The Complete Guide to College Transfer: Find Your Ideal School, Maximize Your Credits, and Earn Your Degree

The Insider’s Guide That Takes the Confusion Out of Transferring

＂Jaime Smith turns what feels like a maze into a map.＂
-- Jeffrey Selingo, NYT bestselling author of Who Gets In and Why

Over a million students embark on the journey of transferring colleges each year -- from community colleges to four-year schools, between universities, or back from a hiatus to complete their degrees. Transfer students deserve the same level of care and guidance that college-bound high school seniors receive, yet few resources exist to guide them through the complex process of transferring. Jaime Smith fills the gap with this comprehensive research-backed toolkit to help readers:

- find their perfect-fit transfer-friendly college
- navigate the transfer and financial aid application procedures
- maximize transfer credits, including those from alternative sources
- happily adjust to life at their new school, academically and socially

The Complete Guide to College Transfer offers a helping hand during a momentous time, instilling in future graduates the confidence they need to accomplish their goals.

As a college adviser, Jaime Smith, MA, MSEd, CEP, specializes in transfer admissions, homeschoolers, neurodiverse learners, and other nontraditional students. She is a certified educational planner with 25 years of experience in education at the middle, high school, and college levels. She founded a virtual K-12 supplementary education program, Online G3, where she continues to teach gifted and twice-exceptional students. She has completed a Post-Master’s Certificate in Transfer Leadership and Practice at the University of North Georgia in collaboration with the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.