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Not that uncommon.
When I was deciding whether to transfer, one of the deans and a professor personally called me to “talk through the decision.”
And I disagree with what you said. Transferring is a personal decision, but it’s not “personal” in the sense that no one will know about it. I mean, people would get the hint when you don’t show up at the same school next year
I guess it’s rude if you haven’t gotten in anywhere yet and are thus “trying to transfer”; on the other hand, if staff mentioned that a student had transferred to X and then the staff talked to each other about how that student left … that’s totally normal and fine imo
The fact that you attend a law school is not “private,” and an administration informing faculty that certain students have transferred is not an act of “gossip.”
Yes, it’s obviously not private, but I have not transferred yet…I am still waiting to hear back from a few law schools…