<p>Couple questions. I just started at CNU (moved in last saturday) and I really don't like it much at all. I know it's only been like a week, and classes start on Monday, but I think I would be much happier at JMU which I visited last summer. I am part of PLP here, the leadership program but nothing seems to be going right. SO, how would I go about the transfer process? I am currently enrolled to take 15 credit hours this fall semester. My high school GPA was a 3.5 and I was accepted into CNU and their leadership program with some extracurricular activities. If I was to transfer to JMU how would I start that process and what would the earliest be I could transfer there? Would I still be on the same track as my friends that left for college this year as well? Would I still graduate with them in 4 years? Any help on this subject would be amazing as I'm currently lost and unsure of what to do.</p>
<p>If you took the right courses for your major which can transfer to JMU, then you would graduate on time. You could apply to transfer for the second semester if JMU allows it. That’s the earliest you can transfer. But it would probably be ver cpetitive and you have a much better chance applying for fall next year. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Well I am an undecided major so I am only taking general ed classes right now pretty much. If I applied for fall next year would I go in as a Freshman or would I be in the Sophomore class? If I finished the year out at CNU and then went to JMU after 1 year, what would that be like?</p>
<p>You would enter as a sophomore not a freshman. But make sure what you are taking is transferable to JMU. </p>
<p>That way you will be on track to graduate on time. Even if all your courses don’t transfer, you could take them over the summer or something in JMU to catch up. </p>
<p>I think staying one year would be better because admissions say that they place more emphasis on your hs record for spring transfer. Unless you were wait listed this year, the result will most likely be the same. But with some more good college grades your chances can improve greatly.</p>
<p>So staying a year at CNU would be best, then entering the fall semester next year? The only problem is I really don’t want to stay here for a year… I did not apply to JMU this year either.</p>
<p>Would it be best to stay for one semester, then if I still do not like it, try and either transfer to JMU for the Spring semester or transfer to a community college, get my gen eds and apply for JMU in the Fall 2014 semester as a Sophomore transfer?</p>
<p>Guys I really need some feedback about this, it’s a big decision and I want the opinion of people who answer these questions frequently. How hard is it to fit in to a new school if I entered in next fall 2014 as a Sophomore? Is it weird to transfer to a CC after one semester at CNU and get my gen ed requirements? Is that frowned upon?</p>
<p>Earlier poster nathanG was correct – to transfer mid-year (w/out finishing one full year first) is extremely competitive. You basically have to have straight A’s or close to it. Most gen-ed classes do transfer (although you should check with the JMU registrar’s office and/or their catalog, which is available on-line, to be sure of what would likely transfer) between colleges; however, almost no colleges will let you keep the GPA you earned at another institution, but they will give you credit for the courses and they’ll count towards graduation wherever you end up. So you could enter as a sophomore at JMU, for example, if you took a full load at CNU and the credits all transfer. As nathanG also suggested, some summer courses are also an option to catch up. JMU also has a “Maymester” when you can take one to two extra classes at the end of the regular Spring semester but before the regular summer terms start. The best thing of all to do would be to stay put at CNU for one year and demonstrate to JMU that you are college material. Try to get as high grades as possible at CNU. You need over a 3.5 to transfer into JMU from another school, as it’s very competitive. As close to a 4.0 as you can get, the more likely you are to get in and the less emphasis they will place on your high school record (as nathanG also pointed out). Changing to community college mid year might make them think you’re flighty, whereas sticking with one place for a year looks better – like you have what it takes to stick with something. In the meantime, you should be checking with the JMU registrar via call or e-mail and/or reading the details of how transfers are handled in terms of credits in their catalog (the full undergrad catalog is available on-line). You should also visit JMU again to make sure you really like it. Sometimes the grass can seem greener on the other side. My son is at JMU and loves it, but it is several times the size of CNU. You have to be confident to ask for help and navigate more on your own at a larger university, although my son has found JMU to be extremely responsive, customer friendly, and well run. You should give CNU a year and give it a real chance, because you will do better that way and also show JMU that you can commit to something.</p>
<p>The same would apply to you as my response to the CNU poster. It’s much tougher to transfer as a freshman in the Spring than it is to try to come in after having completed a full year a the first university. JMU is a tough school to get into as a transfer, and I’ve heard that you pretty much need to have over a 3.5 from your current school – the closer to 4.0 the better.</p>