<p>I will be transferring to a four-year college in Summer '09, and will only have 5 quarters before I finish my BA once I transfer. (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer.)</p>
<p>However, I was hoping to begin Grad School the following Fall (2010) which would mean I would need to apply after only 1 quarter at my four-year college. (Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer wouldn’t be finished yet.)</p>
<p>My question is, will that hurt my chances of being accepted into a Grad program, or do they expect that if you haven’t finished your BA, you will have by the time the Grad program is scheduled to begin?</p>
<p>Yes, you can apply on the expectation that you’ll have your BA before you start the program.</p>
<p>The only problem I see is getting letters of recommendation. Do you already have people you could ask for LORs? It would be nearly impossible to get strong letters from people who have only known you for a quarter.</p>
<p>for me, i was a transfer student and i had the same problem with recs as you did…most schools i applied to required 3…</p>
<p>I had one from my CC, one from this internship i did when i was living abroad, and one from a professor who has only known me for a quarter, but who thinks i’m wonderful (only non-persian student in the farsi class)…just try to connect with some of the professors and differentiate yourself from the other students at your degree-granting uni…i had a big problem with that in the beginning because i go to UCLA has large classes.</p>
<p>I actually have my three letters of rec from professors at my Junior College who I have worked with extensively. I do hope, though, to also get one from a professor at my four-year college once I transfer, so that all of my letters are not from my Junior College.</p>
<p>But did they teach your upper division courses?</p>
<p>well i think that it’s more important to have ones from your degree granting college rather than 3/4 from your CC. It’s important that the admissions people get an idea of your work at the upper division level…also a good source of recommendations are internships…get an internship in your field and connect with someone that way…it’ll give you both practical work experience and a solid rec.</p>