Is attending alot of schools frowned upon by adcoms?

[Turkelton]

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I attended 5 undergrad institutions before obtaining a B.A., and have attended 2 schools for post-bac? Do adcoms frown upon applicants with an excessive number of schools attended? Or am I asking a pointless question? I attended all of these schools (on and off) over a period of 11 years, and all of them have been 4 year schools.

 

[lyric]

I think it depends on your academic record and why there are a lot of schools listed on your application. If there are a lot of schools because of poor grades, dropping out, and not finishing, then that is a problem. It could be a bonus if you show that you are a strong student no matter where you take classes, as long as you can explain, say if asked during an interview, why you have attended many schools.

 

[AKN]

I'm not too far behind. I have my UGrad school. I took one summer class at a diff uni (it was cheaper). I have masters classes at another uni. My post-bacc is starting at a college and will end at a uni.

I'm more worried about what they'll think of transcripts in three different last names 🙁 Men are lucky this way, because my three different last names looks a lot worse than my one divorce.

 

[PT2MD]

I attended 5 undergrad institutions before obtaining a B.A., and have attended 2 schools for post-bac? Do adcoms frown upon applicants with an excessive number of schools attended? Or am I asking a pointless question? I attended all of these schools (on and off) over a period of 11 years, and all of them have been 4 year schools.

Four undergrad institutions (2 were summer only). Two grad schools (completed both). One post-bac. God I hope they don't frown upon it.

 

[t-funk]

I've attended 4 different colleges. An engineering college in Colorado that I attended until I became pregnant, a community college to get liberal arts classes out of the way, the state college I attended for both of my bachelors and masters, and then a different community college where I took a few Biology courses while I was taking my master's courses. I just think it depends on who interviews you if they care or not. I do think at 2 of my interviews, they had an issue with so many schools bc they mentioned it. At the other 4, they had no issue with it. I think it just depends on the background of your interviewer and if they can relate to you if you ask me.