My daughter is currently a sophomore and thinking about transferring for her junior year due to personal reasons. Looking for schools that are “transfer-friendly”….I’ve heard that some even have on-campus housing specifically for transfer students and have good support networks to help them make connections? Any suggestions? We are in New England but willing to venture further. Grades are middle of the road, so not looking for schools that are super competitive etc. Just looking for a place to make some friends and get a good education.
Need more information. GPA? ECs, Budget? Major? Other preferences (ex. geographic? Rural/suburban/urban? Size, Greek Life, Big Time sports? Religious affiliation OK?)
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Many schools, especially publics, will be transfer friendly. Some schools will have transfer housing.
You need to provide more info. For example, is California open ? Does she want a large flagship or mid size or small etc. - any other desires ? Major ?
Some transfer friendly schools may focus on community colleges, thus skewing numbers. Others might focus on budget - they’d love your money.
So you need to provide more info.
Something in the northeast would be easier, but open to options in thr south or Midwest. All the way west - CA etc. is probably too far. Her plan is to major in one of the social sciences - likely sociology. Looking for a medium to large school, nothing too small. Greek life is a complicated question…she’ll be leaving her sorority so can’t join another Panhellenic one, but would be a bonus if the school had local non-Panhellenic sororities that she could consider joining to make friends. But that’s just a bonus, not a huge factor. Most important is vibe - a place she can make friends easily and is welcoming/encouraging to transfer kids.
Thank you, added additional info in my comment on the last response.
Religious affiliation is ok, big time sports doesn’t matter, GPA is just ok - around a 3.0. Budget friendly would be nice but not a deal breaker.
Start with your state flagship. But any directionals should be ok - C Ct, Southern Maine, SUNYs - like Buffalo. UNH, Delaware and URI are three more that can work. E Carolina has dedicated transfer housing.
In the Midwest/South (really MW but people see as south), W Michigan, Louisville, Kentucky and for more chill Marshall should work.
For privates, look at Ithaca, Quinnipiac, and Elon might be three a bit smaller but not small to look at.
Not sure about Greek life but get involved with clubs.
I googled transfer housing on each and all appear to offer or require it.
Good luck.