What colleges/universities in PA are friendly towards transfer applicants?

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<p>I’m happy to read that you’ll be staying at Penn for this year. You should really go back to the beginning on this thread and read all the postings. </p>

<p>Do you have any idea how many Seniors apply to Penn State and don’t get accepted? These students come from all kinds of families. Some wealthy and others like you that have endure hardship along the way. Is unfair for you to say that the wealthy kids have it easy. Is unfair for you to say that things should be handed to you beacuse of your situation. We are all on the same boat.</p>

<p>I’m a struggling single parent and have sacrifice myself to provide a better education for my daughter. She dedicated herself to her studies because she did not want to struggle like I did. I had two jobs to support her and had to take care of my sick grandmother along the way. Through it all she stayed focus and luckily was accepted to PENN and it was the greatest regards for her years of devotion.</p>

<p>I went through the admissions process and have to say that it was a smooth one. Though we don’t qualify for much assistance, we figured out a way for her to follow her dream. We are from NJ; therefore, pay more tuition than those that live in PA. Don’t use your families misfortunes to hide behind and make them the excuse of you troubles. You could change your life, and like I said before, you’ll have plenty of time to socialize and party. </p>

<p>No one gives you a free ride or an opportunity, you have to make things happen on your own… Is time to grow up and mature and see the bigger picture.</p>

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<p>To Mrsref: I do plan to finish up at Lehigh Valley (assuming that I can’t transfer elsewhere). However, the problem with your statement is that it will be quite a while before I can work my way up to being rich. By then 3 decades of my life would have gone by. I will have to work extra hard (because of unfortunate circumstances) to obtain what others had since birth. That is unjust. The government should at least intervene and pass legislation that would regulate the college admissions process (so that a person’s circumstances do not jeopardize a person’s chances of getting into college).</p>

<p>To Kayf: Thanks, that’s what I needed to know.</p>

<p>To Diontechristmas: So what if that girl has to work multiple jobs while taking care of a kid? She chose to be a slut and she is paying the price for her bad decisions. I, on the other hand, did not make those types of poor decisions in life. If she hadn’t gotten pregnant, then she may have been able to get into some top-tier schools. I tried my best in school, I stayed with the “right crowd”, I took challenging courses, and I listened to my parents. However, my circumstances did pretty much screw me over. Most of my friends (who tried hard like I did and took the same courses) got to go up to main. Don’t tell me that colleges are being fair. They are businesses that care about making a profit, nothing more.</p>

<p>To Michina20: I’ll stay at Penn State for this semester at the very least, but I’ll definitely try the transfer process again. I know that there are a lot of people who don’t get into Penn State. A lot of seniors don’t take school seriously enough to care. But I don’t think you realize how I tried in school. Way back in elementary school, I was so bad at English (my parents were Cold War polish immigrants who couldn’t teach me a whole lot) that I was in ESL for about 2 year (I think that’s how long it was). I worked my butt off with English. By the time I finished elementary school, I was just as sharp with English as everyone else. Same for middle school. By the time high school came around, I did well enough to sign up for honors English in 10th grade (got a B in it BTW). This was at a top-tier high school with academic standards rivaling a private school:</p>

<p>[Emmaus</a> High School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmaus_High_School]Emmaus”>Emmaus High School - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>In addition to that, I took a whole slew of honors courses to get ahead.</p>

<p>You said that it was unfair for me to say that the wealthy have it easy. I disagree. If you look at the students who go to Ivy League schools, the overwhelming majority are rich. Yes, there are some poor ones who make it. But for the most part, wealthier students get the lions share of seats because they had better chances in life. This has been proven long ago, thus proving you wrong.</p>

<p>I’m not using my family’s misfortunes as an excuse, I’m using them as an explanation. Before things went downhill at home. I got my gpa up to a 3.6. After things got really bad, it went down to a 2.75.</p>

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<p>Wow, you’re a terrible person and Emmaus is a terrible, terrible school. I hope you cant afford to go to college and end up working at McDonald’s.</p>

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<p>You didn’t get admitted to Penn State main campus because you had a 2.75 GPA. That is the “circumstances”. So the government should mandate that Penn State needs to accept a certain number of students with low GPA? Dream on.</p>

<p>diontechristmas…I think you’ll get your wish. With all the excuses the OP is leaning on, I’m betting that “Would you like to supersize that?” is in his future!</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t doubt it.</p>

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<p>Diontechristmas, what’s so terrible about what I said? If a girl is that out of control that she gives birth at 14, then there are some serious flaws with that girl’s character.</p>

<p>Slut-a person, especially a woman, considered sexually promiscuous</p>

<p>That definitely matches the definition (who knows how many people she slept with).</p>

<p>FYI, I will be able to afford Penn State because my financial aid package covers it 100%. Lol, and as to the McDonald’s comment, I should be telling you and Mrsref to dream on. Penn State Lehigh is a breeze so far. I won’t be failing out of college in this lifetime.</p>

