I’m currently a sophomore at Florida international University majoring in finance. my current GPA is 3.62 Some of my experience includes founding a club doing a semester abroad and I used to work in the office of financial planning, but I now work at the CFO’s office both at fiu. I plan on transferring for 2025. My top choice is UF into their economics program. I originally wanted to go into their business program, but since I’ve taken a few upper division business classes, I’m ineligible.

I have a few other out of state colleges on my list, but do any of you have any places you would recommend I apply for now I’m mainly staying in Florida for the financial aid, but I don’t mind going out of state if it makes sense.

And any tips regarding applications in general or specifically to UF would be great :)

I am wondering if it will be easier to transfer into Ross or transfer to LSA and then into Ross. I am currently a first-year CC student here in Michigan, I was up in the air on what I wanted to do so I decided to go the CC route but I have now decided that business feels right. I plan on transferring out as soon as I can. I am on track to having a 4.0 college GPA my high school GPA wasn't bad but it wasn't anything crazy, 3.6 unweighted GPA with 5 APs. But I just wanted to know if anyone has experience in transferring to Ross and if I would be better off going through LSA first? I posted this on the UMich Reddit I just wanted to see if anyone on this one has experience.

i’ve heard mixed opinions regarding the topic but here’s the issue:

During my first semester in CC, I had a traumatic event occur on campus (it was reported and handled by the CC) and stopped attending class due to mental health struggle as a result and ptsd of the event. I also did not know what a W was until my second semester when I spoke to a counselor!

From then on I retook all those courses and aced them and only received a B in one! Which has shown a quick upward trend on my transcript.

Two semesters ago, I had to take care of my disabled parent much more intensively which resulted in failing a class. For the past two semesters I’ve had a 4.0 each semester including the one with a fail, I had all A’s.

BIGGER ISSUE. Yet again, unexpectedly I’ve had to care for my disabled parent much more than anticipated; said parent has various disorders. One of my course right now is a MAJOR course for certain schools i’m applying to, however it’s not looking good at all and I have two more weeks. I’m not sure if I should just take the fail and retake in the winter QUICKLY BUT I already have 3 on my transcript, do no pass/pass, or possibly since if I can get a C (low chance since the professor seems irritated with my frequent family issues).

I’m aware i’m in a shithole of a position. I don’t know what is the most decent choice at this point since this will be the last semester that is shown to the admissions counselors.

NOTE* I do plan on mentioning my situation with my disabled parent VERY BRIEFLY! however I plan more discussing how i’m resilient to it and have navigated it!

A friend asked me a critical question that i wanted to share here;

Can someone with bad grades but a great story/personality still get into Harvard? If yes, what is the process?

does anyone out that wants to transfer feel like they are always walking on eggshells? like a simple weekly quiz gets me so stressed bc I'm only thinking about how it'll affect my gpa, and then in turn how it'll lessen my chances of transferring if i mess up. pls has anyone found a way to lessen the pressure that they feel? or is this just gonna be how it is until i get decisions back. pls any tips are appreciated

I (21F) am an international student at Salisbury University. Recently i have been wanting to transfer to UMBC however everyone i meet says its expensive. I do not want to stay on campus and as im in my 2nd year and will be a transfer, i do not think i have to as well. Even in SU i did not stay on campus. Now minus the room and board it should be around 30k a year. In SU i pay 16k/year. Now im not sure what scholarships are there for me but any advice would be great. I will be working on campus hopefully (if i do transfer) to pay my rent and other expenses.

Reasons for transfer: education quality is going down, expenses for off campus living is going up , racism, physically abu**** ex roommates, etc

Hi I currently have no idea what to do which is why I'm making this post.

I go to a local community college planning to transfer to UCB as a Mechanical Engineering major and this is my first year, first semester. I'm a straight A student and have never gotten anything below a B in my life.

Yesterday, I was notified that I was flagged for AI usage on a speech outline for one of my GE communications class. The professor is friendly and invited me to talk with her and I boldy stated that I didn't use any AI and I myself fully believed that I didn't when I was speaking to her. I even gave her my google doc history so that she can see that I wrote it. Turns out the playback history showed that I had copy and pasted like 2-3 small sections within the outline and then worded it in my own words. At the time I didn't even realize that I did this and since I was convinced that I basically wrote it myself I didn't find anything wrong with it.

