What’s the difference between quarter and semester units?
In the United States, colleges and universities operate on either the semester system or the quarter system. What’s the difference?
College Transfer Admission Rates
Many media outlets report first-year admission rates at top universities in the country. In some cases, as in the U.S. News and World Report “Best Colleges” report, those statistics are even factored into the rankings. The more students a college excludes, the better it must be,…
Merit Scholarships for Transfer Students
Families often assume that applying to college as a transfer student means fewer chances for scholarships. But that’s not necessarily true. Many colleges value transfer students and offer them generous scholarships, just as they do for first-year students. Here are just a few colleges offering merit…
Dear Transfer Student: You Are Not Alone
It is not uncommon for students to begin their college journey at one institution and then decide to transfer to another for various reasons, both planned and impromptu.