<p>I transferred from Wilkes University to Villanova this past semester and am very fissappointed with Villanova. I was wondering if anybody had any input on me thinking about tranferring again. I want to transfer to lafayette or lehigh. I had a 3.5 gpa at wilkes and was on the deans list second semester and I am in a ton of clubs. At villanova I am in like 6 clubs and one sports team and I am planning to have atleast a 3.5 gpa fpr the semester. I was wondering if anyone had any sort of advice to offer me. Anyhting is appreciated.</p>
<p>I'm in exactly the same situation, but at different Universities and am planning on transferring as well. I have a 3.4, and am currently getting a 4.0 but yeah obviously it's early.</p>
<p>I definitely know people who've successfully transferred twice. I may end up doing it myself. Unfortunately, even if your final destination is a good school, there is some debate over whether it is a good idea from the long-term/professional prospective. However, my attitude is that it is your money and you will succeed more if you're doing something you're happy/passionate about. Out of curiosity, did you visit the school and sit in on classes before you transferred? What are you disappointed with? And yeah, I would think transferring again would be a possibility, although if you could raise that GPA to at least A- I think that would help.</p>
<p>Hey I didn't actually sit in on classes at Villanova but I did at lafayette. I did take a tour at nova though. The thing im dissapointed with at nova is that it is to preppy and to large. Alot of people here are very snobby rich kids. I def think Ill get abouyt an A-. Thanks for ur input.</p>
<p>If Villanova is large, then it is very likely there are some non-preppy kids just perfect for you that you have not found yet. Have you tried extra-curriculars? Be wary of transferring if you do not have concrete reasons. Classes that are too large for asking questions, now, is another matter.</p>
<p>Interesting someone actually posted about this topic, because....I'm in the same situation.</p>
<p>I went to Rutgers, but transferred to University of Maryland, but didn't like it so I'm back at Rutgers for this year and want to transfer again (one of my schools is also Lehigh that I'm interested in). So, at least there's support for you in your endeavors.</p>
<p>Well, good luck to all of us. Don't forget to keep an open mind, but if/once you seriously don't think you'll stay where you're at, do some insane fun stuff so you'll at least have good stories;)!</p>
<p>Definitely ecape, we all gotta enjoy life, and keep and open mind, and keep working hard. I'm not sure if where I'm applying will admit me, schools like UPenn, UChicago, Brown, Cornell, and Rice, but UIllinois is my safety. My school right now is an improvement from before, but I commute :(, so I'm going to to a more prestigious school a little further away, with my own space. Let's hope we all get to where we want to go, I know I've wandered for a long time for what I've been looking for, and you guys too.</p>
<p>I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet (at least not that I noticed), but, although it is possible, I have heard from many people that barring certain extenuating circumstances, transferring twice is usually extremely difficult. Most schools look down on that, as it seems to show that you haven't enough passion, and that their school was obviously not very high on your list and could probably not benefit you very much, as you didn't try getting in there when you applied for transfer the first time.</p>
<p>The only negative consequences in transferring more than once are that one's reasons must fulfill a higher standard, and that graduate/professional schools require the same explanation or they will be chary in accepting him.</p>
<p>There are personal consequences, such as acclimating oneself to yet another environment, but those can be discussed in a separate thread.</p>
<p>'School shopping', as it is called, can be detrimental to graduate/professional school admissions because admissions officers are not certain of whether an applicant of this characteristic will remain at their institution for the duration of his/her graduate/professional career.</p>
<p>Transferring once is fine. Transferring twice will require a good explanation. Transferring three times will require an even better explanation, and if one transfers four times, unless it is for medical reasons, any reason he/she can produce will probably be insufficient.</p>
<p>Well, yeah, I certainly have NO intention of transferring more than twice -I'm sure I'd never do it, b/c I can only afford to graduate in four years. Transferring twice -well -I'll just have to see where I am in a few months. I simply feel more comfortable knowing it's possible, b/c honestly i feel my recent transfer could have been better thought out and wasn't b/c of other unusual stresses going on in my life</p>
<p>My argument is that I have heard of students turning down Harvard for the University of Texas, and I have heard of 1200 SAT scores making it into Yale; however, these are all specific instances from which we cannot derive a general claim. That one student succesfully transferred four times is not conclusive evidence that it is always possible, but merely that it is a possibility - albiet a minute one.</p>