I also transferred here from Meredith College (in Raleigh, also--i am a girl).I transferred in during the Spring semester and also got in almost immediately. I would recommend transferring then. On another note, Appalachian certainly isn't the hardest school to transfer into in the state but it really depends on your selected major. I got my associate degree in fine arts from a community college before attending meredith and then coming here. Fine art majors always get screwed because almost every college in the state is going to want you to re-take all of your studio classes. It is rather sad because you think that you are saving money by going to a community college but realistically you're not. Although an associate's degree always looks prettier with your bachelor's degree or masters, you will probably have to re-take 3 or 4 classes over no matter what college you transfer to, no matter what your major is. This is just the incontinence that the community college to university transfer has. I do know a select few people who transferred to appstate with their associates in art (not fine arts), however, and they didn't have to re-take but like 1 class. It was pretty awesome and that is a lot better than a lot of other colleges.