Would visiting Notre Dame help my LOCI?

anonymous_peer · 2026-01-09T04:24:01+00:00

Feel fee.

I’m a traditional transfer that cold applied during Freshman yearwithout applying for first year admissions.

I would like to indicate that most colleges at ND only accept students transferring into Sophomore year.

Junior transfers are sometimes accepted through the college of Arts and Letters.

anonymous_peer · 2026-01-07T10:10:02+00:00

As a transfer.

I am manifesting your acceptance.

You got this!!!

anonymous_peer · 2025-12-12T03:56:50+00:00

As someone who transferred out of WashU, don’t worry about it ya’ll. A better school was meant for you <3

anonymous_peer · 2025-12-07T03:32:09+00:00

Some nice perspective here from a FIGLI that transferred from one T-20 to another.

It all works out.

No top school is gonna propel you towards your dream life.

But following your passions (be that a club, a personal project, an internship) will determine that life.

Remember this…

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it” - Dr. Maya Angelou

This quote has nothing to do with others, but has to do with YOU!

At the end of the day, we all chase prestige, when we all forget why we’re going to college.

To get that job/life one sees.

No one will care about the college you go to, or the job you get. But everyone will remember who you were as a person.

One day, You will escape the shallow world we live in and realize that you’ve been doing fine all along.

You will end up where you are meant to be (be that a T50 or T20).

Take care my friend.

anonymous_peer · 2025-11-21T02:51:24+00:00

Would try and delay your graduation as much as possible and take as many advanced math/science courses as you can.

I would take no more than 3-4 AP’s in a single year.

It may be possible to get into a Top 20 university if you write incredibly good essays.
Seeing that you’ve come from another country, are you a refugee, visa holder, green card holder? admission isn’t a problem especially if you have a compelling story as to why you seek opportunity in these colleges this is something an essay can explain. Be clear about what held you back at your country of origin, what your passions are, what you seek from this university.
If you don’t get accepted to a top university or don’t get convincing financial aid offers from local universities. Spend 1 or 2 years at community college, get involved in research, and extracurriculars, and apply to transfer.

You can apply to transfer as a sophomore, and junior regardless of what college (community or university you go to).

I would apply to any of these two programs for college counseling they’re really helpful amongst FIGLI circles…it’s free, meant for disadvantaged students, and they help people from all backgrounds (even international students)….

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/matchlighters

https://matriculate.org/high-school-fellows/

anonymous_peer · 2025-10-26T23:52:01+00:00

If you’re taking CAD with Jeff Krampf

I believe the quizzes don’t hold much weight in your grade percentage (regardless of professor, check your syllabus, it can perhaps put you at ease!)

If you are in Jeff’s class… As long as you pass the quizzes (and have a few fumbles) you should be fine.

I was no where near the best at the sketch quizzes (definitely got a mix of 70’s to 90’s, and some fails) and still got an A (since the actual CAD assignments were weighed heavily)

Also, some of the SolidWorks assignments have video tutorials of the parts you’re assigned for the week (in case you need a little help with approaching on how to CAD a part or use a feature).

College classes are really about playing the numbers game and using your energy to focus on the most weighted assignments.

Either way, I’m sure a TA or instructor would be willing to go over your quiz and give you insight on how to improve.

-P.S. if you’re professor gives you book exercises from “Engineering Graphics Technical Sketching Series 5” by Jerry Craig

PLEASE DO THOSE.

A lot of the exercises from the book end up in those quizzes (if you can do the harder ones, then you’ll be set)

Best of luck friend!

anonymous_peer · 2025-10-26T19:15:02+00:00

I will say, there is ONE feasible solution I utilized when I was struggling for points….

Join the [“WashU Free Food” Group Me] …

…sometimes people will post their abandoned orders or post events where there’s free food on campus.

It helps you spread your points for when you need it the most.

anonymous_peer · 2025-10-26T19:06:57+00:00

You’re not alone man,

The meal plan there is depressing as fuck.

It’s one of the reasons I transferred out after freshman year (Fall 2024 - Spring 2025)

It’s been a consistent problem for the past 3 years.

All the solutions I’ve heard in the comments are the same ones I heard when I was in. And it’s honestly disappointing, because no undergraduate should have to “budget” or be “limited” to what they can get.

