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Transferring is no big deal for the rest of the population of a university.  Why should it be for athletes?  And ss Bobk says, other sports allow them without a sit-out requirement as it is.

True, but those other sports don't involve "big money". It at least seems to me that sports such as volleyball operate closer to the student-athlete model, and actually have a minimal level of "morality" in what happens. Unfortunately, I think this is changing, but it hasn't totally yet. I realize that there are more behind the scenes issues than the average fan sees, but we haven't had a Reggie Bush situation, at least not yet. Football for sure involves big alumni dollars, TV contracts, and lots of other things. As C.al is about to show us, some of those sports that have no transfer restrictions don't continue without football dollars. Football is a different case, I'm afraid.

The question I always have about transfers and Stanford is how does a player who didn't submit a Stanford undergrad application as a Senior in High School get vetted for admission after establishing a college course record at another school? If someone proves they can do college level coursework at a major university, do they have to "go back" and complete the same standard undergrad application?  Or, is there another process for a transfer, that looks only at college courses, or otherwise doesn't consider high school record as much?

I don't know what the procedure is either. When I was at Stanford, a fair number of transfer students were accepted each year. As I understand it, this is no longer the case and there are very few transfers accepted. I am sure the process is as arcane and opaque as admissions themselves are.

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Transferring is no big deal for the rest of the population of a university.  Why should it be for athletes?  And ss Bobk says, other sports allow them without a sit-out requirement as it is.

True, but those other sports don't involve "big money". It at least seems to me that sports such as volleyball operate closer to the student-athlete model, and actually have a minimal level of "morality" in what happens. Unfortunately, I think this is changing, but it hasn't totally yet. I realize that there are more behind the scenes issues than the average fan sees, but we haven't had a Reggie Bush situation, at least not yet. Football for sure involves big alumni dollars, TV contracts, and lots of other things. As C.al is about to show us, some of those sports that have no transfer restrictions don't continue without football dollars. Football is a different case, I'm afraid.

The question I always have about transfers and Stanford is how does a player who didn't submit a Stanford undergrad application as a Senior in High School get vetted for admission after establishing a college course record at another school? If someone proves they can do college level coursework at a major university, do they have to "go back" and complete the same standard undergrad application?  Or, is there another process for a transfer, that looks only at college courses, or otherwise doesn't consider high school record as much?

I don't know what the procedure is either. When I was at Stanford, a fair number of transfer students were accepted each year. As I understand it, this is no longer the case and there are very few transfers accepted. I am sure the process is as arcane and opaque as admissions themselves are.