Transferring into a college? HELP!

juillet
Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:01:58 +0000

If we are talking about top colleges, it is generally more difficult to transfer. They just don’t have any slots left over for transfer students, because they have very small attrition rates. Schools like Carnegie Mellon and Harvey Mudd will probably be more difficult to transfer into than gaining freshman admission. Montclair State and UIUC are both public universities and those types of schools usually leave slots open for CC students to transfer into after 2 years - many 4-year universities have agreements with their own states’ CCs to guarantee transfer witha certain GPA. (That might not benefit you for UIUC becaus you are OOC).

As was already stated, you need to get good grades. Some schools will require your SAT scores, but many won’t after you have 30-60 credits under your belt. Check the transfer policies of each school you are interested in. Some schools also want to see their transfer students involved at their home campuses, so if there are any activities you can get into at your CC that look interest, think about that. Colleges like HMC and CMU are going to want engaged students.

Grants and scholarships are difficult to get for transfer students. Basically, you need to go through the website of your desired school with a fine toothed comb to see if there are any transfer scholarships that they offer, and how big they are. Also comb the Internet to find transfer student scholarships. And of course, you are going to need high grades, good test scores and some activities/evidence of leadership/community service.