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Are scholarships and financial aid distributed equally to transfer students as regular undergradutes? I know it's early in the year, but transferring is something I am going to leave open. I think I would be happier at some of the other schools I applied to - but are they going to look at the fact that I didn't go there in the first place as something negative and not give me the aid/scholarships I got the first time around? One school said it "keeps my application open" until 2005, but I'm not sure exactly what they mean.

For reference I am at a top 20 university of about 6,000 undergraduates but was primarily interested in midwesteren liberal arts college of ~2,000.

How does this work?

By Guyute (Guyute) on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 01:34 pm: Edit

Bump - also, will my National Merit money transfer? I think I better get making some money, fast. Or maybe enough to cover one semester and then get some for Fall 2005?

By Cyclingdad (Cyclingdad) on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 07:40 am: Edit

Surprised no one has answered you. I'm afraid you'll find that most/all financial aid offers will not be available to you as a transfer. Not to say there is no aid for transfer students. If you have need, you would probably be eligible for whatever need-based aid the school can give, might be all loans. Talk to the schools' FA office, they can tell you. Good luck