{"id":11203,"date":"2016-09-19T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2021-05-21T12:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:59:12","slug":"transfer-effortlessly-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/transfer-effortlessly-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Effortlessly: 5 Steps to Remember Before Transferring to Another College"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transferring schools should be enjoyable for a college student.<\/strong> After all, it\u2019s like having a new beginning. Your new college won\u2019t have that professor who has a 1.8 rating on ratemyprofessor.com, but seems to be the only professor in your major\u2019s department. But for so many students the transfer process is a pain. If you follow these 5 easy steps that won\u2019t be an issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Make sure you know why you\u2019re transferring.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This may sound as obvious as saying \u201cPut on clothes before you go outside\u201d but this is a step I\u2019ve seen fellow students not take seriously. Are you transferring because the commute is easier? Maybe this new school has a better program for your major. Are you transferring so you live the dorming experience? Are you transferring because you want a school with a smaller campus or vice versa? Of course there could be multiple reasons. But make sure you\u2019ve thought your decision through. You wouldn\u2019t want to go through the whole application process, possibly move into a new dorm room, just to find out you liked your old college better.<\/p>\n

2. Visit a few colleges before making your decision.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Now this next step may not be as easy to do for everyone. If you live in Arizona and want to transfer to UCLA, you may not want to spend money on plane tickets to visit a school you might not even attend. But as a person who\u2019s transferred schools before I highly recommend visiting as many schools on your list as you can. Walking around a college campus is an experience pictures of that same campus can\u2019t replicate. If visiting isn\u2019t an option, contact a person who goes there or went there and ask a few questions you have about the school.<\/p>\n

3. Make sure you know how this will affect you financially.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Finances is something no one likes to think about, but it\u2019s very important. You might be transferring to a college because it might be easier for you financially, but you also might be transferring to a more expensive college. Either way, make sure you know beforehand how you plan on paying for the tuition and other expenses that come along with being a college student. Are you going to need a car? Will you be paying through mostly financial aid or are you going to use student loans? Or are you planning to pay for school with that million dollar scholarship you won? Plan it out now before you apply.<\/p>\n

4. Find out if and how many of your credits will transfer.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This next step is pretty self-explanatory. Make sure you know just how many of your credits, if any, will be transferring with you. Go on the college website or speak to an advisor at the school to answer your questions. You might end up having to speak to multiple people.<\/p>\n

5. Don\u2019t procrastinate on the transfer application.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Do not leave this process for the last minute. Transferring colleges doesn\u2019t begin when you just pay the application fee and submit the application. The process includes these last 4 steps I\u2019ve laid out for you along with anything else the college requires you to do. So many students lose track of time and miss the transfer application deadline which is usually earlier than the regular undergraduate application deadline.<\/p>\n

If you follow these 5 steps you\u2019ll undoubtedly end up happy at your next college.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transferring schools should be enjoyable for a college student. After all, it\u2019s like having a new beginning. Your new college won\u2019t have that professor who has a 1.8 rating on ratemyprofessor.com, but seems to be the only professor in your major\u2019s department. But for so many students the transfer process is a pain. If you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,5,586],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn","category-student-life","category-school-hacks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Transfer-Effortlessly.png",830,533,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Transfer-Effortlessly-224x144.png",224,144,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Transfer-Effortlessly-300x193.png",300,193,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Transfer-Effortlessly.png",830,533,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Transfer-Effortlessly.png",830,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Transfer-Effortlessly.png",830,533,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Transfer-Effortlessly.png",830,533,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Brian Bonilla","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/author\/brian\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Transferring schools should be enjoyable for a college student. After all, it\u2019s like having a new beginning. Your new college won\u2019t have that professor who has a 1.8 rating on ratemyprofessor.com, but seems to be the only professor in your major\u2019s department. But for so many students the transfer process is a pain. If you…","featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Transfer-Effortlessly.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}