transferring after medical leave

safiye7
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:30:14 +0000

Hi! I am looking for some answers about transferring to another college after a medical leave and withdrawal.

So, my situation is this: In Spring 2011, I was a second-semester junior at a private, prestigious, four-year, liberal arts college. I was put on mandatory (involuntary) medical leave near the end of that semester for psychiatric health reasons. Months later, in January 2012, I dropped out entirely / I formally withdrew (I met with the Dean, signed the form, and everything.) My transcript has a lot of W’s on it, but other than that the grades are not bad (except for two B-'s and a C, all the rest of the grades are somewhere between and including B+ and A.) My cumulative GPA is about 3.4.

I’ve been thinking about this decision I made ever since then, and wondering if I have any hope of transferring to another college. I’m considering various colleges at the moment, but I don’t know if I have much of a hope of getting into any of them. When I was put on leave, I was told that if and when I decided to return, I would have to be cleared by Health & Counselling Services before I could do that. I never did get cleared because I withdrew, and now I suppose the only way to get cleared there would be to reapply there and see if I get in again. I don’t want to reapply to my previous college, though, but I’m wondering if this question of medical clearance will follow me as I try to transfer to another school / try to apply to other schools. I also don’t know if my having been on involuntary medical leave means I am no longer in good standing at my old college and if that would reflect badly on my chances of transferring too.

Does anyone have any information about this subject? I’d really much appreciate any help.