{"id":61,"date":"2014-10-08T21:39:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2016-09-15T11:10:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:10:17","slug":"what-do-colleges-look-for-when-you-apply-to-transfer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/what-do-colleges-look-for-when-you-apply-to-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"What do colleges look for when you transfer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First and foremost, colleges and universities look for evidence that\u00a0<strong>the applicant can benefit by being admitted<\/strong>. This &#8220;benefit&#8221; does not mean, &#8220;Being admitted will make you happy.&#8221; It means\u00a0<strong>does\u00a0the applicant\u00a0show the where-with-all to survive, and\u00a0the potential to\u00a0graduate\u00a0from that institution.<\/strong>\u00a0This is particularly true for transfer students. Transfer students are very important to four year institutions. Transfer students will fill those seats left empty by other students who have left the institution. Unlike freshman seats, which\u00a0always have\u00a0lots of applicants waiting to fill them, upper level seats can only be filled by students who have\u00a0completed college credits. It is for that exact reason, that transfer students have an easier time being accepted into four year\u00a0colleges. The guess work is over; the transfer student has\u00a0<strong>proven<\/strong>\u00a0they can handle college level work.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer students are evaluated on the basis of\u00a0the GPA\u00a0earned and the college work they have completed. If a student is right on the edge between being accepted or not, then in that case Letters of Recommendation may make an impact in the decision process. They will not overcome a poor academic record but in a &#8220;close call&#8221; a strong reference can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Four year colleges and universities prefer applicants\u00a0who have earned the Associate degree. Degree holders send an important, unspoken message:\u00a0<strong>&#8220;I am a student who sets goals for myself and I achieve\u00a0my goals! Let me in your institution and I&#8217;ll do the same there too.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Colleges want to admit students who show the potential\u00a0to succeed and to graduate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First and foremost, colleges and universities look for evidence that\u00a0the applicant can benefit by being admitted. This &#8220;benefit&#8221; does not mean, &#8220;Being admitted will make you happy.&#8221; It means\u00a0does\u00a0the applicant\u00a0show the where-with-all to survive, and\u00a0the potential to\u00a0graduate\u00a0from that institution.\u00a0This is particularly true for transfer students. Transfer students are very important to four year institutions. Transfer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/transfer-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}