I have no idea what my professor is going to do. I know that I'll probably get an F grade which will affect my GPA by a lot and possibly reported for academic misconduct? I basically lied to her face by saying I didn't use AI at all but yet my history shows that I copy and pasted some work.

And if a UC like Berk for example saw that I failed a simple GE class and retook it will it be fine or is it time to say bye bye UCB? And what if I get academic misconduct on my record? I'm stressing out rn I've never been in this situation before

Please help! If anyone experienced something similar I would love to know!!

High school was incredibly rough for me, and I don't even know how I made it to graduation with a decent GPA because those covid years kicked my ass. When I graduated high school, I didn't really think about where I wanted to go to school and settled on the college my mom went to: it was cheap, had great programs, and also not too far from home.

However, I left the school after fall semester because I wasn't ready for college. I thought I was, but my social skills had not caught up with my academic skills. So, I transferred to an online school and was doing fine until now.

I miss people, specially being around people my age. Online is so sterile and most of the students are much older than I am, and even at my job there are barely any people my age. I also miss interacting with professors, and the process of walking to class and greeting other students.

As a result of all of this, I have been looking into transferring to a larger university in my state and I know I would like it because my sister goes there AND I have visited many many times. I didn't go there originally cause I was rejected (lmao), but I know I could get in as a transfer student.

Would it be worth transferring to a new college as a junior? Especially since I would be going from a fully online format to full time, in person?

TL;DR: I don't know whether to transfer to a new university from my online school.

i have my finished personal statement for the common app for transfer but its answering one of those generic prompts (i.e dicuss an event that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself). ik a lot of ppl recommend doing it on why you want to transfer or what you want your major/career to be but i already answer that in my supplementals, im applying to UNC btw. would it hurt my chances to do my statement on the prompt i stated and should i just do it on why i want to transfer/my career and major interests?

I was in college/uni for 1 year and a semester in my home country before I relocated to the US. I’m starting at a community college soon and then I’ll transfer to a 4 year college. I’ve been reading about the transfer process and colleges require all past college transcripts. It’s not that I don’t want to submit mine, but I don’t even have it and I doubt I’d be able to get it. Things aren’t so organized in my country, I’ve tried emailing but they most likely wouldn’t reply and even if I was somehow able to get it, it wouldn’t even be accurate (there usually are a lot of errors that you have to fix in each individual course after the session, I left before doing that). I was studying nursing but I’m going to study a different course now so I’m not trying to transfer any courses. I’ve searched for similar cases on Reddit but everyone with this problem went to college here and so the comments say the prospective college could find their info on something called the national clearinghouse if they omit it. I’m not sure if I could just leave it out seeing as mine’s from a different country.

I started school back in 2012 and stopped going in 2015. I then decided to enroll in a different community college in 2023 and now have enough credits to transfer to a UC. Here is my predicament I didn't take school all too seriously back in 2012-2016 and was taking classes here an there I believe i have 3 low grades in that 12'-16' window. do those bad grades need to be made up? Do I even need to include that i attended that school in the first place? Will those grades weigh down my GPA during the admissions process?

I go to UW Madison for Statistics and Mathematics with a minor in Economics. This school was not one of my top choices as a senior as I was aiming for more "prestigious" schools, and I sure was upset when I first got all my decisions back, but I've really been enjoying my life here. My dad is also pretty fixated on college prestige and wanted me to transfer to a "better" university, or at least try it. I said okay fine because I thought trying wouldn't hurt and I also just wanted him to stop bugging me about it. However, now that I've spent ~ 3 months at this school, I really don't want to do transfer applications for the following reasons:

