2008 Woodie Awards
Transfer opinions divided
Carla Aponte
Issue date: 3/12/08 Section: Features
This spring 1,059 students applied to the University but out of those applicants only 709 were admitted, according to CollegeBoard.com. Several of these students - many transferring from other schools - opted to attend the University for a variety of reasons. Some benefit from attending a university in the city, while others were seeking a private institution.
Sophomore fine arts student Abby Miller, who transferred from Colorado State University, didn't want to feel like a number anymore. "My classes had 500 or so kids in them and it wasn't very personable."
Miller's first impression of the University was a great one. "When I went on my tour and had talked to people, they made the University seem like they were so helpful and that their financial aid was above the rest." The University financially awards those who transfer with up to $12,000 in scholarships, according to Pace.edu. The Transfer Incentive Award and the Dean's Recognition Award are both offered for up to four years.
Despite this, Miller's perception soon changed. "Nobody wants to make your life easier and their financial aid stinks. Nobody helps you in the office when you ask them questions about how to obtain more financial aid. They just tell you they are out of money and better luck next semester. Needless to say, it's pretty much chaos."
Other struggles include transferring credits. Pace.edu states that the University has a transfer credit agreement program called "One on One" with some community colleges all over the nation and institutions in Australia, Brazil and Chile, which makes the process easier, according to businessweek.com. If schools do not fall in the "One on One" agreements, transfer credits are only equal to lower-division and some upper-division classes. Additionally, applying transfer credits to a major core can be a tough task.
"It's such a big struggle. I have to go to the credit audit office because most of my credits transferred as Inquiry and Exploration and not as what the classes actually were. I don't want to take classes over," sophomore film and screen studies and transfer student Lindsey Friedberg said.
Sophomore fine arts student Abby Miller, who transferred from Colorado State University, didn't want to feel like a number anymore. "My classes had 500 or so kids in them and it wasn't very personable."
Miller's first impression of the University was a great one. "When I went on my tour and had talked to people, they made the University seem like they were so helpful and that their financial aid was above the rest." The University financially awards those who transfer with up to $12,000 in scholarships, according to Pace.edu. The Transfer Incentive Award and the Dean's Recognition Award are both offered for up to four years.
Despite this, Miller's perception soon changed. "Nobody wants to make your life easier and their financial aid stinks. Nobody helps you in the office when you ask them questions about how to obtain more financial aid. They just tell you they are out of money and better luck next semester. Needless to say, it's pretty much chaos."
Other struggles include transferring credits. Pace.edu states that the University has a transfer credit agreement program called "One on One" with some community colleges all over the nation and institutions in Australia, Brazil and Chile, which makes the process easier, according to businessweek.com. If schools do not fall in the "One on One" agreements, transfer credits are only equal to lower-division and some upper-division classes. Additionally, applying transfer credits to a major core can be a tough task.
"It's such a big struggle. I have to go to the credit audit office because most of my credits transferred as Inquiry and Exploration and not as what the classes actually were. I don't want to take classes over," sophomore film and screen studies and transfer student Lindsey Friedberg said.
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