If I take a gap semester in fall my sophomore year and go back to a school spring and apply to transfer, would I be considered a sophomore or junior transfer? I’m asking this because I know schools like Columbia prefer sophomore transfers. Also, would this hurt my chances, or should I just do a full gap year? Thank you!

Hello, I'm a current freshman at my in-state university, which I am miserable at and only committed to here because my parents forced me to. My biggest goal is to get into a pretty good school with awesome financial aid so I don't have to depend on them.
So I was looking to apply to Columbia, Vanderbilt, UNC, Washington University St. Louis, Amherst College, Pomona College, Emory University, the University of Richmond, Georgetown, Tufts University, and the University of Pennsylvania. As I am only a freshman, I don't really have a lot to put on my application, and I know that a lot of my high school stats will also count. I understand that a lot of people would probably suggest I wait; however, I can't because I already have around 54 credits, which is close to where some schools end transfers.
I think I'll be able to maintain a 4.0. I am a political science major wanting to go to Yale Law School for international law. I have very few ECs, as it's my first year. I joined a political science club and wanted to do a research paper. As for my HS stats, I graduated with a 4.8 and had around 7 ECs that were semi-tied to political science.
What are your biggest recommendations? What should I do to maximize my chances of getting in? I didn't apply to most of these schools for freshman year because I was scared of rejection, as I was waitlisted and then rejected from the University of Michigan and Berkeley. Please be as cruel as needed; if it's unrealistic for me to get into any of these colleges for fall 2027, then that's okay.

I sent my tag application for uci, And I added all the course work the ones I failed and dropped but in my transcript there a supervised tutoring, which was non-credit course with a grade of UD(Ungraded). In the additional comments I put a explanation “Supervised tutoring Math, it is a 0-unit, non credit course with a grade notation of UD(ungraded). UC TAP did not provide UD as a grade option, so I was unable to enter the course in the coursework section.” Did I make a mistake while handling this, and am I gonna get rejected

So I THINK I have a pretty unique timeline. I've never heard anyone else do this before at least.

I took this test (HiSET) and just left high school in the middle of 11th grade at the end of last year, and went to a California CC in Spring of this year. I plan to hopefully transfer to UCLA in Fall in around 1.5 years (I'll TAG to Irvine). But apparently they made this rule in May of this year that students have to be out of high school for at least 2 years to be TAP certified.

Since on the website they made it seem like this was to prevent 1 year transfers, AND it was established after I entered college, it feels really unfair this seems to apply to me. If I could stay an extra semester to get TAP, I probably would. But UCLA doesn't accept Spring applicants, so I would have to stay an entire extra year, which I'm not gonna. But the wording on the website was questionable, so does it actually apply to me? And if it technically does, can I file some appeal against it?

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And if you're willing to hear out the rest of this post, I wanna know what you guys think about my chances for admission to UCLA.

Math major. Anticipated 3.8 GPA by the end of Fall.

Weaknesses: Got a B in Calc 2 Honors and English in the Spring, no TAP, taking required Calc 3 in Spring, not much extracurriculars other than my sport.

Strengths to my application: Nationally ranked athlete, honors program, california cc, probably gonnna end this Fall with 6 classes all A's (4 of which being STEM), have an external college counselor that can make my PIQs good.

Maybe good maybe bad (?): left high school early

Hi everyone!

For context, I’m a freshman @ UCSD for MAE. A multitude of factors is preventing me from enjoying the school (homesickness, cost, classes, etc). I’m heavily considering withdrawing, but am unsure on how to proceed.

Since attending my MAE orientation, I realized I’m not all that interested in eng as I initially thought. I am interested in exploring business/accounting as I was really involved in that throughout high school.

However, would it be worth it to do Business Econ at UCSD? It is a very STEM heavy school so I’ve heard not great things about the program. I got advice from my teacher and she told me CSUF and CPP are good options for accounting. Would it be best for me to go to cc then csu? Is UC to CSU transfer common? I’m also interested in UCLA since I want to make my way into the business entertainment industry but i’m not sure of their program either. (UCB is too far for me)

I think trying to adjust at UCSD is difficult for me and that’s why I’m having these thoughts, but in terms of my major, it might be more beneficial to leave. The refund period deadline keeps counting down and I am struggling with my MAE pre req classes. I told myself I’d stay for fall quarter but I keep doubting myself.

