Not a good sign if the kid has no clue where to transfer. Usually transfer students have a couple of particular schools in mind. Perhaps schools they were reaching for but didn’t get into the first time around.

JHU deadline is March 1

Anonymous wrote:Transfering.

1. Many schools only allow Jr year.
2. Go to each school interested in and their website will tell your all transfer requirements. Complete the requirements for each application.
3. Transferring is common and mostly a paperwork issue, more than anything else. Especially with your DC GPA.
4. You do not need a college counselor for this.
5. When transferring does occur GPA will go away and at the new school GPA will begin again.
6. When looking at transfer programs please pay attention to what the new program requirements for graduation are. Because sometimes when transferring might add an extra year.

Don't assume here. Reach out to schools your DD applied to originally if there is still an interest.

There is usually some 1st year attrition at schools that may produce year 2 openings.

Given the time pressure and the student's uncertainty about where to apply other than someplace "better," perhaps the best thing to do would be to step back, take a gap year, or at least a semester, and figure things out. Don't want to jump into another mistake.

Anonymous wrote:I think the effort to get this done should be entirely on her. Entirely, because it will help her put this into focus and decide how bad she wants it, how important it is, and what she hope her future plans will be. It's time for some real soul searching, and this in on her, imo. I wouldn't impede or promote, but I would have this be completely on her.

+1 It feels so good to tackle big problems in life and take care of them yourself. K don’t know the situation with OP but I hope DC gets a chance to do this.

It's funny that since Becky-gate happened posters dont seem to share college counselors as much.

Maybe just call various college search counselors and see who is willing. She can look at rankings and region she wants to be in and narrow it down.

She should identify sschools the way a non transfer does, but hopefully now with more self-knowledge about what she wants.


Urban/rural? Large/small, etc

If she wants better ranking, she can consider USNWR, but she she figure out a program or major to narrow her options

The questions being asked are probably why the op wanted to talk with a college counselor.

Did your dc apply to other schools senior year, get rejected and feels that s/he settled at the current school? Was there a preferred school that dc didn’t get into during regular admissions that dc would like to transfer to? If so, dc should call and inquire about the possibility of transferring. Or, perhaps there are similar schools that dc did not apply to during senior year (maybe dc applied to lots of reaches and the midwestern university where s/he is now as a safety not anticipating that dc would end up at the safety). There could be other schools similar to the reaches that would be more likely for dc’s profile. Dc should be able to find those. Plus, schools take transfers in any year. I know people who transferred second semester freshman year. But your dc should be doing the legwork, not you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. The high school counselor was useless during hs and wouldn't have a clue now. Dc is primarily hoping to go to a better school not in the midwest. I just don't know what to do to facilitate.

"Better school" is meaningless without further details, like major.

Also, why did she go to that school in the first place? Is it a Big 10 school? Does she now want a SLAC in New England? Or a more highly ranked school in CA? Or an SEC school that's better (UGA for instance?)

Anonymous wrote:Op here. The high school counselor was useless during hs and wouldn't have a clue now. Dc is primarily hoping to go to a better school not in the midwest. I just don't know what to do to facilitate.

"Better school" is meaningless without further details, like major.

Op here. The high school counselor was useless during hs and wouldn't have a clue now. Dc is primarily hoping to go to a better school not in the midwest. I just don't know what to do to facilitate.

Talking to her old high school counselor is a great idea.

If DD can identify her primary interest (pre-med, aerospace engineering, genetic sciences, etc.) you might be able to find rankings of top schools so that you can develop a target list.