<p>To mrsref: You really are one of the most ignorant people I have talked to. College admissions for disadvantaged students has been widely discussed for a long time. It’s no secret that students from a weaker socio-economic background are at a disadvantage. This has already been proven time and time again. You are ignoring the simple facts. Poorer students simply have fewer chances in life. The 2.75 gpa did kill my chances of admission at a really good school. However, it was my family’s circumstances that got me into that mess in the first place. Like I said before, when things were ok, I had a 3.6 gpa. If I was slacker or a pothead, I never would have achieved that gpa with a schedule of honors courses.</p>

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<p>Everything is wrong with what you said. For starters, how do you know she wasn’t raped? Secondly, she was 14, not 17 or 18. 14 is still a child. She didn’t know what she was doing. </p>

<p>I think it’s pretty ironic how you want sympathy for your situation, yet this girl grew up in a worse situation in North Philly and doesnt need anyone’s sympathy, is not complaining about ‘the system’, whining about rich people, etc.</p>

<p>I think you’re incredibly selfish, and think the world revolves around you. Newsflash, it doesnt, and plenty of people is disadvantaged situations succeed without whining to the degree that you’ve exemplified.</p>

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<p>I give up. You obviously believe the world owes you…good luck with that.</p>

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<p>Diontechristmas, the burden of proof is on the person making the claim. A person must prove that he/she was raped. How do you know she was raped? A 14 year old is not a small child. It’s very obvious that unprotected sex results in pregnancy. Your excuse that she didn’t know what she was doing is absurd. When I was in health class (back in elementary school) I remember that they taught us that unprotected sex results in pregnancy and diseases. I was 9 or 10 and the time and I knew better than to have sex.</p>

<p>Second, you are comparing apples to italian sausages here. I had no control over my situation. I did not choose to be born into a family of Cold War immigrants. I could do nothing about the fact that my brother has autism. I could not do anything about the fact that my mother suffered from mental depression and tried to kill herself.</p>

<p>You mentioned that the girl was born in Philadelphia. If she was a poor minority, then she would not have been able to do anything about that. HOWEVER, she could have chosen to not have sexual intercourse. She doesn’t have a right to complain because she put herself in a bad situation with the choices that she made. I did not.</p>

<p>Mrsref, I’m also done with you. You feel that people should stay quiet in the face of injustice. That’s not how things are anymore.</p>

<p>As for this thread, I already got the answer I needed (the list) so I’ll call it a close. I have other things that I need to get done and I’m not going to waste time on a forum.</p>

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<p>I cant even believe I’m reading this. You’re not worth the time, and I wish you nothing but failure and misery.</p>

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<p>cthcl – there are many many kids whose parents can not help with college. Families where a parent has lost a job, divorced parents who are now supporting an extra household and put that before kids college, etc. Those kids also did nothing to deserve not getting help. If your complaint is that the rich have it easier, move to a socialist country or vote to get situation changed. In many countries where college is free, or significantly less expensive, my guess is that your senior grades would have been a problem. If you went from a 3.6 to a 2.75, your senior grades, which are the most serious in my opinion, would have resulted in your not being accepted. In the US everyone, or at least almost everyone, can find a college. I do not think that is the same in places where college is more uniformly subsidized.</p>

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<p>Kayf, it’s one thing if a student’s parents can’t pay for college. It’s another thing if you come from a family that is so disadvantaged that it bottlenecks your potential. You are talking about two completely different beasts. I did vote to get the situation change. Obama has been elected, but he has his hands full with so much that I’m not sure how much he will be able to get done. As to your comment about colleges in socialist countries, I have to say that they only socialized the financial aid process. They did not socialize the admissions process. My grades dropped from a 3.6 to a 2.75 around the beginning of my junior year (bc that’s when things collapsed in my house). The only thing that I am asking for is for colleges to make a more uniform admissions process. They should ask themselves “Where is this person coming from? What opportunities did this person have and how would that have affected him/her?” That’s the only change that has to be made.</p>

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<p>Who the hell are you to make such demands?</p>

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<p>Diontechristmas, I didn’t ask you for your input. If you disagree with what I have to say, then you are welcome to buzz off. There are other threads on this forum besides mine you know.</p>

<p>Who are you to say that large businesses (institutes of higher education) should have that much power over someone’s future without following some government regulations (with respect to the admissions process)?</p>

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<p>That’s certainly their right.</p>

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<p>At one time, it was also legal for employers to discriminate in the employment process. That was the case until the laws were changed. The same should be done with the college admissions process. Doing so would ensure that all applicants receive EQUAL treatment. Colleges would no longer be able to discriminate against applicants like they do now.</p>

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<p>Once again, life isn’t fair.</p>

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<p>In the past, other groups who were treated unfairly realized that something had to be done about the situation. As a result, legislation got passed, making employment discrimination illegal. The same needs to be done for the college admissions process. Nobody has control over what family they were born into. Some people have parents with masters degrees or even PhDs. Others have parents who are incompetent fools. There is nothing that a student can do about that. But the least that colleges could do is take that into consideration, realize that disadvantaged students have a lot more obstacles to overcome, and give disadvantaged students preferential treatment in the admissions process.</p>

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<p>Are you also going to cry discrimination when someone gets a job instead of you?</p>

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<p>No, because there are already laws in place to ensure that discrimination doesn’t take place based on a person’s race, religion, etc. However, there are no laws in place to prevent discrimination in the college admissions process.</p>