I think it is hard to transfer, cuz everyone knows each other in this field. The most difficult question is that..how to tell the prof. you wanna leave.(If you say family reason to let prof believe in you, it will limit your choices again), and if in the end, you cannot go elsewhere, how can you get along with others as well as before? (maybe i think too much) What's more, it is hard to state the reasoning of transfer in SOP. To save all of the troubles, i will say maybe reapply next year and not think about transfer(I mean apply for 2010 Fall). Transfering is the worst choice in my opinion. BTW, I heard one guy in other field asking for transfer, and in the end, he cannot make it to other school. The current prof did not pay the fellowship anymore. So...the guy left the school. He is in industry now. |