What Happens Inside a College Admissions Committee?

Transfer Students
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<p>Applying to transfer at Vanderbilt and UNC. Just wondering what happens at the how applications are reviewed at top 20 school and at large public universities . What the differences what are the similarities ? What Happens Inside a College Admissions Committee?</p>

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<p>The biggest difference is that your state of residence will matter for UNC but not for Vandy.</p>

<p>Read The Gatekeepers or another good college admissions book, and then add a few more variables for transfer students.</p>

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<p>^^^ Residence does not matter for transfers to UNC.</p>

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<p>Then why do they ask about residency on the transfer supplement?:</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.unc.edu/pdf/UNC_CA_Supplement_TRF.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.unc.edu/pdf/UNC_CA_Supplement_TRF.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I don’t know, but they’ve stated multiple times on their blog and website that it doesn’t matter. It’s strange.</p>

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<p>I didn’t see anything on the website, but I just found this on a UNC-CH Transfer blog from 2011:</p>

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<p>So I posted a question on the current blog, giving this citation and the residency questions asked on their supplement. Hopefully they will clarify the situation soon.</p>

<p>Thanks for bringing this up, you learn something new each day :)!</p>

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<p>Here’s the answer:</p>

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<p>You know what I hate? When a very straightforward question is asked, and someone who’s job it is to inform, can’t even answer it adequately. What a lousy blog!</p>