We just added the recently released Fall 2010 transfer admissions numbers for some of the top schools in the US (the “2012” Top 50 National Universities according to US News). Check it out by clicking here, or by hovering over … Continued
Transfers in the News
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 Program at Harvard College Resumes
If you look at our table of transfer acceptance rates, you’ll see that Harvard’s rate says “0.0%.” That’s because the transfer program ceased to even exist, but now Harvard is accepting transfer applicants again. An article in the Harvard Gazette … 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
Why the Community College Transfer Process is So Complicated
More than 2.7 million people are in a community college in California. Plenty of these are students seeking just two-year degrees, but did you know only about 100,000 of those community college students transfer to a four-year school each year? … Continued
Transfer Students Apply to College, Too. How Come We Don’t Help Them?
Stephen J. Handel explores this question in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. While doing research for a book on transfer admissions, he discovered that… there’s practically nothing out there for transfers! He searched high and low, both … Continued
College Students Transferring Back to Their Home States in Record Numbers
Really interesting article in the New Jersey Star Ledger on students transferring back to colleges in their home state for the savings: Savings Draw Collegians to Transfer Back to NJ It’s unusual to see transfer students get any press, let … Continued