<p>I agree with 2013Transfer, you definitely shouldn’t go into freshman year planning on transferring. </p>
<p>I was also waitlisted (last year) and I was crushed and couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else, but I had to suck it up and try to be happy. I went to my second favorite school and I really did try to make the best of it, but I’m not totally happy here and I still have my heart set on Vassar. That being said, if it doesn’t work out for me and I have to stay at my current school, it won’t be the worst possible thing in the world (although I really will be crushed–again) because I threw myself into this school, even though it wasn’t my ideal situation, and I made good friends and have a life here. And if, after trying really hard, you still want to be at Vassar, you can try to transfer. </p>
<p>No school is perfect, there are just some really good fits, but like 2013Transfer said, there’s more than one of those. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you for your help!!! It’s not that I think Vassar is the only school for me, it just is my top school and always has been. I applied to a few other schools i would love to go to, but got rejected from them so I’m sort of holding out for the last one I really loved. My current plan is to try to love whatever college I end up going to, and if it doesnt work out i know I have an alternative. Thank you thank you for answering and</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK I HOPE YOU MAKE IT</p>
<p>ps I talked to someone on the campus who was a transfer, so ya know, transfer applicants being accepted isn’t just a myth. I got PROOF</p>
<p>Thank you! Good luck next year and all.</p>
<p>Anyone hear anything about a decision date?</p>
<p>Thanks Fosicle, good luck to you too! </p>
<p>Still no word about decision date, but last year on May 4th the applicants got this email: “Please check back for your decision on May 11th at 4:00pm,” so I’m assuming sometime around the 11th</p>
<p>Hopefully- I sent an email asking about the notification date because I have a William & Mary deposit due on the 15th, but they haven’t responded (…yet).</p>
<p>Just got a response, actually, and they said it’s looking like May 13th.</p>
<p>That’s cutting it close! But hopefully they’re right (or wrong and it’s sooner) and you’ll have time. 10 more days!</p>
<p>May 13th it is! From the app checklist: “At this late stage in the application process, the online checklist for fall transfer applicants to Vassar has been closed. Please check back for your decision on May 13th at 4:00pm.”</p>
<p>Am I the only one regretting applying to Vassar? (Probably.) It just seems crazy impossible to be one of less than 10% to get accepted. The odds are crazy and unfavorable. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone! I’m feeling a bit down about the whole thing.</p>
<p>@Fosicle: I decided to apply for transfer in November of my freshman year because my school just wasn’t the right fit. I still had a great year and met my best friend but I knew I couldn’t stay. Vassar was my top choice until I got into NYU, visited there, and fell in love. I already put down my deposit, so even if I get into Vassar, I’ll be giving up my spot.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think that most transfer dreams don’t end up coming true. It’s a very tricky process and a lot of my fellow transfer applicants have ended up disappointed. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try, though. I didn’t think I’d get in anywhere, and now I’m enrolled in my dream school! Just don’t put all your eggs in one basket, if you know what I mean.</p>
<p>Tomorrow!!! Good luck everybody!</p>
<p>Only two hours until most of us get rejected! Okay, sorry for being negative, but Vassar is notorious for low transfer acceptance rates. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>I’m so nervous, I have no idea what to do with myself for the next hour!</p>