<p>I'm thinking about applying to W&M as a sophomore transfer for Fall 2011. Does anyone know how competitive transfer admissions are at W&M? Do they heavily look at college grades or is it something else? </p>
<p>I know this is wayyyyyyyy in advance (since you apply early spring) but I just wanted to know a little beforehand.</p>
<p>I have no knowledge myself about transfering, but there have been similar threads recently; you could use the search button. Here is one that may help. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-william-mary/913618-minimum-requirements-transfers.html?highlight=transfer[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-william-mary/913618-minimum-requirements-transfers.html?highlight=transfer</a></p>
<p>W&M accepts about 50% of the transfers who apply. If you apply as a sophomore, we’ll look closely at your first-semester courses and grades from college, your estimated mid-semester grades from your second semester and your high school record. Given that you’ll have completed only one semester of college prior to applying, we’ll focus more on your high school record than someone who applies to transfer as a junior.</p>
<p>We advise prospective transfers to take a good mix of liberal arts courses (some math, some science, some English, some social science, etc) and to strive for a 3.5 GPA or higher. We also consider extracurricular activities, and an essay.</p>
<p>You may want to consider attending a Prospective Transfer Event this fall to learn more about transferring.</p>
<p>W&M Admission- If my GPA in high school wasn’t too too strong compared to other applicants (say a 3.5 UW, 4.0 W) will that hurt me? And since I applied as a high school senior, I don’t have to fill out a whole other application because you guys still have mine on file, right?</p>
<p>For example, does this look like a good set of classes to take as a freshman for the fall semester if I’m hoping to transfer? </p>
<p>Calculus
Environmental Geology
Intro to Global History
Interpersonal Communication
General Psychology
Freshmen Seminar</p>
<p>If you applied as a freshman applicant we keep your application materials for one year. So if you applied for Fall 2010 you need only complete the re-open application for Fall 2011. After Fall 2011, we would no longer have your original application materials and you’d have to complete a brand new application.</p>
<p>The further into college you are, the less emphasis we put on your high school record. If you apply for Fall 2011 (during your second semester of college) we’ll still look closely at your high school record because you’ll only have completed one semester of college course work when you apply but a 4.0W high school GPA is likely fairly decent.</p>
<p>As for your proposed fall schedule, I’d reconsider communications because we don’t offer such courses at W&M. Maybe consider a social science course like econ or government. And instead of “Global History” choose U.S. History or Western Civ (unless this what Global History is).</p>
<p>I can’t take Econ until my second semester because you have to have taken Calculus. The Intro to Global History class covers Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Would taking a course, such as communications, that isn’t offered at William and Mary hurt me, even if it’s the only class at that time I can take? And William and Mary will see what classes I’m taking second semester, right? So if admissions sees that I’m taking Econ, Calculus II, etc, wouldn’t that help? </p>
<p>Also, at the school I’m at, I placed out of a lot of classes (like intro to comp gov and english 101) will a 3 on the AP test. Since this doesn’t happen at W&M, will it hurt me?</p>
<p>As for your history class, we don’t have a comparable class so you’ll likely only get elective credit whereas if you take Western Civ or U.S. History you may be more likely to get specific credit for a specific course.</p>
<p>Taking econ second semester is fine…we will see your second semester courses as well as your mid-term grades.</p>
<p>As for Communications, is there no other class you can take…maybe an advanced English class? If so, it’s okay but we’d prefer a course that can transfer.</p>
<p>Unfortunately W&M doesn’t accept 3s on AP exams so you might want to consider taking an English and Government course second semester to receive credit because your AP scores won’t get you credit at W&M.</p>
<p>What about Intro to Anthropology instead of Interpersonal Communication? Next semester I’m taking an advanced english (English 201) and a political science course i know.</p>
<p>W&M Admission: Couldn’t his global history class transfer as HIS 191 or HIS 192?</p>
<p>There’s a possibility Global History could transfer…that’s a registrar determination, not admission. We just generally recommend courses we know will transfer like Western Civ, U.S. History, East Asian history, etc.</p>
<p>As for anthro vs communications, anthro would likely be a better choice as it’s far more likely to transfer unless the communications courses is essentially a speech course. Some speech courses do transfer.</p>
<p>ok cool, thanks!</p>
<p>do i need to submit SAT scores again?</p>
<p>Also, if in high school I had a 3.5 UW, 4.0W GPA, 1860 SAT and great extracurriculars, and in college I got a GPA > 3.7, would I have a chance? I know W&M is very competitive, and I did get rejected when I applied last year, so I don’t know if I would even have stand a chance.</p>
<p>You do not need to send your SATs again if you apply for the Fall of 2011. We’ll still have them on file from your original application.</p>
<p>The fact that you were not admitted when you applied as a freshman is not a strike against you. Plenty of students who are not admitted as freshman are admitted as transfers and while we are selective for transfer admission, it’s not as selective as it is for freshman admission (a 50% admit rate compared to a 32% admit rate).</p>
<p>what is W&M’s average transfer SAT and ACT score?</p>
<p>Because SAT and ACT scores are optional for many transfers (they’re only required for those who have not completed two full-time semesters of college at the date of application) we do not calculuate SAT and ACT ranges. For those who are required to submit an ACT or SAT such as yourself, they play a lesser role than they do in the freshman admission process although they still play a role because your high school record is far more detailed than your college record for those who apply as college freshmen.</p>
<p>Does out of state vs. in state factor into transfer decisions?</p>
<p>It does factor in. Not to the same extent it does with freshmen but it is still a factor and deference is always given to in-state students.</p>
<p>Why is the transfer acceptance rate so high? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, but it just seems unusual that it’s so much higher than the freshmen acceptance rate</p>
<p>It’s actually fairly commonplace for schools who admit transfers to have higher admission rates for transfer students. 1) The applicant pool is tiny comparatively. 2) In W&M’s case, our acceptance rate for freshmen is based on the fact that all freshmen must be housed on campus and we only have so many beds. Thus we can only accept so many students. We do not have to house transfers and therefore we can accept more of them. 3) Our enrollment goals of late have pushed for more transfer admission. As a public university we have made an effort to reach out more especially to in-state transfers from VA community colleges.</p>