Canadian Transfer

entomom
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:41:54 +0000

Colleges vary in what they consider a transfer vs. a fr applicant. For some schools, as soon as you take 1 college class post-HS, you will be considered a transfer applicant; for others, if you’ve completed over a year of college credits post-HS, you are considered a transfer. You need to go to the websites of the colleges you’re interested in to see what their definition of a transfer applicant is, there are no generalities.

Yes, if you are applying for a spring transfer your first year (or even a fall transfer of your second year), you will be evaluated mostly on your HS record and test scores. Think about the logistics, if you’re applying for a spring transfer and you just entered college the previous fall, how much of a college record are you going to have by the time the school makes spring transfer decisions? At most, they will have 1 semester of grades to look at.