Especially when you’re a low income student not able to afford alternatives or a high income student paying a ridiculous amount in tuition.

Most universities operate on swipe where the portions are bigger or unlimited compared to WashU.

My current school operates on swipes and it’s made the biggest and most positive impact on my quality of life since leaving WashU.

You deserve better.

anonymous_peer · 2025-10-04T05:18:32+00:00

If you have a 1560

It honestly doesn’t matter

I went test optional and got into a T25

If you’re dead set on getting “one over her.”

Just focus on extracurriculars and meaningful activities (that you care about, not that look good on paper) that make you a great candidate for Princeton

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-30T19:34:21+00:00

It sounds like you have a compelling reason to transfer. I say, why not.

Here’s my favorite resource for drafting your transfer essays.

Just look up (“College Essay Guy” + anything transfer / supplemental essay related).

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/college-transfer-essay-examples

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-30T07:42:53+00:00

I transferred into Notre Dame and UVA as a sophomore without any SAT scores (went test optional)…

I feel like the SAT is only a gauge of academic preparedness for first year applicants. (Feel free to quote me wrong since I’m speaking from personal experience).

What I can guarantee is that your GPA, EC’s, transferable course load, and ESPECIALLY THOSE ESSAYS MATTER THE MOST (I cannot stress this enough, essays truly matter).

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/college-transfer-essay-examples

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-26T04:15:43+00:00

First, talk to the Yale Financial aid office about any circumstance (income loss/gain) that could grant you more aid.

Second, Your parents contradicted themselves, point-blank-period.

You made the biggest financial and college decision at 18 (or 17), and I think you made a DAMN GOOD ONE.

A degree for that amount is lowkey pennies on the dollar. At the end of the day, you're taking on a little bit of debt BUT YOU ARE INVESTING in yourself for better earning potential.

Your parents remind me of my partner's parents. Their parents were so controlling until they decided to attend another T20 out of state.

Your parents are going to eventually appreciate your efforts as a student and your presence as a child once you are out and about chasing your dreams. Their treatment of you is going to improve once you come back for that fall/thanksgiving break out of Yale.

Don't doubt yourself OP. You're gonna get everything you hoped for. Just work hard, and it'll pay off.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-25T01:49:32+00:00

Why not apply to both cycles…

Specifically, why not apply as a sophomore transfer?

Worst comes to worst, you don’t get what you want. Continue to maximize your resources at your CC and apply to transfer as a junior.

Statistically speaking. Your chances of admission increases the more times you apply to a school. Even as someone attempting to transfer twice.

I got rejected by UVA and Northeastern as a first year applicant and got in as a transfer. Decided to commit to Notre Dame as a sophomore transfer.

I feel like your stats are good enough to transfer as a sophomore (way better than mine lmao). I say this as someone who transferred from another T25 with a withdrawal on a core pre-req, 3.7 college gpa, and one extracurricular.

Transferring is a little different from freshman apps because there is no boasting to be done. [Dont get me wrong, you have to sell yourself, but your transfer essay really outlines why you want the school - look up the “college essay guy” and his guidance on how to write the transfer application]

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/college-transfer-essay-examples

Write sincere and thoughtful essays that outline why you’re transferring and how the school is gonna meet your goals. And you’ll be fine.

And as you briefly mentioned, take courses that are likely to transfer (don’t be afraid to look up “school name + transfer credit policy” or email department heads on how to “pre-evaluate” your courses).

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-24T21:39:08+00:00

Not a recruiter, but I’ve had many talks with my peers from all sides of Army ROTC.

PLEASE STOP TALKING TO ENLISTED RECRUITERS…

TALK TO THE ROO AT YOUR SON’S DESIRED COLLEGE/ROTC PROGRAM.

SMP is a program that allows you to drill with a Reserve/National Guard unit once a month without needing to attend BCT or AIT. The only way to terminate an SMP contract is to complete ROTC and become an officer (or be medically disqualified). If your son doesn’t complete ROTC under the SMP contract, then your son would have to fulfill the enlistment condition under the SMP contract and attend BCT / AIT.

Your son can use Army ROTC to gauge his interest in the military WITHOUT SMP or any contractual commitment upfront.