1. Being a big school, UW offers a lot of advanced courses that cover specific topics that I'm interested in
2. Transfer application is a big time commitment, and I don't want to waste my time when the chances are slim & I don't desparately want it. I don't have good ECs right now as I'm only a couple months into college. My recs are also not gonna be that great because all of my classes are huge classes, and when I have any questions, I usually go to my TAs instead becuase they are better at explaining stuff than my professors - so I don't have a close relationship with the professors right now. (But I know that this will be better once I start taking smaller classes, as early as next semester)
3. I'm taking 18 credits next semester, mainly because I added three one-credit R classes and a one-credit MATLAB class. I want to be really good at these languages because they are directly related to my majors and will be helpful if I do personal projects over the summer and/or apply for research my sophomore year. Again, I don't want to waste my time when I could focus on these things that are actually gonna be useful skils.
4. I want to go to grad school for stats or math. And I will do my best to get into a good school and a good lab. But as far as I know, undergrad prestige isn't a big factor compared to other ones like GPA, research experience, rec letter, etc. Again, I would rather spend my time on building skills, getting involved in more activities, and making connections that will get me further.
5. I like the people I've met here, and I really don't want to start making friends from scratch again as a transfer student as an introvert.

But my dad keeps telling me that undergrad prestige still matters and I shouldn't just stay in my comfort zone. How could I make my arguments stronger & deliver them with more confidence so that I can convince him?

hey so my CC counselor was telling me that for transferring to UCSB i had to take all the classes on assist but 2/3 of those classes were no course articulated at my CC so she told me that i HAVE to take at a different CC in order to transfer...

so i had a zoom with a ucsb counselor and she said that i dont need to complete those assist classes and i should just focus on the minimum uc transfer requirements. idk what to do ahah

does anyone know if it would be fine to just not take those non articulated classes because i dont wanna go enroll at another CC to do classes i dont need to for tag

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I am a college student close to finishing my credits and meeting my requirements. When is a good time to start working on transferring to university? I have heard it is a long process, and the paperwork takes a while.

Someone please help!! I’m currently an undecided freshman at High Point University and I am trying to decide if I want to transfer or not.

My main concern is the education system at HPU, I feel like I’m not pushing myself enough with education and learning at this university. Don’t get me wrong the professors I have had are super nice, but it is concerning to me. Does this have to do with the fact that I am undecided and haven’t declared a major yet? If so, I am leaning towards Business/Sports Management degree. Any ideas?

Other concern is I don’t like the feel of this university. A lot of the people here (not every one, but a majority) are rich, what feels like entitled people that I don’t personally get along with. I have made some friends here but it just doesn’t seem the same as my high school friends. A lot of the people here like to go out partying or drinking…I do enjoy a good party every now and then but not as often as people do here.

Because of this, there isn’t much to do on the weekends and I am finding myself increasingly more bored every weekend. HPU doesn’t really focus on sports teams, and the student population doesn’t seem to care all that much about them. I love sports a lot as well, going to games, the vibe, etc. What I’ve noticed is a lot of students go off campus for the weekend and it is SUPER dead on the weekends. This is concerning to me, because after I finish my homework I have nothing to do expect rot in my dorm room.

I also find myself getting homesick, probably relating to the fact that there is not much to do. I’m not from the area and don’t get to go home as much as some of my friends here do. Does anyone know if it is because I’m a freshmen? Does it get better?

Now with all my complaining, there are some good aspects of the campus…first being obviously it is really pretty. The food here is also really good. The professors here are really nice and seem to care about you.

If I am to transfer, I don’t know where to begin. I’m scared of bringing this up to my mother because I don’t want to disappoint her…it is just that never before have I’ve been so bored and feeling sad as much as I’ve had before. Part of me wants to transfer some place closer to home…I’m from MA. Another part of me doesn’t want to transfer because I don’t want that feeling of being the “new kid” and having to start all over. If anyone could give me some thoughts, ideas, tips that would be greatly appreciated!!

Need help deciding between Virginia Tech and James Madison University. Both programs are very different but I'm unsure which one is stronger and which would prepare me best for a career in communications/media + have a strong media/comm alumni connections.

