Transfer Admissions

The transfer admissions process can often be even more selective than regular undergraduate admissions, and with 35% of college students transferring at least once, it’s important to understand exactly how difficult (or not!) it is to transfer to your dream school. Why Transfer?

Making the decision to transfer colleges is not easy. For undergraduates considering a transfer to another university, the thought of going through the admissions process again is daunting, especially with an entirely different procedure to navigate. The transfer admissions process is highly competitive, especially if a student is looking to transfer to a college that is already extremely selective, and how applications are evaluated is very different.

As first-year college students near the end of fall semester, sometimes they find themselves faced with minor, or even major, doubts about the school they are attending. Perhaps a "dream school" isn't living up to expectations, or a life as an engineer isn't really all that appealing after all. So is the grass really greener on another quad?

Several factors are involved when finding your best-fit college. You research, visit, and spend hours imagining your freshman year there, but for some students even their "dream school" can turn out to not be the best place for them. And unfortunately, there are a few students who find this out too late.