Denied as a Transfer but asked to Reapply

monydad
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:35:51 +0000

I don’t recall reading about any similar letter to a transfer applicant here on CC, so I would think it isn’t all that common. But then I don’t read all the transfer threads.

I read it the same way you (OP) do. There is no guarantee implied, but then they wouldn’t waste their time sending this to a transfer applicant for no reason. The engineering school is not short of transfer applicants.

1 states some (freshman) applicants are offered a Transfer Option, but it should be reinforced that this doesn't apply to you. (Which #1 does also say, but just to avoid confusion). As far as I know the engineering school doesn't issue these anyway, and the colleges that do offer it specify criteria to be met to trigger guaranteed admission. Which it seems are not all the same. I've seen various cutoffs posted: 3.0. 3.3, 3.5... Unlike TO recipients, your letter doesn't say what grades you have to meet, or that they will necessarily accept you no matter how you do. IMO the safest assumption is what you said, to keep up your grades at current levels.

But I agree that it does seem encouraging.