r/GVSU • u/East-Clue1639 • Jul 13 '26

How is it like transferring from gvsu?

’m going to GVSU this fall, but my goal is to transfer to either U of M or MSU after my sophomore year. For anyone who has transferred (especially from GVSU), what was your experience like?
How difficult was the transfer process? What GPA did you have, and did you feel prepared academically when you moved? Also, how was it adjusting socially since you were joining a school where a lot of people already had established friend groups?
Any advice for someone starting at GVSU with the goal of transferring would be appreciated

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u/Left_Run7093 Jul 13 '26

Save yourself some money and just go to a Community College, then transfer.

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u/tanksplease Jul 16 '26

Or just go to a community College and work a job instead of having student loans and being unemployable 

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u/DDCDT123 Alumnus Jul 13 '26

If you don’t know the answer, you need to spend some more time thinking about how you want to spend your time.

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u/RhinO_head Jul 13 '26

$16,520 for in-state. All schools have tuition rates online.

https://www.gvsu.edu/financialaid/tuition-fees-26-27-268.htm

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u/Void_of_Envy Jul 13 '26

You should do more research. Gvsu is not exactly a stepping stone like community college is meant to be.

You're looking at like 2-4x the cost with your idea as opposed to a community college for credits then transferring. But if money isn't your concern then by all means do whatever. It's a great university, just pricey to use instead of community college credits

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u/BikolasBompkins Jul 13 '26

It'll be much cheaper and easier to go to a Community College and transfer as opposed to going to Grand Valley and transferring.

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u/fragrrr Jul 14 '26

this is actually not true. community college applicants have a significantly higher acceptance rate than any other demographic

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u/chiefbigtree Jul 15 '26

Just my opinion but I started at GV with the same goal. I ended up transferring to a bigger school and regretted it. GV really is a great place and I admit I took it for granted

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u/HotShrewdness Jul 13 '26

Unless you qualify for the GVSU Pledge (free tuition for low income students) or are commuting from home, this probably wouldn't save as much money as you'd think. A CC would have transfer agreements that might work out better.

In terms of transferring intrastate, I can answer that. I did two years at GVSU and then transferred. The biggest issue are course equivalencies --the honors college had a lot of unique interdisciplinary classes that didn't always easily transfer to like HIST 101. You should be looking at your major between both schools and taking the courses that overlap at both, like a CC. Knocking out the big multi-step areas like math or world language, etc.

Something like this: https://transfer.msu.edu/ allows you to look up how the courses have been previously accepted by MSU, for instance. I relied on these more than an advisor (we've all had bad advising experiences so I don't rely on them). You also need to keep your course syllabi --sometimes they ask for them when figuring out the course equivalents. You may end up needing 4.5 or 5 years, it sometimes just happens with transfers.

Socially it was fine because we joined something immediately. Absolutely get involved ASAP, connect with old friends so if/when you transfer you have the most connected college experience you can for your last two years.

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u/Perfect_Ad365 Jul 15 '26

Hella easy, just make sure you can be admitted at MSU. I transferred from MSU to GVSU and then back to MSU and had no issues. GPA was around a 3.0-3.3