• At VT, I would major in Advertising in their School of Communication. The curriculum brings in marketing, graphic design, copywriting, pr, commm law, and management (accounting planning/media buying) classes together. Degree is BA in Communication. (Worth noting that the advertising major is new (2022), but their communication degree and program has been long standing.)
• At JMU, I would major in Media, Arts & Design with their Creative Advertising concentration in their School of Media Arts and Design. It has practical ad campaign design and copywriting coursework. Along with foundational courses in audio visual storytelling, ux/ui design, comm law, etc. Degree is BA in Media, Arts & Design. If I were to do this program I would pair it with a general Communication major (organizational communication) in their School of Communication to have some non-creative education to fall back on.

VT is known to be a better school overall, but I'd really like to know more about their school of communication and how it compares to other schools in the state like JMU. Would love to hear from those familiar with VT or JMU!

If anyone has experience in online classes and transferred, advice needed.

My counselor said most likely my classes will not transfer for credit to any 4-year colleges. How likely is that?

i'm currently at northeastern and wanted there was anyone who was a sophomore transfer to SEAS that could maybe chat with me for a bit? i'l looking to transfer into Columbia, cooper union, or do the 3-2 year program at barnard or fordham. id also be open to more school recommendations near the nj/nyc area!

I'm majoring in chemistry after some waffling around and a lot of life mishaps, but I'm doing well! I'm taking inorganic chem 1, gen bio 1, precalc, and spanish. Mostly going well, probably going to have As and one B (first math class in a few years so I'm cutting myself some slack). I'm at a community college because of circumstance but none of my classes are fully in-person. Math and Spanish are either online or remote (no in-person options), and my bio/chem classes are all hybrid, which basically means we get a video lecture and homework then come in for two hours for a lab once a week and to take tests in person. In my bio class, my prof just gave up on lectures and posts powerpoints from the textbook but at least she gives us study guides. Labs suck, except for chemistry, and I just feel like I'm getting cheated. I'm also working a lot right now and definitely regret taking four classes, and I wish I could enjoy them more, but there's not even that much to enjoy! There is no discussion, there is little opportunity to engage with the material, it's just... shitty.

Do I transfer out sooner or tough out another shitty semester of these hybrid courses, two-hour labs, and suffer? It'll cost more to transfer, but I'm sick of this.

Transferring schools and starting over?

Do people think it’s a horrible idea to transfer schools if I’m unsatisfied for my education. I currently go to a mid tier art college and am not satisfied with the experience I’m getting academically or socially and want to experience new things.

The problem is I have already started my majors courses here and am a junior. From my understanding majors courses at most art schools don’t transfer over. I am in the textile and fashion department btw. I don’t mind being push back in credits, and taking similar classes, I just feel so unwell in my current situation.

My ideal wish would be to skip next semester and start my junior year over at a new school if that’s even possible?

Hi everyone. I'm currently a sophomore in CS + Linguistics at UIUC, and I was looking for some advice/another perspective on potentially transferring out. Long story short, I've realized that CS and UIUC in general just isn't for me. After figuring out my career aspirations, I realized that I want to pursue a career in Electrical Engineering, specifically to become an audio engineer, since I love sound design and music, but career-wise, I would love to be on the more technical side. I was just wondering if I'm dumb for wanting to transfer to UMiami for their ECE with Audio Engineering concentration major. I was very fortunate to get into a t5 school for my major (which I'm in state for), so I feel like it might be a little dumb to transfer to a school that's not even in the top 100 for ECE. Of course it depends on scholarships, but if I had the opportunity to go, I feel like going to UMiami would be a fresh start for me? It's away from home (I can be more independent bc parents won't be able to micromanage me), the weather is, imo, much nicer (lived in IL for the majority of my life), and the class sizes are much smaller. I mean, UIUC has around 35,000 students, and one of my CS classes right now has about 1,000 students taking it 🫠. So, would I be making a mistake, or should I just go for it and see where it takes me?

For anyone who has transferred, have you felt a huge sense of failure? I’m a first-year college student and attending a university. I have struggled this first semester, and have decided to transfer back home. I made this decision because whether it is “life” and everyone experiences it, it was significantly impacting my mental health in a concerning way. I can’t help but feel like I’m a failure and disappointing everyone I know. My mom constantly tells me I’m not a failure because I tried and stuck out the semester, but I feel a huge sense of burden in my chest. I don’t even really have any friends here, except for the people I briefly speak to in class, but I even feel like they’ll be disappointed. I know it’s my future and my life, but I can’t help but rely on people’s opinions. I don’t know why, I just always have. I obviously won’t know if the outcome is good or bad until I experience it completely, but has anyone felt a similar way when transferring? And was there a way you got over it and realized you need to do it for you and not other people?

