Following that, contact the schools directly to ask about the application process - since different schools may have different processes - and credit transfers. It would also be ideal to speak to an advisor at your school, because plenty of students transfer and while they may not have the details of your chosen school, they can better assist you with transferring because they'll have handled it with other students before.
Research what colleges you like and the programs. Then start talking to the Transfer Advisers of Various schools then just get information on these schools.
From an IT workers perspective, make sure you transfer your info off any accounts they gave you. Theres a good chance you wont have access after you leave.
They will generally not ask for your high school transcripts - some individual schools might, but it's not common - but because they will ask for your college transcripts, you generally want to have at least a year of credits already before transferring. Some schools may ask for your high school transcripts if you have less than two years of college credits, or if there are specific prerequisites for your major that you do not have indicated on your college transcripts (but may have done in high school, eg. grade twelve science classes for some BS programs).
Not all credits transfer, so you also want to be aware of how many transfer credits you will get when you switch schools. Many schools might transfer gen-eds because they're often very similar, but what credits transfer depends entirely on the school you're transferring to -- they might accept all your credits, some of your credits, or none of your credits. I did two years of community college and only a year's worth of credits transferred to university -- some students at my university transferred from other universities and got absolutely none.
So make sure you reach out to financial aid and ask, check out their website, fill out a FAFSA/CSS, and look into scholarships. Here are some sources for transfer scholarships: GoingMerry list; CareerOneStop list; Or do a search on the massive scholarship databases like Fastweb, Cappex, r/Scholarships, etc. The large databases are actually more useful for transfer applicants than they are for freshmen because there are so many fewer scholarships in their lists. This means it's easier to wade through the extensive search results to find the ones you want.
It can be any time. Usually transfers who have at least one full year are stronger candidates and many colleges prefer transfers to have two.
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There are some very strong apprehensions surrounding transfer applicants because colleges want to make sure they aren't taking on someone else's problem student. The analogies are broken and imperfect, but it's a bit like dating for divorced (or previously married) people or job hunting for the unemployed.
The essays are different in scope from freshman application essays. You can be more specific and focused on your academic arc because you've already started it. You have real college experience to explain or share as evidence that you will be a great addition to your new school. Generalities and abstractions are worthless here.
Private Admissions Consultant. Yes ECs matter. But grades also matter, especially your college grades. Your last question really depends on the college, how many slots they have available, and how strong your grades/essays/ECs are relative to the rest of the applicant pool (which can vary a lot with transfer admissions).
Hi! Not a transfer counselor but current transfer student as a college sophomore. GPA is the most important by far from what I've heard, here's all the UC transfer acceptance rates if you're interested: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major
This should give you general requirements such as number of credits required to be considered a transfer student, minimum grade point average (GPA), foreign language requirements, transferability of credits from other colleges, etc.
Look for equivalency tables or guides for Pierce College. Several universities have these now, including the University of Washington and Bastyr to name a couple.
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