I think you’ve gotten some good advice already about your daughter trying to maximize the opportunities to build friendships at Emory-Oxford…it’s still relatively early yet. But if she wants to submit some transfer apps because she knows she’s not in the right environment, below are some schools she may want to consider.
I agree the Jesuits may be a great place to look, whether that’s Loyola New Orleans, Loyola Maryland, or wherever (Jesuit schools are denoted with a (J) in the table). One Jesuit college that I think should get another mention is St. Joseph’s in Philadelphia. It’s in the northeast, but not as cold as places along one of the Great Lakes. But one of the top reasons why I’m mentioning it is because it’s known as a very transfer-friendly place, with lots of supports built in to help transfers make a successful transition to the school.
For this table the transfer admission rate was pulled from this source while the enrollment numbers were pulled from here (except for the two with no transfer admission rate, for which I pulled the enrollments from College Navigator). The schools are sorted by transfer admission rate (descending).
As with when going through the college application the first time, if your D wants to make sure she has an alternative to Emory, she needs to make sure she applies to some schools where she is highly likely to be admitted and would be happy to enroll.
| School Name | Undergraduate Enrollment | Transfer Admission Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Gustavus Adolphus | 2,072 | 58% |
| Geneseo | 3,897 | 57% |
| Providence (J) | 4,363 | 56% |
| St. Olaf | 3,074 | 55% |
| Ithaca | 4,368 | 54% |
| Butler | 4,519 | 49% |
| Binghamton | 14,408 | 43% |
| Skidmore | 2,776 | 40% |
| College of Wooster | 1,876 | 34% |
| Case Western | 6,186 | 32% |
| Franklin & Marshall | 1,911 | 32% |
| Clark | 2,372 | 30% |
| Muhlenberg | 1,788 | 27% |
| Oberlin | 2,950 | 23% |
| John Carroll (J) | 2,287 | |
| Xavier (J) | 4,748 |