Comments on: Transfer Process: Life Changing or a Big Hassle? http://greatcollegeadvice.com/transfer-process-life-changing-or-a-big-hassle/ Expert Advice on College Admission Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:09:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mark Montgomery http://greatcollegeadvice.com/transfer-process-life-changing-or-a-big-hassle/comment-page-1/#comment-8449 Mark Montgomery Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:59:12 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=2792#comment-8449 Dear Andrew, Thanks for writing in. If money (financial aid) is a major consideration, don't let your kid be a transfer student: there is MUCH less money available to transfer students than to 1st year students. And once she has graduated from HS, and once she has taken 12 hours of college credits, she's a transfer student. While there are some ways to save money by starting at a community college (i.e., finish the general education requirements at a low price and then be able to afford higher prices for the final two years), my guess is that this is not really the route your daughter had originally chosen or expected. We think there will be ways for her to have the full four-year experience without having to transfer. Colleges like ConnColl do accept transfers. But again, the amount of aid awarded to transfers is determine *after* all aid has been awarded to the 1st year class and continuing students. I have had other students in this position step back and take a gap year. We can help her plan for that. Then we help her start over with the idea of reducing the cost of the education while not compromising on the quality. I worked last year with a young woman from Vermont who was in your daughter's situation exactly. She went to India for 6 months after completing a new round of applications. Upon doing the research and applying to places she had really never heard about before (and subsequently visiting a couple), she accepted a full-ride scholarship to a great university. And she was not the top of her HS graduating class: solid but not stellar. If you think we can help your daughter figure out her plan, please give is a call. My guess is that we can help your daughter move her fingers from the "panic button" to the "reset button". Best of Luck. Dear Andrew,
Thanks for writing in. If money (financial aid) is a major consideration, don’t let your kid be a transfer student: there is MUCH less money available to transfer students than to 1st year students. And once she has graduated from HS, and once she has taken 12 hours of college credits, she’s a transfer student. While there are some ways to save money by starting at a community college (i.e., finish the general education requirements at a low price and then be able to afford higher prices for the final two years), my guess is that this is not really the route your daughter had originally chosen or expected. We think there will be ways for her to have the full four-year experience without having to transfer.

Colleges like ConnColl do accept transfers. But again, the amount of aid awarded to transfers is determine *after* all aid has been awarded to the 1st year class and continuing students.

I have had other students in this position step back and take a gap year. We can help her plan for that. Then we help her start over with the idea of reducing the cost of the education while not compromising on the quality. I worked last year with a young woman from Vermont who was in your daughter’s situation exactly. She went to India for 6 months after completing a new round of applications. Upon doing the research and applying to places she had really never heard about before (and subsequently visiting a couple), she accepted a full-ride scholarship to a great university. And she was not the top of her HS graduating class: solid but not stellar.

If you think we can help your daughter figure out her plan, please give is a call. My guess is that we can help your daughter move her fingers from the “panic button” to the “reset button”.

Best of Luck.

]]> By: Andrew http://greatcollegeadvice.com/transfer-process-life-changing-or-a-big-hassle/comment-page-1/#comment-8428 Andrew Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:29:11 +0000 http://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=2792#comment-8428 Help! My kid (2070 SAT, just graduated from Milton Academy) applied to 15 colleges but was waitlisted or rejected by almost all of them. She was accepted to Furman University in SC (her safety school), but received almost no finaid, so I'm looking at a $45K bill for the year. She's contemplating attending a community college in NYC (instead of going to Furman) and re-applying in the Fall to other 4-yr colleges as a transfer student for the 2012-13 year (or even the 2012 Spring semester). So my question is, what should she do? Go to Furman for a year (and then transfer to a more-preferred Northern school), or go to community college (and then transfer to another school)? Which choice would give her a better chance at transferring into a good college? Any advice would be appreciated. Thx. -Andrew Help! My kid (2070 SAT, just graduated from Milton Academy) applied to 15 colleges but was waitlisted or rejected by almost all of them. She was accepted to Furman University in SC (her safety school), but received almost no finaid, so I’m looking at a $45K bill for the year. She’s contemplating attending a community college in NYC (instead of going to Furman) and re-applying in the Fall to other 4-yr colleges as a transfer student for the 2012-13 year (or even the 2012 Spring semester). So my question is, what should she do? Go to Furman for a year (and then transfer to a more-preferred Northern school), or go to community college (and then transfer to another school)? Which choice would give her a better chance at transferring into a good college? Any advice would be appreciated. Thx. -Andrew

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