Reply to Transfer chances for a top 4 Catholic and ideas for how to manage housing issue?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Transfer chances for a top 4 Catholic and ideas for how to manage housing issue? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]My son’s University has little to no guaranteed upperclass housing, so juniors and seniors live off-campus.  A sophomore, he  is applying to transfer to his former top choice University, which rejected him when he was a senior in HS. Sophomores at my son’s school are now putting down deposits on off-campus housing. I’m concerned about the possibility of him not being accepted to his preferred school, and then having no housing for his junior year at his current university. Any thoughts on how one typically manages this process?

He attended a decent Catholic HS, but his GPA was only a 3.4 (weighted). His current university is rated an “A-“ on Niche, and is ranked at around the top 25 Catholic universities. His college GPA is a 3.9; and his extracurriculars and work experience are much more impressive, and his recommendations will be stronger than the HS recommendations. He is also taking one honors class this semester, which he has an A in. However, he is applying to a “Top 4” Catholic which has a very low transfer acceptance rate, and an A+ rating on Niche. He’ll be competing against transfer applicants from tippy top schools, who were much more stellar students than he in HS. I know his alumni interviewer from HS recommended him for admission, and he does interview well.

I’m a nervous Mom, afraid he doesn’t have much of a chance of getting into this elite school and doubly afraid that he may be setting himself up for a rough junior year at his current university if he does not arrange for junior year housing now. However, I don’t want him to take on responsibility for an off campus lease when he may have to beg off. His preferred school will be much more expensive, and I can’t afford to waste money on a lease agreement he may not be able to honor. He has merit scholarships at the current university, likely due to his high SAT scores. He will not have that if accepted at the desired school.

Any thoughts, both on the likelihood of his acceptance and the housing issue? Thanks. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics