questions about transfers @ ND

konzer90
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:16:26 +0000

They probably do a little? Thanks to human bias?

I mean, if you go to Stanford or Harvard or something, yeah, that probably turns heads in comparison to if you go to a random CC or Whatever State University. For the most part though, unless you’re at either extreme they likely treat everyone the same in the admissions pool.

Let me tell you what mattered for me when I transferred to ND. GPA, GPA, GPA. That’s it. That’s all they cared about, along with whether or not the courses I took would transfer over (I had to negotiate with my department chair for an hour to get everything worked out). They didn’t care about letters, or high school stuff (like HS GPA or SAT scores), or ECs, or any of that bull. I actually transferred randomly (literally, it was “hey, I wonder if I could get into ND” sort of day so I did). I wrote my essay in like a half hour and punched the whole thing out in about two days. I forgot about it after that (and I didn’t apply to any other schools), then a few months later I remembered so I called the admissions office up. They had me go in and chat with a dean, and he offered me an acceptance letter right there. It was the easiest thing in the world. I think I ate a hot dog after that. I dunno, it was eight years ago. I’m super white too, if that matters.

So yeah, if you want this to be painless, I HIGHLY recommend you keep your GPA as high as possible. Obvious advice, but a 3.4 isn’t going to move heads (it’s not bad either though, so you might still have a shot).

Why do you want to transfer? Are you just unhappy with your school (like I was), or is it more that you’ve always had a dream of going to ND?