Re-applying twice

HImom
Mon, 16 May 2011 22:56:04 +0000

With <5% transfer app acceptance rate, your odds of getting accepted after a rejection are pretty low, UNLESS you have done some amazing things in the interim year to push your app up in consideration.

Most schools and departments are really more than ONE prof and in any case you are likely to have to take courses from several profs. I would not EXPECT to be accepted, but it is worth a try if you have things to add to your transfer app.

That said, D applied 3 times before she was accepted into the department she is currently enrooled in & loves (very competitive admissions, especially for transfers/upperclassmen). I was surprised by her persistence but she’s very happy and for her it paid off. Each semester when she applied, she had taken more courses in that school & was more focused about what she wanted to do in that school. She had no problem getting amazing recs each time, mostly from the same profs in that school who thought the world of her & her abilities.