Transferring during undergrad??

[uclabound2010]

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Hello my fellow pre-meders!

I am in my 4th year at my university and I want to transfer so badly. It's not my 4th year as in my last year but its my 4th year as in I have been here for four years. I'll be done school in 2 more years since I changed my major last year. The thing though is I hate my school. I really want to transfer to a school in the States where I'll enjoy it more.

A little about myself: I am a Neuroscience major and I just turned 22. I have well over a 100 credits and I can graduate in 5 semesters (4 if I wanted to). A lot of you will probably think that it is pointless to transfer at this point but to me it's not. I have always wanted to go to a US school but the costs would be crazy (I go to a Canadian university). But now that I am older, I can afford to go for 2 years.

Here is my plan for transferring:

1) Finish my fall and spring semester at my current school.
2) During fall semester, apply to schools for transferring.
3) Hopefully have a lot of my credits transfer over.
4) Write my MCAT during summer.
5) Apply to med schools for the 2011 year.
6) Start Fall Quarter/Semester at my new school.

If I do not get into med school for the 2011 year, I'll already be at that school and I'll just finish up my degree there and I'll apply for the 2012 year.

I want to go to a school that I will enjoy. I'm a huge sports fan and I love big schools. I spent a month and a half at UCLA and I absolutely loved it. In addition to UCLA, I plan on applying to:

University of Washington
University of Oregon
University of Arizona
Penn State University
UCSB
University of Illinois


Another reason why I want to transfer to a US school is that I want med school admission officers to see that I can do well at those respected schools. So for example, if I were admitted to UCLA, I want them to see that I can do well at UCLA.

So my questions are:
1) Do you think this is a good idea?
2) What other schools are transfer friendly?
3) Is my last notion of doing my last courses at a US school so that admission officers can see that I am capable of doing well at their school a correct notion?


I know this post is all over the place so I apologize for the messiness.

 

[searun]

Hello my fellow pre-meders!

I am in my 4th year at my university and I want to transfer so badly. It's not my 4th year as in my last year but its my 4th year as in I have been here for four years. I'll be done school in 2 more years since I changed my major last year. The thing though is I hate my school. I really want to transfer to a school in the States where I'll enjoy it more.

A little about myself: I am a Neuroscience major and I just turned 22. I have well over a 100 credits and I can graduate in 5 semesters (4 if I wanted to). A lot of you will probably think that it is pointless to transfer at this point but to me it's not. I have always wanted to go to a US school but the costs would be crazy (I go to a Canadian university). But now that I am older, I can afford to go for 2 years.

Here is my plan for transferring:

1) Finish my fall and spring semester at my current school.
2) During fall semester, apply to schools for transferring.
3) Hopefully have a lot of my credits transfer over.
4) Write my MCAT during summer.
5) Apply to med schools for the 2011 year.
6) Start Fall Quarter/Semester at my new school.

If I do not get into med school for the 2011 year, I'll already be at that school and I'll just finish up my degree there and I'll apply for the 2012 year.

I want to go to a school that I will enjoy. I'm a huge sports fan and I love big schools. I spent a month and a half at UCLA and I absolutely loved it. In addition to UCLA, I plan on applying to:

University of Washington
University of Oregon
University of Arizona
Penn State University
UCSB
University of Illinois


Another reason why I want to transfer to a US school is that I want med school admission officers to see that I can do well at those respected schools. So for example, if I were admitted to UCLA, I want them to see that I can do well at UCLA.

So my questions are:
1) Do you think this is a good idea?
2) What other schools are transfer friendly?
3) Is my last notion of doing my last courses at a US school so that admission officers can see that I am capable of doing well at their school a correct notion?


I know this post is all over the place so I apologize for the messiness.

OP,

You said that you are a sports fan and are interested in UCLA. Do you realize that Rick Newweasel is the football coach at UCLA? You can do much better than the Weasel. Go to Oregon and take up fly fishing on the McKenzie River, a fall caddis would work now for the big native rainbow. But, please, no Weasel. Do yourself a favor.

 

[chman]

EDIT: Read it wrong. If you have two more years go ahead and try.

 

[schrizto]

Well, if you are considering PSU maybe you should look into my school, Pitt, as well. We are a big school and we have decent sports. 🙂