Sophomore vs Junior transfer admission

polarscribe
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:07:00 +0000

Wharton appears to be an exception, probably due to their curriculum requirements. What I said holds true for most public universities - privates such as UPenn/Wharton probably often do have different policies.



laypk123:

I kind of doubt that since there are more space available in freshmen admission.



Freshman admission has nothing to do with it.

When you transfer in as a junior (presumably with lower-division general education requirements complete), you’re mostly taking up slots in upper-division courses related to your major. If you’re applying to a major that isn’t “impacted” or overloaded, there are generally “empty seats” in those courses waiting to be filled, and thus the university has room to admit you.

Whereas, if you come in as a sophomore, you’d be competing for general education classroom space with all the other lower-division students.