<p>I went to a school in FL for 3 semesters which I didn't really like, nor did I really like the city. So spring 2005 I decided to come home and commute to school (George Mason). The school is great academically, yet for me (as I'm sure is the case for many others) being a commuter is less than an ideal situation for really experiencing college. </p>
<p>So now I'm a senior, I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 96 credits and I could graduate in December (although I'm going to add a minor if I decide to stay). However, I feel like I've really missed out on the whole college experience being a commuter for most of my college career. So I've been exploring the possibility of transferring in the fall and my question is: is it possible to get in as a senior transfer?</p>
<p>I understand that I will lose quite a number of credits, 30 or more, I understand and am willing to accept that. I also understand that if I transfer that I will be in school until the spring of 2009, which I am also more than willing to accept. I just wanted to know if schools would even consider someone with so many credits, who is so close to graduating?</p>
<p>I know that I've missed many schools transfer deadlines, the two that I've looked at so far that I haven't are University of Delaware and Penn State.</p>
<p>There must be some schools that accept senior transfers, but most of the school's i've encountered require that, in order to be eligible for a degree, one must have spent a minimum of two years at their institution.</p>
<p>Could you apply as a junior and just do an extra year? Like, you have 96 credits but they choose only to accept 60 of them? That might be your best bet.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, I really do appreciate them.</p>
<p>I figured that if I do transfer that I would just be taking a step back 1.5 years to being a junior, if they only took 60 of my credits it wouldn't bother me. I think that getting a more well rounded college experience that goes beyond simply going to class would be more than worth the credits I would lose transferring.</p>
<p>As for grad school, I would like to go to law school once I get done with undergrad however I got the impression that the environment in law/grad school would be significantly different than that as an undergrad. I may be wrong on this, it was just my best guess based on reading stuff about law school.</p>
<p>And as for living on campus where I am now, unfortunately that isn't an option. I would have liked to since I was there, but there is a housing shortage as it is so I figured that they wouldn't give housing to someone who lives 25 minutes from campus over people who come from out of state. That was actually the first thing I thought about before thinking about transferring, but I also missed the window where you can apply for housing next year.</p>
<p>I could not find Penn State's residency requirement anywhere on the website, although I'm sure they have one. I believe at my old school it was the final 45 credits of your degree had to be completed there. I guess I should just call/e-mail the particular schools I am interested in and see if they will even consider an application from a person with so many credits?</p>