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Course Selection:
Just going off of another post (sorry, my responses are going to be a bit random) course selection is huge! Other than get good grades, course selection is probably the biggest factor of admissions. The work you do now can certainly help you get in to ND and it will truly pay dividends later (it resulted in almost every one of my credits transferring, whereas BC wanted to accept about half). What you do is before you register look at how your courses fit into the first year of studies plan (in other words make sure you are taking the classes like history and science that ND will be looking for). Then, once you think you have the right courses, email the transfer advisor who covers your college. They will do the legwork and get your courses pre-approved for you. That means that if you transfer in that class will transfer as long as you have a transferrable grade (I think C or higher). This really saved my butt because I didn't get the acceptance envelope, I got the dreaded acceptance phone call. The deans thought that my math class wasn't going to transfer so they called me saying that I was accepted pending successful completion of a summer school course. I had gotten all of my classes approved, however, so I just emailed Mr. Gantt and he made it so I didn't have to take the summer school course as it was already approved.
I really encourage anyone thinking of transferring to ND to do the legwork required and get all your classes approved. It is a pain and it requires a lot of excuses (for one math class I had to get a syllabus before registration. Have fun making up reasons on why you want to see their syllabus a semester ahead) but it is well worth it.
In addition, as someone who always have wanted to be here and someone who was rejected and then transferred I can tell you that this is well worth it. Being here is amazing and seeing that dome every day still takes my breath away. Really think about it, transferring is very difficult and you have to essentially start over (and to top it off there may not be on-campus housing for you first semester; there wasn't for me) but if it means enough to you and if this is where you are meant to be it will all be worth it and more. This place truly is amazing! Good luck everyone. Feel free to get in touch (my AIM is in the post above) if you want to talk about what you are doing, are just nervous and want to talk to someone who has been through it before, or you just want to find out more about ND. I love helping people who want to transfer here and I would love to talk to you if there is anything I can help you with. Good luck everyone!
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