I am curious if anyone has a wealth of information/experience with transferring twice, as I plan to do.
At the moment I am attending William and Mary after transferring, but it’s abundantly clear to me that this school is not for me. I had previously applied to transfer to both W&M and UVa, but was declined at the latter- the destination I actually desired. Obviously, my intent is to apply to transfer again to UVa.
However, I don’t personally know anyone that has transferred twice, so I have no basis to know if that’s something that doesn’t go over well with admissions or whomever.
Any advice or thoughts are much appreciated.
I would take a look at the rules on the number of credits you need to complete at UVa in order to have a UVa degree. Some colleges require that you finish a minimum number of credits at their institution.
@Charliesch I have read into this and UVa requires 2 years in residency.
They also recommend 60 credits being completed if you’re attempting to enroll as a third-year.
I anticipate meeting all of those general suggestions/reqs.
Do you think that’s the only possible issue?
I would talk to someone first if you are concerned about credit transfer. In my son’s experience from leaving UVA after 3 semesters, the new, similarly ranked school would not accept credits fully. For example, business classes at the new institution were given 2 rather than 3 credits because “you didn’t take our final exam.” In fact, the school told him, it wouldn’t matter if the credits were from Princeton or Harvard or Yale, they would still not accept them fully. In his case, it didn’t matter because he had plenty of APs and credits, but to me it was annoying. How can credits from UVA not be good enough for any other university? And, like Charlie said, most universities have a specific number of credits that must be completed at their university, so check on that too.
Chiming in a bit late - but I feel it’s important to make a note about credits. When I transferred to UVA, most of my credits transferred in number (ex. I got 3 credits under MATH for a math course I’d taken), but none of them applied to area requirements (ex. that MATH transfer credit didn’t apply to my Natural Science/Math area requirement), so I had to take all my area requirements again. Departments didn’t accept major area courses I’d taken, so I could only pursue one major instead of the two I’d planned on. Transferring limits your opportunities. Be aware. Make sure you’ll have time to do all the requirements, and don’t plan on an ambitious academic program.