<p>How do med schools look at someone who transferred? in my case i would be transferring to start my junior year at a different school…</p>
<p>Its pretty much a neutral issue as far as the medical school is concerned. However, you are pretty much shooting yourself in the foot in the sense that you are cutting ties with any activities or professors you may have developed a relationship with. Medical Schools like to see long-term commitment to ECs and obviously, the longer you know a professor, the better any potential LOR will be.</p>
<p>So its not a bad thing in and of itself, but you will have to work extra hard to get good LORs and get involved in ECs.</p>
<p>from what i have heard, its pretty neutral but the question of why you transfer may or probably come up during your interview.</p>
<p>I don’t like the characterizations of it being a neutral thing. The act itself isn’t bad, but there are repercussions that are inextricably linked to it that are negative…thus except in the most extreme of circumstances it should be considered a negative thing.</p>
<p>I think the first question is always going to be why are you transferring? There are a million reasons why people transfer and certainly things like family crisis, financial problems, and other situations in which you have no control are unavoidable and reasonable reasons to move. Disciplinary actions and the like obviously leave you with no other choice. If you’re in a situation where you’re so miserable at your current school that you can’t be successful in your coursework and your EC’s is also a good reason to change schools. Transferring from a community college to a 4 year uni is of course expected. But if you’re one of these people who are transferring because you’re at a state school and you’ve managed to secure admission at an Ivy, than the positives of a transfer generally aren’t enough to overcome the negative consequences except in extremely rare circumstances. </p>
<p>So why are you transferring?</p>
<p>The extent of the negative consequence will definitely depend on whether you are doing sophomore transfer vs junior transfer. But i mean if you happen to get into your dream school, there is nothing wrong with transferring. Just have to work harder.</p>
<p>@Bigred: im transferring because my current institution simply does not have as many research opportunities and does not have as much courses in the biological sciences. </p>
<p>@madamebovary: What do you mean when you say that the extent of your negative consequence will depend on sophmore vs. junior transfer? I plan to transfer as a junior so what is the “extent” of negative consequences?</p>
<p>Unless you’re talking about an *extremely *limited institution, that sounds to me like a bad reason to transfer</p>
<p>Im just saying that if you have already built close relationships with professors or are part of research lab, and then transfer, it will take some time to rebuild that relationship with the new prof to get LORs. Compared to a sophmore transfer, Junior Transfer will have less time, have to adapt to the new environment quickly, and have to put more effort. </p>
<p>I want to reemphasize I’m not against you transferring, but just watch out you know.</p>