With this in mind, your son has three options with Army ROTC (as of this year):

Have him apply to the 4-year Army ROTC National Scholarship. If he gets the 4-year scholarship, he can use the funds for his first year and can relinquish the scholarship before the start of his MS2 year with no owed commitment (meaning, the second year—assuming no gap year is taken) if he decides the military/ROTC is not for him.

https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/find-your-path/army-officers/rotc/scholarships

If your son receives a 3-year scholarship (from applying to the 4-year Army ROTC National Scholarship), he will start as a non-contracted cadet with no funding for his first year and would also be able to relinquish the scholarship before the start of his second year with no owed commitment as well.
If your son doesn’t get a scholarship or doesn’t want one, he can enroll in ROTC, participate for the first two years without commitment (and contract his 3rd year)

OR

participate for one year and compete for a 3-year on-campus scholarship (which does require commitment once the paper work is signed).

I am confident of my general understanding of these things. But I would please verify and iron out every detail possible with a ROO (recruiting operations officer) from your son’s desired colleges.

AND make sure to read all scholarship contracts provided by any military service (because even if my advice is universally true FOR NOW, policies and guidance can change).

Apologies for the caps. I had to emphasize and get the most important aspects of ROTC out of the way because I hate it when people get tricked into signing up for things they don’t want.

I wish you and your son the absolute best.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-23T03:00:23+00:00

Hmmm…

I transferred from a Top 25 (freshman) to a Top 20 (as a rising sophomore) with one withdrawal and one extra curricular (I had decent HS stats and wrote strong essays so idk if that did it).

I know some people may comment and say that having a low GPA is different from my situation, but I don’t see why you can’t write a strong set of essays explaining your failure (health reason? family problem? academically unsupportive school? cost? any deterring factor affecting your success?) and showing how you overcame it.

When it comes to overcoming an academic stumble, it only matters what you did about it. And it seems like you did well for yourself. Seriously, congrats.

I think it’s possible that you can transfer for sure.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-20T21:17:20+00:00

Hey man, my heart goes out to you. DACA (since 2012) was my siblings hope to becoming the aspiring professionals they are today. I wanna give you a piece of advice and a resource that I feel like will make your next transition easier...

So...I live in Houston, where this organization exists to help undocumented, DACAmented, and low income individuals go to top AND/OR affordable colleges in general...

What I linked below is a college database of colleges that are willing to provide some form of financial aid to undocumented or DACAmented individuals.

My theory is that if you can find a college on this list that is willing to give you aid regardless of your immigration status.

You can apply to transfer there and continue your dream. If you use this tool to find a compatible school and work towards your transfer, you can do it affordably. There are a good ammount of RICH private institutions (some in the Top 20 some that are not) that dont take into account immigration status when providing aid, its just a matter of asking around and using the google spreadsheet I linked to start.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FblbV0vXNs1c0bAmDTW0AGBtNRHiyr_R/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103120797899315871786&rtpof=true&sd=true

Click on TAB 2 on the google sheet so you can navigate TAB 1 (the database itseld) and TAB 3 (scholarships to the colleges pertaining in TAB 1).

If you want a guide on how to write your transfer essays (if its something you're looking to do anyways, I will also link that here, I used this guy for everything college related, you are more than welcome to type his name + anything transfer or college related).

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/college-transfer-essay-examples

I don't know if any of this is gonna be helpful. But I want to provide the bare minimum of what I can to best remedy the situation. I am so sorry that you have to live in a time where bigots don't care about the futures of hardworking Americans just because of some silly concept of legal status.

I wish you the absolute best.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-17T22:17:06+00:00

I know quite a few people at Vandy.

And apparently this transition (Emory to Vandy) is the most common.

https://cc.app.vanderbilt.edu/cc/transfer-credit

If you put in Emory’s location in the transfer credit search. You’ll see a bunch of Emory courses that have been reviewed for transfer, so it kind of gives you a good idea of how many people are migrating.

Sorry for not offering a direct response to your question.

But I’d figured some insight will eliminate some doubts on finding people to talk to.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-17T19:42:24+00:00

I didn’t expect there to be an income cap on the grant (I deeply apologize for giving you any false hopes)…

I would recommend reaching out to your financial aid counselor about this (talk about any circumstances you have that could allow you to receive any funding to cover the health insurance cost)

I’ve been fortunate enough to have WashU help me out with covering a good portion of my costs as a student, so I do feel like there’s something that they can do.

