Transferring schools may not increase the time it takes to graduate. Applications for transfer and first-year students are often similar. Experts strongly advise against transferring from a four-year university as a junior or senior. Choosing which college to attend can be difficult. And even...
Students who arrive as first-year freshmen can participate in orientation and other events that help acclimate students socially to their new environment. Students who transfer from a community college and arrive at a four-year university as a junior have much less runway to get situated...
says Susan Dolly Lathrop, senior associate dean for admission operations. "So for students that are in their junior year and thinking about transferring, they are going to lose credits because we have a maximum cap on how many we will transfer in." ...
Students who arrive as first-year freshmen can participate in orientation and other events that help acclimate students socially to their new environment. Students who transfer from a community college and arrive at a four-year university as a junior have much less runway to get situat...