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Transfer student Debbie Ford; a senior, takes time
off for her daily run; junior transfer Lisa Simmons
works as a disc jockey at campus radio station
WXYC-FM.
1975. In 1975, 909 transfer students were enrolled; in
1976, the number dropped to 801; in the fall of 1977,
transfer enrollment rose to 881; in 1978 it dropped to
855; and in 1979 transfer enrollment was back up to
884.
Margaret Folger, assistant director of admissions at
UNC, said the number of transfers admitted was
determined by the projected enrollment and total
number of students admitted to Carolina. For
summer and fall 1979, 2,568 transfer students applied
for admission, 1,360 were accepted and 884 enrolled.
For next fall, Folger said, admissions officials want
about 3,200 freshmen and 862 transfer students to
enroll.
"There's still more competition among out-of-state
applicants than for North Carolina residents,
because a maximum of 15 percent of, all those
admitted can be from out of state," Folger said.
Competition for admission also may be keener
among applicants for health affairs, business
administration, journalism, education and other
specialized programs, she said.
Admissions criteria for transfer students also differ
from those used to select entering freshmen.
College board scores are used only for advising
purposes after a transfer student is admitted, Folger
said.
"We use their (transfer students') grades from
previous college work," Folger said. "And in some
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cases it (admission) may depend on the courses
taken, too." -
Although students may transfer to Carolina from
any accredited college or university, applicants
whose transcripts show that a large number of credit
hours would not be transferrable are warned that
they would lose credit hours if they enrolled at UNC,
Folger said. Also, students who are not accepted for
enrollment as freshmen may be advised as to what
courses to take at other institutions to increase their
chances of being accepted as junior transfers.
' wanted both sides of the coin; I
wanted the smal I -school
atmosphere, and I wanted the
advantages of a large university
. Lisa Simmons
"For most in-state schools we have outlines of
what courses they can take which would be
comparable to what they would be taking here," she
said.
Because the number of applications always
" exceeds the number of spaces available for transfer
students, Carolina does not need to do much
recruiting of these students, Folger said.
"We do go to the community colleges and sponsor
a college-day program like those we sponsor for
incoming freshmen," she said.
I, eeping track of students who transfer from
Carolina to other colleges or universities is
difficult because the University has no way of
knowing what happens to students who do not
return, research official Sanford said. Since 1974,
however, UNC has been required by the federal
government to survey students who drop out to
determine those students' reasons for leaving
school. Sanford said no consistent trends could be
determined by the survey because the format of the
questionnaire sent to non-returning students was
changed after three years. Response to a survey of
students who entered Carolina in fall 1978, however,
showed that of 133 respondents, 101 transferred to
other colleges or universities before fall 1979.
"Most of the reasons why people leave would lead
you to believe they transferred," Sanford said.
"Among new entering students you find a large
degree of disillusionment with the size of the
University.
"Also, about 30 to 40 percent of those who drop
out every year say they plan to return at some time in
the future' he said. "The numbers (of students who
drop out) really are fairly small there doesn't seem
to be any widespread dissatisfaction."
Deadlines for junior transfer applications are in
February, as are those for entering freshmen, but
acceptance of transfers continues until quotas are
filled, Folger said. Because students may be accepted
in late summer, there often is not enough time to
make contact with the student before he or she
comes to Carolina.
"We invite them to attend optional summer
orientation Tar Heel days," said Roslyn Hartmann,
assistant director for student development within
the Division of Student Affairs. "At that point you
can't do too much academic counseling because a
lot of their (transfer student's) records haven't