Transfer application timing

Transfer Students
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<p>Is it important to have your application in early? </p>

<p>The reason i'm asking is because applications come out in a couple weeks. I'm looking to show interest and applying early, but i'm realizing it's pretty pointless, because I don't have the teacher recommendations, I don't have my first semester grades, my new college extracurriculars, and I don't have my letters of good standing. I'm trying to transfer for sophomore status.</p>

<p>I'm going to be a freshman at MSU in a month, and am trying to transfer into top 25 schools that I probably couldn't have gotten in out of HS. Should I be waiting longer than 1 year to transfer, as they probably will look at my HS grades and reject me (had a 3.7 and a 1300 old SAT, trying for Northwestern, Michigan, Rice, Virginia, and North Carolina)?</p>

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<p>you should get into north carolina. anyways, since you're applying right out of high school, just apply early january, right after your fall semester. that way, you have your fall semester grades to send and you'll show interest.</p>

<p>anyways, go to michigan!</p>

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<p>yeah Michigan is better than UNC................................................................................................................................................................</p>

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<p>So it won't be seen as if I don't show interest if i'm applying in January? These aren't rolling, rather i'll be okay if i'm in by the deadline?</p>

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<p>That's a myth. I hope you don't rush your application just to follow this silly hearsay.</p>

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<p>it seems that the majority of people getting in on the transfer acceptance threads turn their apps in 10 minutes before they're due...yet they've spent months preparing, so it's not like it's last minute</p>

<p>It doesn't matter as long as you turn it in on time.</p>

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<p>^ basically. I turned in my application one day before it was due.</p>

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<p>My applications were postmarked on the due date of all my schools. Got in everywhere.</p>

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<p>yeah.. most schools don't even look at your application until sometime after the due date. and i doubt they'll look at the date they received it and give you preference over students who submitted it an hour before the deadline.</p>

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<p>Yea I gotta think that the person with better stats who submitted it right at the deadline has a better chance of being admitted overall than the person with inferior stats who submitted it 4 months ahead of the deadline.</p>