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Success For Transfer Students

Being a transfer student is not just for people who did not get into their first choice college anymore.

The image of transfer students to four-year universities, especially those from community college, as unsuccessful has long lost its relevance.

Over 40% of college students now attend more than one college, and many save money by beginning their career at a local community college before making the jump to a four year school.

If you do this, you can both save money and join the ranks of other transfers – Presidents Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy and John Quincy Adams.

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