She said discussions have been held to find "a legal and fair way of merging transfer applicants with new applicants."

However, very few transfer applicants are approved.

There are indications that many private colleges are more actively seeking transfer applicants.

There were 1,233 transfer applicants, in which 736 (59 percent) were accepted.

That same year, 1470 of 1822 transfer applicants were accepted.

Generally in the past, the uncertainty surrounding the issue of credit transfers has been a continuing headache for transfer applicants.

About a tenth of colleges (11%) consider it a negative if the transfer applicant planned to only attend the new school "part-time".

Often large public universities are well-suited to absorb many transfer applicants.

Typically, the university has a selectivity ratio of around 50% for freshmen, although it is more selective when dealing with transfer applicants.

UB received 6,107 transfer applicants, admitted 3,623, and enrolled 1,850.