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Hey guys, looking for some input since I don't know much about transfers... I am currently a student at Baylor College of Medicine, and I have a friend who just finished his first year at a state med school also in TX. He has his mind set on trying to transfer to Baylor into the 3rd year class for fall of 2007. However, he lacks any truly compelling reason for the transfer. His whole impetus for transferring, from what I can tell, is basically that he wishes he were at a "better" (more highly ranked, for what that's worth) school. He is basically just a really driven person who came from a prestigous undergrad but whose options were limited by his numbers, and who feels an obligation to at least try one last time to get in to a "better" school.
The only successful transfers I have ever heard of personally, at Baylor or anywhere else, have been fiancees of current students who wanted to transfer to be closer to their loved ones, so I'm having difficulty advising him. Personally I wish he would find happiness knowing that many people would kill to be in his spot and that, in the long run, the difference between graduating from his school and from BCM is not very giant. It's important to note that he did apply to almost all the TX schools the first go around and did not even receive interviews at any schools other than the one he currently attends.
Currently he is in the process of writing a letter to request a transfer application. I think his plan is just to write glowing things about BCM/ the texas med center and talk about how much he could benefit from the "enthusiastic environment" at Baylor (basically the same stuff you put in your secondaries the first time around).
I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions. I'd especially be interested in anecdotes of other known previous transfer applicants, successful and unsuccessful. Thanks!
The only successful transfers I have ever heard of personally, at Baylor or anywhere else, have been fiancees of current students who wanted to transfer to be closer to their loved ones, so I'm having difficulty advising him. Personally I wish he would find happiness knowing that many people would kill to be in his spot and that, in the long run, the difference between graduating from his school and from BCM is not very giant. It's important to note that he did apply to almost all the TX schools the first go around and did not even receive interviews at any schools other than the one he currently attends.
Currently he is in the process of writing a letter to request a transfer application. I think his plan is just to write glowing things about BCM/ the texas med center and talk about how much he could benefit from the "enthusiastic environment" at Baylor (basically the same stuff you put in your secondaries the first time around).
I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions. I'd especially be interested in anecdotes of other known previous transfer applicants, successful and unsuccessful. Thanks!
