Please update your bookmarks to transferweb.com, which is where we’ll be moving all of the content of this site. This site will remain where you can buy The Transfer Book, at least for now. We’re very excited about the Transferweb … Continued
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Customize Your Common Application “Why Transfer” Essay as Needed
We have been getting a lot of questions regarding what to write for the Common Application main “why do you want to transfer” essay. Our advice is to customize your essay if doing so would tell the story you want to … Continued
The Common Application is Flawed
We’ve received many emails and comments from worried transfer applicants who are having trouble with the Common Application. We’ve dug through the Common App to expose some of the issues that you’ll come across as you complete the application. Discrepancies … Continued
College Transfer Q&A: Common Application General Transfer Essay vs School Supplement Essay?
Question: When I looked at the common application, I noticed that there is a generic “why transfer” essay and a supplement for each school that asks, “Why do you want to transfer here?” What should be included in one versus … Continued
The Transfer Book Survey Results and Odds and Ends
Hope everyone had a great holiday! We thought people might be curious about some of the results of the survey so here are some of our findings. Thanks again to everyone who participated! It’s really helpful for us to get … Continued
Fall 2009 College Transfer Acceptance Rates Added
We just added the recently released Fall 09 transfer admissions numbers for some of the top schools in the US (the Top 50 National Universities according to US News). Check it out by clicking here, or by hovering over the … Continued
Transfer Student Numbers on the Rise at Vanderbilt University
A really interesting article was published recently on InsideVandy.com, the website of Vanderbilt’s student newspaper. As you’ll note in our transfer admissions statistics, Vanderbilt accepts an unusually large percentage of transfer applicants (55.9%) versus freshmen applicants (25.3%). Apparently, this has … Continued
Spotlight: College of William & Mary, A Very Transfer Friendly College
William & Mary caught our eyes because we interviewed three transfer students there, and they all had great things to say about the support offered to transfers at W&M. We also noticed that W&M has a relatively high transfer acceptance … Continued