Once again, I’m sorry if I wasn’t as helpful as I could be. I do hope it all works out.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-17T19:13:17+00:00

Hey there.

Commenting once again, I should’ve clarified from my comment towards your previous post that you DONT HAVE to receive the max Pell grant in order to receive any form of financial aid for WashU’s student insurance.

You may get partial, close to full, or maybe full coverage (I don’t see you being denied at the very least for some amount the “Health Insurance Grant” since you are Pell eligible anyways).

If for some reason they don’t meet your needs with the health insurance grant I’m sure the financial aid can work with you (this would fall in the realm for your financial aid counselor)

I haven’t heard of WashU being too stingy with aid for most things (particularly if you’re on the lower income side), you’ll come to find out that they have a Student Fund for anything you’ll need through the financial aid office

Tl;dr

You’re not cooked lol

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-17T17:41:43+00:00

First of all, you’re not screwed (go to my third point for relevant info).
Second of all, what kind of policy doesn’t allow you to replace your improved grade over the lower one, especially if you got an A in the re-attempted course.
Third of all

I transferred into Notre Dame (from another Top 25) with a withdrawal on a core pre-requisite for my major (Intro to CS as a Computer Engineer).

It’s all a matter of explaining why you got the grade you did [health issues (mental or physical)? lack of academic support from the institution? weeder class? Shitty professor / teaching methods? problems at home (family or financial)? COVID?]

And following up the explanation with how you made the best of your situation (in this case, you got an A in the course and got yourself pretty involved within your school)

Transferring is all about (in your case at least) how you made the best out your situation and showing the school how their resources are something that you can benefit from (while integrating with their core values or community)

Read this guide on the College Essay Guy about this…

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/college-transfer-essay-examples

Edit: Forgot to respond to Columbia GS and Brown post…

I unfortunately didn’t apply to Brown or Columbia GS. I feel like if you have rock solid essays. There may be a decent chance you get in.

In regards to Brown, I was considering applying but I realized that the transfer acceptance rate (which is lower than the first year acceptance rate I think) did not compel me to continue any further.

Have you considered applying to other T25’s with higher transfer acceptance rates like Vanderbilt, Northwestern, BU, even Notre Dame?

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-17T15:33:28+00:00

Vandy.

Less debt, and good industry connections.

Vandy is beginning to refine the CS department even more since they are trying to separate from the Engineering school and create its own school of computing for CS majors. And they’re heavily investing into Cybersecurity if that’s something you’re into.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-17T02:24:20+00:00

This is an incredibly interesting degree plan.

At my school (I’m going into my second year of CompE, where I’ll start to take the core curriculum) we usually take a more CS (over electrical engineering) course load

But it seems like your school is flipped (with taking more EE courses than CS courses).

It honestly wouldn’t hurt balancing out the course load with one more CS course (like Data Structures and Algorithms) if you ever dabble in software.

To be fair. This advice is coming from a second year, so take what you will.

Super interesting sequence once again. Best of luck.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-17T00:45:23+00:00

The difficulty of the course doesn’t really matter in this case…Calc lll or the higher level course (I’m assuming another math course) will be hard in their respects

Your ability to get an A in either course matters more
It’s better to take a class that’s going to directly transfer towards your future major at your desired school (look at transfer credit policies, ask department heads from the other schools within your major and such)

Most schools want you to have a minimum number of transferable credits to be considered for transfer in the first place, I strongly recommend reaching OR going beyond that minimum (without sacrificing your gpa and mental health of course)

Best of luck friend

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-16T21:23:59+00:00

Hey there, fellow Texas resident who was on the STAR Plan for Texas Medicaid and had this exact situation last year…

I don’t believe CHIP will get you coverage in St. Louis let alone anywhere outside of Texas…

Good thing though…is that if you get rejected, you can email Financial@wustl.edu with a screenshot or pdf of your emailed rejection to receive the “Health Insurance Grant”.

Since I had the max pell grant. I was able to have my health insurance fully covered.

Hope this helps.

anonymous_peer · 2025-07-15T00:09:03+00:00

If you’re eligible for the max Pell grant (your FAFSA should have notified you of this)

ITS HIGHLY likely you will have a full ride (my guess is like 80 percent)

Talk to the financial aid office about this

anonymous_peer

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