undergraduate Admissions; ), the requirements are completed prerequisites in chemistry, physics and calculus and a minimum 3.0 GPA. I am a sophomore with a cumulative 3.5 GPA but Iāve really only had Calculus I completed and will be taking Calculus II and chemistry in the upcoming spring semester. My university only has one physics professor and the course (General Physics I) is only offered during the fall, so I canāt take it in the upcoming semester.</p>
<p>Should I still roll the dice and apply to the college of engineering or should I apply as some different major (or as an undecided) to have a better chance of being accepted?</p>
<p>I would call and ask UConn. If they say you canāt apply to the college of engineering, apply to the college of arts and sciences and later switch to engineering.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip nvilla. I called last week and they told me to put down a second major on my application. I put down physics, which probably has an identical first year plan of study.</p>
<p>Hi everybody. </p>
<p>I need an advice now. please help. </p>
<p>Iām a freshman at Linfield COllege (international student). And I want to transfer to Middlebury College in Vermont. I took my SAT when I was home and got 1330 for Math and Reading combination. My TOEFL score is extraordinary. Iām wondering if I should retake the SAT. I donāt think i could make a mjor improvement, say improve it to 1500 or sth. Would it make me look worse if I retook the SAT now as a college student and just got the same score as I took it last year? </p>
<p>Please let me know what I should do?</p>
<p>@Linkcrease, if you got a low writing score on the SAT you should probably retake it.</p>
<p>Thanks NEU2NU. So does it mean Middlebury really emphasize writing?</p>