I want to study aerospace engineering in the United States, but I'm low on budget, so I had the idea of first going to a community college (which are usually cheaper than bigger colleges) to take my core courses and then transfer to a bigger university.
What I fear is that the bigger university may not validate the credits that I will earn from the community college and I end up going again from zero.
Is there any way to know which credits will be validated?
What happens if the courses I take at the community college aren't enough to go straight to year 2?
I want to know this before applying.

I recently started my freshman year at this really small college. Objectively my life seems fine. I’m meeting new people and making friends. Im going out. I’m working hard academically and I’m getting involved in student life.

I honestly just feel unfulfilled and like I’m wasting time here. I feel constantly tired and don’t feel like I can really be myself or at peace around people.

I’m thinking of transferring to a bigger university. Not necessarily to be around more people, more so to avoid seeing the same people constantly. No hate to them, but I never feel at peace or like I can be any version of myself that’s not bubble and constantly happy.

TLDR: I go to a really small college and want to transfer to a bigger one because I think I’d feel more comfortable. I’m also just not liking this semester.

hello! i'm planning to transfer to columbia (sophomore year & for computer science) as an international transfer student & am now studying outside the US. i have a cgpa of 3.88 and my SAT score is 1440. do u think i might have a chance since the transfer rate is 11% ?? i have around 7 other universities and i think that's already a lot so i'm like considering if i should really apply to columbia... and i think i'll only apply if i have a chance of getting accepted 😅 thank you!

hello everyone. I am currently in the air force, 19 years old, i have a 4 year contract (Aug 2023-2027). I was born and raised in California but i joined the air force last year right after high school for college and am now stationed in Louisiana. Now my goal is to attend a UC through the tag program after the air force to pursue and get a bachelors in Meteorology/atmospheric sciences but i have the option to CLEP my way to a CCAF (an associates in science) and then i would like to transfer those credits to a california cc and attend that CCC online from here in louisiana and then transfer to UC davis using the tag program, or SJSU, when i come back to california. So will tag accept me transferring clep credits to a cc? can i even attend a Cali cc online from louisiana? if it doesnt work for TAG program can it work for universities like sjsu? what even are my chances of getting accepted into UCs without the TAG program

Hello everyone,

I am a college Freshman, currently majoring in CS (which I don't really enjoy, to be honest) at a top 20 school for my major. Halfway through my first semester, I had to go home due to a medical condition, which has caused me to have to withdraw from almost all of my classes (I have retained 2 that were doable online-only).

In the time since I left school, I've undergone a huge number of medical tests and procedures, which has re-inspired me to pursue the medical track rather than CS.

What I want to ask is- are there any top universities that I could apply to as a transfer student, given that I have basically not completed any college work? If it matters, my HS stats are quite decent- 4.3 GPA and 36 ACT. I will have a 4.0 college GPA at the end of this semester, but I will only have completed those 2 classes.

I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this question, and I appreciate any help anyone can offer. Thanks a bunch!

I’m worried I won’t be considered, the reason being that I’m thinking of taking support classes for my English and math. As well as not taking the honor alternatives of courses I don’t have any prior medical experience, other than a health/ science program I attended during hs but it won’t even matter since I’m transferring from a cc. I’m also thinking of applying to my schools learning disability since I think I have one. The least I can do that I think will cancel these is to become a crna . What are your guys opinions ? I’ve heard nursing programs are extremely competitive what should I do? Should I take the honors courses? Is honors actually difficult? Would it be a good idea to take the support classes? Will being under disability program prevent me from joining?

I am currently a junior at providence college trying to transfer to seton hall. Both are similar schools and am hoping that a lot of credits will transfer over. I will have completed 87 credits by the end of this semester and they accept up to 90. On average how many credits do colleges usually take because I have no clue?