Transfer Students

Old professor recommendations and a thesis advisor are linedup for a Fall '10 Anthropology program. My problem is defaulted loans and the University is asking for a copy of the transcript BEFORE I can get it out of default. I've sent paperwork to repay the loans through a payment plan but I am lost on how to release the hold from my old college to obtain an official transcript.

I've read about negotiating for an early release with the lender if I were paying a lump sum. But all my loans for each semester are lumped together. There isn't much leverage to negotiate on one loan if the collection agency is seeking to write off all eight loans.

Bit of quandary. Any suggestions, words of advice?

Last year, I had applied to transfer to some colleges and was unfortunately rejected. I'll be reapplying to some of the same schools and even if I don't get in  just to try again, but I'm worried about my letters of recommendations:

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I thank you very much for your time and for your help in advance. I'm trying again for Brown and Cornell, and even if I don't get in again, I'll still be happy at wherever I end up at. =)

i'm going to transfer out of my school to another four-year college. i'm applying to rhode island college, university of rhode island, stonehill college, and university of connecticut.

a big part of my decision is going to be where i can get the most financial aid. my EFC on the FAFSA has been 0 for the past two fiscal years so as you can tell ... i really need financial aid in order to go to school. if anyone has any experience with these schools and their financial departments (especially out-of-state for RIC, URI, and UConn; i live in massachusetts), i'd really love to hear about them.

thanks :)

How do you act natural when you know that you will need to ask someone for a recommendation? Or, what's the best way to act when you plan on getting one?

I plan on asking my club advisor, who will also be my professor in the fall, for a recommendation. This recommendation will be very important because it will heavily determine whether I will transfer into my dream college or not; I applied to some colleges last year and got rejected, and my application will be similar to last year's except for recommendations. 

Because she is my club advisor, I'm in a lot of meetings with her and do a lot of projects with her and the officer team. I hate how I am around her, though. I hate that I don't act natural because I know that I will ask her for a recommendation in December. I hate how she could probably tell that I act kind of subconsiously slightly suck-up-y or nice-y or uptightly amicable around her. I feel like I could act way better and more fun if I really weren't going to ask her for a rec.

I don't know. Do you get it? I wish I didn't need recommendations to transfer colleges. I bet I'd get way better recommendations if I didn't know that I need any. I always feel like I need to prove myself for recommendations, and I hate it.

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Are there any colleges that won't grant transfer students eligibility for admission if they have over a certain number of credits from a 2-year college?

I was screwed with the opposite last year (I had 88 transferable (quarter) credits, and this college required at least 90), and I want to make sure this won't happen again.

Is it different for those attending 2-year colleges, though? Would it be different if you have too many credits from a 2-year than from a 4-year?

Thank you.

How do you learn to deal with setbacks better? I feel so incompetent at it, and I feel like I dwell on setbacks too much.

I got rejected to some colleges as a transfer student. I called to ask why, and most of them said that they wanted me to fulfill some course requirements. But I feel like I'm making an excuse when I say this. One school just told me it was competitive this year, so I probably wouldn't have gotten in if I tried again. Anyway, I'll be staying an extra year at my 2-year college to take those courses and reapply to some of them since they're only open in the fall. And honestly, I feel like a loser amongst my friends since they will be transferring to really good colleges, and I can't help but think that people are looking down on me. I'm not a horrible student; I have a 4.0 throughout my 2 years there, and I have my AA transfer degree. It's just that everyone I know who started the same year as me is transferring, regardless of their academic history. I did get into some colleges, but I only applied b/c they gave me a fee waiver. I wish I would have applied to more colleges, though.

This aside, how do you learn how to deal when you put all of your energy, time, and heart into something but don't end up achieving it? I feel like this is affecting my health, too; my head and heart hurts from thinking about it so much.

Thank you for reading. I feel annoying talking about it in real life, so I appreciate it.

I'm a transfer applicant, and my professor told me that he would write 3 really glowing recommendations for me. He has to know which colleges in 2 weeks because he will be leaving my college after this quarter. I have chosen one college: Carnegie Mellon (I know it's a huge reach, but I will work so hard at getting in.)

What is the difference between the ACT and the SAT? I'm a transfer student, and I might take either one of those tests because some colleges require one. Which should I take?

I was reluctant to take a standardized test because I thought I wouldn't do well, but I went on a web site with sample question of the ACT and have been getting all the English and math questions right. What's the best way to study for it?

Thanks.

Do you know the transfer rate for Carnegie Mellon (Mellon College of Sciences)? I'm a math major.

I asked my professor for a rec., and he said that he has said no to students before but he won't say no to me. He said that he would give me a really glowing recommendations to three colleges of my choice. I'm confident that he will because we talked for like an hour.

Am I aiming too high again? On their web site, they said that they care more about college transcripts than HS transcripts. I have a 4.0 GPA at a 2-year college (2.9 GPA in HS), and I will have my associates by the end of this school year. I'm planning on staying another year to take physics, biology, and some lit. classes because some colleges aren't open in the spring to transfer. Plus, I want to rigor up my transcript.

Oh, and I understand that grad school is more important regarding getting my Ph. D, but I just want to try this out. I'm going to be happy at any of the colleges I end up at, but I just want to know my chances at this school.