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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is that realistic?  Lots of places don’t accept transfers before junior year. [/quote]

I feel like we have had this conversation before, most colleges actually do accept transfers after freshman year. In fact every single kid I know who has transferred, did it after freshman year. Not sure where you're getting this information?[/quote]

Maybe you’ve had this conversation with someone here before, but it wasn’t me.

Depends on what kinds of universities you are looking at. Knew 2 kids recently who discovered that transfer after one year was a non-starter wrt most of the schools they were interested in. Transfer would have imposed downward mobility. Looks like OP’s kid may hope to trade up (in the sense of getting into a place she didn’t get into the first time around), so whether that’s realistic then/under her circumstances is worth verifying.

Transfer after 2 years is the option more typically offered and one where upward mobility is envisioned (e.g. from community college to flagship state U, or move to a school with more coursework/facilities in a specialized field where student has maxed out options at current college).

Basically, lots of selective schools don’t want to encourage do-overs for kids who are dissatisfied with their original options (but not dissatisfied enough to reject them and do something that enhances their profile in a gap year).  [/quote]

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