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Talking Transfer: Carving Your Own Path! 

Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

This week we welcome Transfer Program Manager, LaSean Price, to the blog. With over 15 years of experience working with and supporting transfer students, I’d like to offer some guidance and advice while you contemplate navigating this journey. Transferring from one college to another is more common than you may think.

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2024 Transfer Updates

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

While the focus this time of year seems to be all about freshman admission, January/February is the time of year when we receive a majority of our transfer applications and our Evaluation Team begins to work on our transfer reviews, posting credit for work and helping students with any transfer issues.

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How to Transfer to Vassar

The Koppelman Group

Like a lot of other liberal arts schools, popular majors include bio, econ, poli sci, and English. Vassar is competitive for first-year students, but it’s even more so for transfers. First year applicants are looking down a 19% acceptance rate, while transfers are looking at around 9%. If you’re reading this, probably!

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How to Transfer to Wesleyan

The Koppelman Group

A liberal arts school not named after the town it’s in? Wesleyan started out as a men’s college, tried to admit women for a bit in the late 1800s (the “Wesleyan Experiment), then suspended that program in 1912 for sexist reasons (“losing their masculine edge”), but finally became co-ed in 1970. Unheard of. Again, we say: duh.

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How to Transfer to Oberlin

The Koppelman Group

Founded in 1833, Oberlin is the oldest co-ed school in the United States, the first college to admit Black students (1835), and the first college to admit women (1837), so it’s safe to assume that progressive politics and student activism are a huge part of the school’s culture. Oberlin is, however, a liberal arts school.

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How to Transfer to Middlebury

The Koppelman Group

Middlebury’s first-year acceptance rate is around 14%, and their transfer acceptance rate is around 9%, so very challenging on both accounts. Remember, when you’re transferring, you’re applying for the spots of students who have already left, which probably signals that a lot of people really like being at Middlebury.

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How to Transfer to Scripps

The Koppelman Group

Scripps College is a small, all-women’s liberal arts school in Claremont, California. It’s part of the Claremont Colleges, a consortium of liberal arts schools designed to mimic that New England school feel. The first-year acceptance rate at Scripps is 28%, but the transfer acceptance rate is 11%!!