Individual or Discussion Questions When Working with Transfer Students

1. “What brought you to your previous college?”

2. “What brought you to the current college?”

3. “What worked well at your previous college that you want to keep?”

4. “What are you glad to leave behind?”

5. “What responsibilities outside school affect your coursework here?”

6. “Who helped you make the move or supported you along the way?”

7. “What do you wish someone had explained before you arrived?”

8. “What feels familiar from your previous college?”

9. “What feels unfamiliar at this campus?”

10. “What strength or strategy from your previous college may help you here?”

11. “What part of this campus remains unclear?”

12. “What is one thing you want to carry forward, and one thing you want to do differently?”