The most important criterion for transfer admission is confirmed to be the postsecondary grade point average. This factor is preferred due to its ability to demonstrate a student’s success. That does not come unexpectedly since the students that aim at transfer admissions are selected by their efficiency and achievements in learning. There are no educational institutions that want their students (primarily transferred ones) to lack study skills or potential. Other important criteria include recommendations from previous institutions and their quality, essays, and performance in standardized tests.
Regarding the applicant’s characteristics, both negative and positive ones may be determined. Negative characteristics include student’s part-time enrollment and student’s having more than sixty or more transfer credit hours or a negative GED. Positive characteristics mostly deal with the student’s experience in the highly competitive environment and desire to learn more about the institution that may allow transfer admission. Naturally, if a student wants to enroll full-time, it is viewed as a positive characteristic.
Perspective of Equity
First and foremost, it is near to impossible to ensure equity in such complex and sophisticated models as modern education. Furthermore, even if it is possible, there will certainly be cases when a student receives an admission instead of another one. Nevertheless, the modern model of transfer admissions allows for a highly competitive environment in which one is guaranteed to have high chances to succeed if one work hard. The criteria and characteristics that the modern competitive transfer admission model places above others are not picked accidentally. These factors ensure that an institution will only accept promising students that sincerely want to work hard and achieve a number of different goals. This is the most equity one may ask for, at least, as for now.