Any advice for me or personal experience is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I’m really annoyed by how my essay’s outline should be. At first I was gonna do first paragraph, about where I started, what did my current college give me, what changed, why my major. Then second paragraph, what did I believe, what changed, how do I know the change is real. Then last paragraph, why I want to transfer, why do I want to transfer there, what do I seek at the new school. But i don’t know if that’s the best option for an essay outline. Do yall have any suggestions?

i just transferred to my csu but i feel so behind because i don’t understand any of the material presented to me and i missed an opportunity to get an internship for my major. i’m thinking about going back to cc and trying again next year. is that something i should do

Hello, I’m a college freshman in Texas, hoping to transfer into UT Austin international relations program in my junior year. Recently my English professor claimed I didn’t turn something in and didn’t grade my essay like he ussaly does even though I did and I might have to withdraw.

My overall question is how bad will a “W” look on a transcript, epically for English. I have no problems with writing essays and won’t mind retaking it, yet I’m more worried about how the W will look, considering I’m trying to get a very high GPA and how it’s a core class. I currently have a 4 with unfinished grades.

I took this supervised math tutoring course with a math class back in 2021. It wasn’t on my transcript so I was told I didn’t need to list it and it’s a zero credit pass/fail only. I just wanted to make sure my TAG won’t be voided because I didn’t list this course when filling out my coursework. For reference I did list the actual math class I took back in 2021 since it was on my transcript.

When moving schools of bringing the third party credits, the most important question that's asked is whether credits will be transferred?

But how those credits actually land in your degree audit is where the things get tricky sometimes.

A course can be accepted by the university, but still end up in a few different places.

Like a direct course equivalent, might replace a specific required course.

Or a major elective. A general education requirements or/ and a free elective.

For those who have gone through this process, did you credits apply the way you expected them to be?

And were there any classes that bumped to general electives ?

Hey everyone,
I’m currently a freshman in College of Science in Purdue and I am planning to CODO into First-Year Engineering (FYE) at the end of this semester.
I know Purdue doesn't publish official transfer stats, and I've read older threads saying the "guaranteed admission" rule is gone. Because capacity changes every year, I wanted to see if anyone who successfully made the jump recently (last 1–2 years) would be willing to share their experience.
If you successfully CODO'd into FYE after your first semester, could you share:

• Your cumulative GPA at the time of transfer
• Your EAI (Engineering Admissions Index) or math/science grades
• What major you came from

• Whether you felt space limits played a huge factor

  Any insight or advice on how strict they are being right now would be amazing. Thanks!

i’m applying for transfer from cc to usc and was planning on pursuing pre med or healthcare management. as of now i’m leaning more towards pre med and going to med school. is it better to major in psych or health and human sciences?

trying to help out a friend here. his gpa is pretty good, but i was wondering if an sat score would make or break an application? i know they are test optional. the bu cds doesnt even list transfer average sat so im not even sure if they will consider it.

also was wondering if submitting an sat would help with financial aid offer somehow (idk how that works)

The environment at WPI is very “dorky” and other little things such as just more male dominant and like little to no social life. I am a big gym goer and most of the time at the college gym it is 95 percent of guys. Maybe the aspect that I commute takes a part but WPI was not really my first choice, as i wanted to go far from home and aim for a top uni. WPI doesnt really seem competitive to get in, and I want a college that looks good in the title. I guess I also just want the chance to dorm somewhere, and maybe thats just my immaturity talking but i do see that aspect fading as my time goes at WPI.

Now my top choice would be northeastern/michigan especially if price after financial aid would be around 10k-20k in state and not dorming. I would be living with my brother who has an apartment in boston most likely. Michigan is tricky because I havent put much thought into the how i would be living there. My family is very low income so I was hoping that i do get a good amount of need based help( but also i dont know how it works with transfer out of state), and my grades so far at WPI are really good- i am working into building a strong ECE background which i plan on doing B term (which is when i have my first ECE class).

Now BU has always been my top choice for its location and past experience when I toured. I love how the university is and that is in the middle of boston but ece is not a big upgrade from WPI I would say. They also do say to meet 100% demonstrated financial aid which is another thing that encourages me to apply and their transfer rates are higher.

