Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP of the “should my child transfer again” thread. Don’t do it.

Why not if it is their dream college?

The whole notion of having one “dream” college is a formula for disappointment. Try to discourage that way of thinking.

I think half of all students at least think about transferring after their first semester.

A lot of schools prefer community college transfer applicants over transfers from another 4-year.

Since schools don’t seem to care about attracting transfer students, most schools have pitiful merit scholarships for transfer applicants, if they have any scholarships for them at all.

Spending 4 years at a good but not “dream” school while living in dorms as a first-year, taking part in orientation, learning the ropes is priceless compared to trying to finagle your way into an Ivy at 20. You’re way behind the curve at that point.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP of the “should my child transfer again” thread. Don’t do it.

Why not if it is their dream college?

Because being a transfer student is very unpleasant. Assuming the students starts as a transfer student fall of sophomore year, they are starting from scratch with regards to relationships with professors, extracurricular leadership roles, getting research experience (it’s hard enough to get research experience when you’ve been at the school already, it’s way harder to get it coming in as a brand new student), and I could go on. My child regrets leaving the SLAC they had merit aid at and was considering “transferring” to a regional state school while living at home to finish up, although they’ve ruled out that option and will finish at the school they transferred to.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP of the “should my child transfer again” thread. Don’t do it.

Why not if it is their dream college?

because up close, even the dream school will have warts.

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP of the “should my child transfer again” thread. Don’t do it.

Why not if it is their dream college?

Transfer student life is rough. Let’s say “you’re” the student. You have no GPA for at least a semester so you can’t apply for a lot of campus positions, depending on when you transfer, and you may not be able to overload because they won’t approve an overload for someone with no GPA. And you may need to overload at some point to graduate in 4 years. You will likely have to live with strangers the year you start at the new school AND the following year because at big schools, kids sign leases in October for the following year.

Maybe, but most kids make friends and learn to like the university they end up at and don’t necessarily want to disrupt that.

I am the OP of the “should my child transfer again” thread. Don’t do it.

With all this rejections isn’t transferring good option?
Most students could get in easier to their first choice.