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02-18-2008, 07:52 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| Transfer Applicant Support
I figured that it would be nice if there was a thread for those of us who are applying as transfers.... | 
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02-20-2008, 09:29 PM
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#2 | | Junior Member
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| great idea! I am applying as a transfer for fall 2008 as a sophmore. | |
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02-21-2008, 03:19 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
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| Me too! Is this your first time applying to Barnard? | |
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02-21-2008, 10:22 PM
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| I'm applying for Junior standing for the fall semester. I applied last year and didn't get in, but I'm a sucker for punishment. Hopefully having another year of college under my belt with a constant upward trend will help me out.  | |
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02-22-2008, 04:16 PM
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| yup, ive never applied before. | |
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02-23-2008, 08:05 PM
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| I will be applying as a sophomore for Fall 08 as well. I've essentially finished essays but am putting off asking a prof for a rec. I can't decide who to ask! (and I'm scared.)
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02-24-2008, 07:28 PM
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| I had the same problem, May. But I finally just forced myself to e-mail my professor and it turns out she was more than happy to help me out. I'm sure one of your professor's would be willing to help you out gladly! | |
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02-25-2008, 12:28 AM
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| I hope so. I'd like to ask my winter term teacher, but I only had him for three weeks and it might strike him as odd that I ask him. Plus, so much is at stake! Ah!
At any rate, good luck ladies! I hope we find out at least slightly before May 15. | |
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02-26-2008, 01:38 AM
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| May- I completely understand how you feel. I was pretty nervous about asking my professors for recommendations too. However, I just bit the bullet and it turns out they were 100% supportive. Just get it over with as soon as possible! Soon is better than later because they may get grumpy if you ask them too close to the deadline! Good luck. | |
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02-27-2008, 08:03 PM
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#10 | | New Member
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| Hi all, I was a transfer student last fall so I was in your place a year ago. I rarely get on this website anymore but I randomly decided to the other night and saw this thread and thought I'd post and let you know that if you have any questions I am more than willing to try to answer them, being a student who has gone through the process 
As far as asking for rec letters from your professors, I was a little bit scared to ask my professors last year as well, but I found that all of them were very happy to write letters for me and they were actually very supportive of my hopes to transfer to Barnard. So don't worry too much and like someone said on here already, try to get it done as early as you can so that they have a sufficient amount of time to write a great rec for you!
Best of luck to you all! | |
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02-28-2008, 05:25 PM
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| Hey Dancer2436! Okay, so I have a few questions that I can think of at this moment:
1. How easy/difficult has it been to integrate with people in your class who came as first years? What kind of support is available for transfers?
2. If you know anything about financial aid: is Barnard generous with its aid? I mean, I don't expect the whole Harvard "anyone whose family makes under 60 grand gets full tuition" aid, but do they meet 100% need? Is this need met with tons of loans and work study or are there a good amount of grants mixed in? I would be crushed if I got accepted this time but couldn't afford it one bit. | |
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02-28-2008, 10:18 PM
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| My D is less than thrilled with Univ of Mich--too big a school and too small a town. I would love to hear more about the experience of being a transfer student. Also, how is the housing at Barnard? Where are those of you who are consdering transferring coming from? | |
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02-28-2008, 10:24 PM
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| Also, does anyone have a sense for what it takes to transfer? Is it easier or harder than applying from HS? | |
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02-28-2008, 10:54 PM
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| I'm hoping to transfer from a state school in PA. It's basically a slacker school so I really want to get out.
I'm not sure if it's easier to transfer in or not though. :/ I'd think it's just as competitive, though, because they get a few hundred transfer apps and only accept about 150 or so if I remember the statistics correctly. | |
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02-29-2008, 11:09 AM
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#15 | | Junior Member
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| Abric1, I am applying from Ohio State. Go Buckeyes ;-)! | |
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