Disappointing choices so DC planning to transfer

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is disappointing to read so many posts making negative judgments about transfer students. Truly we have a lot of people on DCUM who seem to live in tunnels. This year was a crap year for college admissions. If the OP's daughter has a vision of where she wants to be then she should keep trying.

College is a time to challenge yourself and to expand your opportunities. Quietly taking your lumps and pretending to enjoy them doesn't seem like the best course of action to me.

Of course, she can still enjoy the school she is attending but there is no reason for her to limit her options. She may decide to stay at the school she will attend in the Fall or she may decide to transfer; however, talking to her parents about it to discuss her options seems like a mature and reasonable thing to do.

Transfer students, on average, tend to graduate later and are more likely to drop out altogether (statistically).

Huh. I'd need to see the source on that. It doesn't resonate with my experiences as an educator or with any of the peer-reviewed articles in journals that come across my desk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disappointing to read so many posts making negative judgments about transfer students. Truly we have a lot of people on DCUM who seem to live in tunnels. This year was a crap year for college admissions. If the OP's daughter has a vision of where she wants to be then she should keep trying.

College is a time to challenge yourself and to expand your opportunities. Quietly taking your lumps and pretending to enjoy them doesn't seem like the best course of action to me.

Of course, she can still enjoy the school she is attending but there is no reason for her to limit her options. She may decide to stay at the school she will attend in the Fall or she may decide to transfer; however, talking to her parents about it to discuss her options seems like a mature and reasonable thing to do.

Transfer students, on average, tend to graduate later and are more likely to drop out altogether (statistically).

Huh. I'd need to see the source on that. It doesn't resonate with my experiences as an educator or with any of the peer-reviewed articles in journals that come across my desk.

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/tackling-transfer/transfer-data-stories-opportunities-improve-transfer-enrollment-and-outcomes

26% of transfer students drop out without earning a bachelors degree.

[Anonymous]

So DC hasn’t even graduated HS and are already thinking about transferring out of a college they haven’t even started yet?

That’s some bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disappointing to read so many posts making negative judgments about transfer students. Truly we have a lot of people on DCUM who seem to live in tunnels. This year was a crap year for college admissions. If the OP's daughter has a vision of where she wants to be then she should keep trying.

College is a time to challenge yourself and to expand your opportunities. Quietly taking your lumps and pretending to enjoy them doesn't seem like the best course of action to me.

Of course, she can still enjoy the school she is attending but there is no reason for her to limit her options. She may decide to stay at the school she will attend in the Fall or she may decide to transfer; however, talking to her parents about it to discuss her options seems like a mature and reasonable thing to do.

Transfer students, on average, tend to graduate later and are more likely to drop out altogether (statistically).

Huh. I'd need to see the source on that. It doesn't resonate with my experiences as an educator or with any of the peer-reviewed articles in journals that come across my desk.

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/tackling-transfer/transfer-data-stories-opportunities-improve-transfer-enrollment-and-outcomes

26% of transfer students drop out without earning a bachelors degree.

Did you check out how many non-transfer students drop out? On average? Asking for a reason!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disappointing to read so many posts making negative judgments about transfer students. Truly we have a lot of people on DCUM who seem to live in tunnels. This year was a crap year for college admissions. If the OP's daughter has a vision of where she wants to be then she should keep trying.

College is a time to challenge yourself and to expand your opportunities. Quietly taking your lumps and pretending to enjoy them doesn't seem like the best course of action to me.

Of course, she can still enjoy the school she is attending but there is no reason for her to limit her options. She may decide to stay at the school she will attend in the Fall or she may decide to transfer; however, talking to her parents about it to discuss her options seems like a mature and reasonable thing to do.

Transfer students, on average, tend to graduate later and are more likely to drop out altogether (statistically).

Huh. I'd need to see the source on that. It doesn't resonate with my experiences as an educator or with any of the peer-reviewed articles in journals that come across my desk.

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/tackling-transfer/transfer-data-stories-opportunities-improve-transfer-enrollment-and-outcomes

26% of transfer students drop out without earning a bachelors degree.

Did you check out how many non-transfer students drop out? On average? Asking for a reason!!!!

Yes, without that point of comparison it's not a very useful statistic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Being a transfer student (once you transfer) is really hard, and few students who transferred will tell you that to your face because there’s no going back once you transfer. What are you going to do, drop out junior year? No, so you say you’re happy even if you hate the new school.

I don’t understand this. The people I know who transferred were enormously happy with their decisions. They all transferred sophomore year. And to respond to a PP, the schools they transferred to include T10, T20, and T50 schools.

+1

I am surprised by all the negativity on this thread. I know several students who earned a 4.0 their freshman year that transferred to better ranked (top 20) schools and were so happy.

Same. I was one of them!

One problem is that we don’t know what types of colleges we’re talking about. If the safety is UDC, the transfer target is UVa, and UDC doesn’t even offer the DC’s desired major, going in wanting to transfer would make sense.

If the safety is UVa., the transfer targets are Wash. U. and Emory, and all three schools have great programs in the desired major, then going in wanting to transfer would seem a little silly.