<p>I am a first semester freshman and would like to transfer to another school for fall 2010 (what would be my sophomore year). </p>
<p>I hear most people transfer schools for there junior year in college. Do you have a greater chance of getting accepted when transferring for your junior year over your sophomore year? </p>
<p>Has anyone transferred schools for there sophomore year in college successfully? </p>
<p>I really want to get an idea of what my chances are of transferring schools after my first year</p>
<p>It really depends on your stats, and the schools you are aiming for.
If you can’t wait, and often it is the case, and your stas are good, just go for it.
There are plenty of people who transfer as sophomores.
The only thing is that when transferring as a sophomore, colleges look more into your high school grades, gpa and SATs, than they would if you transferred as a junior.</p>
<p>That’s not always true, it varies by school - the schools I applied to as a transfer don’t require SATs or HS transcripts regardless of your class level when applying. One of the benefits to transferring as a junior is that you have more semesters under your belt to demonstrate a positive academic trend, and if they do happen to look at your HS performance, the more you have completed at the community college, the more it can offset less than stellar HS stats. </p>
<p>When you apply to transfer with only 24-30 hours completed, a lot of those may be core classes only as you likely have not met the pre-reqs to take some of the more challenging coursework, and sometimes that can be factored into the review of your GPA. On the flip side, I know several people that applied as juniors and were accepted but they had not gone to schools with articulation agreements or they had not used the available transfer resources, so some of their courses didn’t transfer and they were knocked down to sophomore standing. If you’re transferring from OOS or there is a chance some of your courses may not transfer (for whatever reason) it would be better to transfer as early as possible so you don’t waste any time or money on coursess you could end up having to repeat, etc.</p>
<p>Talk to the admissions counselors at your schools of choice for their feel on acceptance rates of transfers at both levels of study. Several of the schools that I applied to for transfer recommended applying as soon as the requirements were met, so I would agree that if your stats are looking good and you don’t want to wait, just apply and see what happens.</p>
<p>Our oldest son transferred for his sophomore year and the transition was extremely easy.
If you’re sure that you want to leave your current school, then try to transfer for your sophomore year. It seems as though students are still building their circle of friends during their sophomore year so it’s pretty easy to blend right in.</p>