<p>I go to Emory right now but I would love to go to UPENN and I am thinking of applying. Anyway, thing is, at Emory I am on probation right now(for something I genuinely did not even do) and I think that would seriously destroy my chances for PENN, given how competitive it is. So, I was thinking I would transfer to Northwestern and then try for Penn. </p>
<p>My family keeps telling me its foolish to transfer more than once and it would look horrible for jobs to have transferred multiple times. I previously transferred from NYU to Emory. They think transferring even twice would be horrible and thrice would be ridiculous. Do you think they are right? In the same light, would it look bad to the Penn admissions office for me to transfer to Northwestern(if I even got in but I think I have decent chances) and then try for Penn? </p>
<p>What do you guys think? My family thinks I should stay at Emory even though I am on an unfair probation and just man it up and graduate from Emory. I want to go to Penn and atleast escape this unfair probation by going to Northwestern but my family thinks it would look horrible for jobs to be transferring so many times.</p>
<p>Don’t try and transfer to Northwestern from Emory and then transfer again to UPenn.</p>
<p>Either apply to them both directly and see if you’re accepted to either or man it up and graduate at Emory. </p>
<p>Think about this.</p>
<p>NYU -> Emory -> Northwestern -> UPenn.</p>
<p>So much time and money wasted in this process. If I were your employer I would think this was seriously sketchy and want some good explanations.</p>
<p>I want to add in reply to your post above that for Northwestern I am considering the application cycle that ends this October and would enroll me into this upcoming Spring semester if I get in. I would then apply during that same Spring semester to Penn. I am sure your point still applies but I just want to clear up exactly what I intend. But I am thinking about it more now and I think I will just apply to Penn from Emory considering that the application does ask you whether you have been disciplined in the past and although I could lie about that and it would be easier to get away with if I was going to Northwestern, that is not something I want to do. Money also is not an issue because I qualify for amazing financial aid at Emory and I know Penn would be the same and Northwestern as well most likely.(NYU was not though)</p>
<p>Not to take away from your reply(thanks for taking the time to give me some advice) but what do the rest of you say?</p>
<p>When- if- you apply to graduate school, they will ask for all transcripts. How will it look for a school to see you transferred multiple times? I am not an admissions officer, but I would wonder about it if I was, and also if I was an employer. </p>
<p>You have already transferred once- from one excellent school to another- and if the reason to transfer again was because of a specific program that was not available at Emory- that could be explainable. Leaving because of a probation that you feel is unfair is harder to explain.</p>
<p>Since we don’t know the nature of the probation, it’s hard to say whether starting over is better than staying and trying to repair the situation. Even if the probation is unfair to you, something happened where there was at least a misunderstanding. There may be some value in learning to resolve what happened, but this is up to you and your parents to decide.</p>
<p>^ Basically some scumbag reported to the teacher that I threatened to break his neck. I never did anything of the sort and there was absolutely no evidence for his claim besides his own word. Noone in the class heard me say anything and were actually on my side and were like what the ef is going on. Even then, they took his word and put me on probation in the absence of any evidence. The probation is going to last the duration of my Emory career. I am a little scared that I will get in trouble in these next 2 years for something small and stupid and get kicked out because I am on probation. Like, I can’t see myself getting in trouble besides partying or something but its still scary. This would be hard to explain, especially considering that the allegation is that I threatened a teacher. How could I explain that away at all… They will see that and just chuck my application.</p>
<p>Probation is not as severe as dismissal, and it would seem that there would be conditions for getting off probation such as meeting with a counselor, maintaining good behavior, or demonstrating that a lesson has been learned from it (even if it was not your fault). I don’t know if transferring would change this or you would still have to report it on your application. If you have to, and you don’t- it could lead to trouble.
You may not trust anyone at the university, but is there nobody who you can see- a counselor at school or even on your own money to discuss this? Someone who can meet with you on a regular basis and advocate to the school that you are not a danger.
This kind of situation may require someone with more expertise in these things to help advise you about staying, clearing your record, or transferring.</p>
<p>Every school I know has a judicial process before putting someone on probation. It seems strange that Emory would be so different.</p>
<p>Also, can you even transfer if you’re not in good standing? Every application I’ve ever seen asks about this. Also, you’ll need recommendations.</p>
<p>^ I was stupid. I listened to my family’s advice and accepted the charges on the grounds that I was undergoing a medical crisis at the time and I shouldn’t be held liable for what I did. I did this because the disciplinary office gave me the impression that the teacher and multiple people were saying that I made the threat. Even though I knew I didn’t anything, I wasn’t a duche enough to challenge the words of what I thought were multiple people including the professor. I then got put under probation and when I was undergoing the appeal process I found out there was absolutely no evidence for what they charged me with except the word of one student. So I basically wrote in my appeal that I knew I didn’t do it and was under the impression there were more witnesses one of which was the professor when actually there was only one witness(a false witness). I told them that if they had given me this information beforehand I would never have accepted the charges(I did it so I could get a lighter sentence and also because I thought they would be nice because I WAS going through a medical crisis). After the appeal process finished I was still under probation. **** all of these guys. I had a really good case in the appeal. Hope Karma gets that pyschopath kid.</p>
<p>if it was up to me, I wouldn’t mind if a student transferred multiple times. If you’re unhappy at one school then you should transfer to a place that fits you better, otherwise you’ll be miserable and suffer tremendously. then if you decided to transfer again because again you found it wasn’t the right fit, then you should be able to. or due to some other life circumstance that inevitably caused you to transfer multiple times. if you gave a good reason as to why you did this transfer multiple times, i think it would be more compelling. i think do whatever you need to do to get the place that you ultimately want to be at.</p>