As many eager-eyed
prospective students filled the Gallery at Georgiadis Hall, J. Sargeant
Reynolds Community College was ready to kick off their Transfer Information
Night on Wednesday, December 3rd. As each student and parent
entered, they were handed a packet of information on Reynolds’ guaranteed transfer
agreements with the many colleges in attendance.
Proceeding
to the exhibit presentation area, the perimeter of the room was filled with college
representatives from around the state. Those in attendance included Virginia
Tech, University of Virginia, Old Dominion University, University of Richmond,
Virginia Commonwealth University, and James Madison University.
With the
students and parents settled into their seats, the presentation began with a
short introduction from Tracy Green, Director of Outreach and Recruitment at
Reynolds. Christine Joseph, Recruitment Coordinator, spoke about Reynolds
transfer options and played a short video of an alumnus who utilized the
transfer program and is now in a successful career.
Robin Beale,
Transfer Counselor, came up to speak about
the requirements when applying and everything that Reynolds has to offer.
She then greeted all eleven admission representatives from each college to come
up to the stage to briefly introduce themselves. Each representative stood up
and introduced the crowd with their name, the college they were representing,
and what their particular college was looking for from a transfer student at
Reynolds.
As each
representative stood up, many spoke about specific grade point averages to
attain, while both the VCU and UVA representatives said preparedness is a huge entity
that each college looks for in a student. They
said they want to see that the classes the student took here at Reynolds were
all in preparation for a certain path that the student would like take at
either UVA or VCU.
Jane Todd,
Assistant Director for Virginia Tech’s undergraduate admissions office, spoke
about logistics for applying as a transfer student. She also expanded her
introduction by saying that “over 65% of our transfer students come from
community college, so it shows that you can get those courses right here at
Reynolds and it is a very viable way to transfer.”
As the
presentation began to wrap up, the students and parents were advised to make
their way around the room to visit the different college representative’s
booths and gather as much information as needed.
Christine
Joseph said, “This was the greatest amount in attendance with about 100
participants” based on any other year that Reynolds has hosted this event. She
also said that “based on the evaluations, students and parents would like to
see more transfer college representatives in the future which is a great sign.”
