A Question About First Year Transfers

Bearly
Sun, 09 Nov 2014 01:34:55 +0000

Are you at that standing because of AP units? Because while they count toward your class standing, they don’t actually count toward your unit limit cap for transferring.

“Units earned through AP, IB, and/or A-Level examinations are not included in the limitation and do not put applicants at risk of being denied admissions.” (source on bottom).

The only thing that would make you have “too high standing” would be classes you actually took in college, (so if you were in your 3rd or 4th year and trying to transfer), and seeing as you’re a first year, you should be fine. (note you can still apply this year because AP units do make it possible to reach the minimum units needed to transfer, see 1-year transfer).

Like luckie said, if you can apply this year, go for it, it won’t hurt you in anyway. If you don’t get in anywhere, you can apply next year too for reasons mentioned. Just maintain high GPA, get more prereqs done, and even get some solid ECs under your belt with the year span you have.

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