Transferring Twice Freshman Year Then Again As A Sophmore?

Transfer Students
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<p>i just finished my first semester and i really didnt like my school, im considering apply to umass boston and living at home for second semester than apply to a transfer to a liberal arts college</p>

<p>is this a realistic thing to do? does going to two college then applying to a third look bad? please reply</p>

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<p>Lots of people do this kind of thing. Most often they leave the first place because of money or grades, go to a community college or a cheap public U close to home, and then transfer to a third institution later on. But sometimes it happens that the leave place 1 because they dislike it, and find out that they aren’t quite happy with place 2 either.</p>

<p>The standard advice seems to be:

  1. If you aren’t headed to a community college, be sure that you like the second place well enough to stay there for the rest of your degree. It is possible that you might not be able to successfully transfer out.
  2. Think long and hard about spending at least a year at the second place (or completing a full AA if it is a community college) because it will be difficult for you to get to know the professors well enough for them to write your letters of recommendation if you are only there for one semester.</p>
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<p>the school i’m considering going to isn’t a community college, its a four year school but a commuter college close to home, university of massachusetts at boston. </p>

<p>my GPA for first semester should be upwards of 3.8 and if i do about as well second semester could i transfer into a good liberal arts college?</p>

<p>i have no intention of going to umass boston for more than one semester, i would rather just attend the university i’m at now for the duration of the year then transfer out if it came down to those options</p>

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<p>the type of schools i’m hoping to attend next year include Trinity College (CT), Colgate, Colby, Sewanne, Rhodes, Lewis and Clark, Elon, ect</p>

<p>For schools of that genre, can I go to two colleges as a freshman and still have a decent chance at getting in with a GPA above a 3.7 or so?</p>