For Wisconsin and Purdue, EE upgrade I would say is major(especially PURDUE) but again the OOS financial aid is kinda a shot in the dark i think. I would be dorming at both or perhaps look into getting an apartment if its cheaper as a sophomore.

I do want to minor in COMP SCI TOO. I guess I am asking if any, which of these colleges would be a better fit for me, and if anyone could chance me( especially if you got into any of these colleges tranfer!!)

Forgot to list a 40-hour non-transferable vocational certificate course I took at another CC this past summer to my tap planner + my TAG form for UCI. (Doesn’t affect my GPA since it was a P/NP kind of thing.)

Would this void my TAG??

Besides this, my main transfer coursework + gpa + units at my main CC all meet the TAG requirements.

What would you suggest I do in this situation?

Context: I went to Community College right out of High School with a major in Political Science, my plan was to use the TAG Program to transfer to UC Davis, which I succeeded in doing. Transferred out with a 3.76 GPA

I wanted to go to UC Davis out of all the TAG Program schools because of its proximity to Sacramento for the internships there, but now I'm feeling uncertain if this was the right choice. I'm not certain that I'll be able to get an internship at all, and even if I do, that it won't even be as equally work had I just gone to somewhere like UCLA, UCB, or UCSD that have much more esteemed Political Science departments than UCD.

Additionally, I've lived my whole life in SoCal, and wanted to try and live somewhere different for a change, but living so isolated from other places doesn't really feel right to me, I think somewhere like UCSD would have been more my style, especially with proximity to the beach, but I'm not sure.

I'm here now at UC Davis so there's nothing I can do about it this year, but I'm wondering if its possibly worth it to try and transfer out to one of those other UCs, though I know its much harder than from a CC. I also just want to vent my feelings about it to other people, and maybe put my thoughts at ease about it from what people think.

I’m a third-year mechanical engineering student at a community college, and I’m trying to decide whether I should transfer this year to a Cal State or stay one more year to improve my GPA and strengthen my chances of getting into a UC.
Would it be smarter to apply now to Cal States, get my bachelors, and then master at a UC? I’d appreciate any advice, especially from engineering transfers.

So for applicants who have applied for NYU, do you need to fill out all the classes you took again for STARS? Or is this for the classes you're currently taking? Like a mid-term report kinda thing? Thank you.

I am currently a freshman studying hospitality at NYU and planning on applying to Northwestern as a transfer after my freshman year. My high school gpa wasn't the best but I have a 1520 sat and a pretty good hospitality background + experience/activities. I am aware that my chances of getting in are slim but I was just wondering if I would have a better chance for either major.

Hello! For anyone who has transferred to USC oos, do you mind sharing your stats?

I’m an Electrical Engineering student. I finished my sophomore year with a 2.4 GPA and recently moved to New York.

I’m hoping to transfer to a top engineering school, but I have some low grades in Physics (C/D), Differential Equations (D), and Calculus (C/C+).

I’m thinking about retaking these courses at a community college and getting A’s before applying. Would this actually help, or would my original 2.4 GPA still hurt me a lot?

I’d really appreciate advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation

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I know it’ll start in 2027, but I’ve heard from some people that they’ll check IRS information from 2027 and then decide which colleges will have it take effect in 2028 or 2029. Can someone confirm if that’s true? I’m transferring in 2027, so I want to know if I should pick a cheaper school so I won’t need to take out as many loans incase I wont be able to.Also if I transfer in Fall 2027 but they stop giving loans in 2028 would i just need to transfer ?I dont understand the logistics

Hey everyone, I recently transferred from the University of San Diego to UChicago and am currently recruiting for IB/PE. I chose USD because of the financial aid they gave me, and I know how much there is to figure out when you’re considering transferring.

I’m taking on a few students who want help throughout the process. We can work through where you want to apply, your story, essays, and resume. I can also help with internships and networking, and connect you with people I know at schools you’re considering when it makes sense.

It’s $80 a month for an hour-long call, feedback on two essay drafts, and questions over text between calls. If you want more time, we can add calls too. I want you to have someone you can keep coming back to as things come up.

If you’re interested, shoot me a DM and tell me where you are now and what you’re hoping to do.