Transferring from one 4-year university to another requires planning.

It’s important to research transfer requirements and your admissions chances before sending out transfer applications.

A good place to start researching is at a college’s Common Data Set (CDS), which can be found by Googling ‘school name Common Data Set’. Transfer information is in section D. Some schools, however, don’t release their CDSs (University of Chicago and USC immediately come to mind). In such cases you can go to College Board’s Big Future website (http://bigfuture.org). On each school’s profile site you’ll find a ‘for transfer students’ button.