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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People on here always say to transfer. [b]Yes, it is pretty easy to transfer into UVA, UNC, Northwestern or Vanderbilt, etc.[/b] However, transferring schools has a lot of issues too. Students can struggle to make friends and connect socially. Friend groups are established freshman year. I think transferring is a horrible idea unless your kid is absolutely miserable at the first school. Many kids do it for the prestige and ranking of the school.[/quote]

Um, no, it isn't (not to those schools at least).  Do you REALLY think that a[b]ny Virginia kid who goes to, say, JMU or VCU freshman year and gets a 3.8 or above just walks into UVA as a transfer?[/b]  Hardly.[/quote]

[u]More than likely, yes. [/u]

From UVA's own website:

--Nearly half of the 600 transfer students who enroll in the fall started their higher education in the Virginia Community College System.
--We tend to admit 35-40% of the transfer applicants who apply to start at UVA in the fall.

[b]The average college GPA for an admitted transfer student is 3.5.[/b] Students aren't admitted just based on a GPA, though. Having the proper courses on your transcript is important.

Transfer candidates must be in good standing, both academically and socially, at the institution or institutions they have attended. Successful applicants ordinarily will have earned a cumulative grade point average of B or better at their previous colleges; they also will have completed, or come close to completing, the specific transfer requirements for the school and program they wish to enter.
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Definitely possible.  I know two kids who transferred in from other large state schools with 4.0 GPAs to UVA after getting rejected there initially. Also know someone transferring after one year a comm college with a 3.9 GPA.  [/quote]

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