. Interested students completed a survey to provide demographic and schedulinginformation. Participants were chosen from six engineering majors - civil, chemical, computer,electrical, industrial, and mechanical - and were diverse with respect to gender and ethnicity.Selected students were interviewed in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, and Fall 2012. We used a semi-structured interview protocol to learn more about student experiences with the transfer process.The protocol covered a variety of topics including why students selected the engineering major,why they chose to pursue the transfer pathway, experiences with the transfer process, andchallenges in making the academic and social transitions to the new institution. Just prior to theinterview and after