Please help a prospective transfer applicant!! :P

SJTH
Wed, 01 Apr 2015 23:02:39 +0000

First of all, and most importantly, give yourself permission to fall in love with WUSTL. Immerse yourself in the freshman experience and try not to use it as a stepping stone for a transfer. If you don’t you’re going to be fairly miserable, especially if your classmates know this is your plan. Why invest in a new friend who is a short-timer, right? Being a transfer isn’t easy, from a social perspective. Colleges spend a great deal of resources bonding freshman, and often very little helping transfers assimilate into the already-established community. It can be a kind of work you didn’t plan on.

In answer to your questions, in a resume, you would naturally list all colleges you attended, so WUSTL will be listed. You may or may not be asked to explain your reason for transferring. Other than that, they don’t care, as long as you are in good standing and do well in your major. And yes, you’ll receive the same degree. There is a lot more to say about transferring–I’d recommend you consult the transfer forum here on CC.