Transferring Colleges Washington DC

Transferring: The Big Switch

In the best of worlds you compile a list of colleges, find the most compatible one, and are accepted. Then you have a great time, graduate, and head off to a budding career. 

Let's talk reality
Halfway through your first semester you come to the conclusion that you can't stand being where you are — for whatever reason. The courses don't match your interests. The campus is out in the boonies and you don't ever want to see another cow. You hate the dorm wallpaper (well, scratch that one). 

Or maybe you’ve methodically planned to go to a community college for two years and move to a four-year college to complete your degree. Or perhaps you didn't do that well in high school, but you've wised up and community college has brightened your prospects of getting your four-year degree.

Any one of these fit?
Circumstances shift, people change, and realistically speaking, it's not all that uncommon to transfer. The most common transfers are students who move from a two- to a four-year college or the person who opts for a career change midstream. However, the reasons why students transfer run the gamut.

""There are a zillion reasons why college students decide they don't want to be at an institution,"" says Dr. Rose Rothmeier, Director of Student Services and Counseling at Austin College in Sherman, TX. She has probably encountered every transfer situation there is. In fact, she began a pilot program to mentor incoming transfe...

Author: Amy Ambler

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