Springboarding

When someone enrolls at one college for the sole purpose of transferring into another college the very next year. This is often done because they can't get into their first pick when they first apply because their high school grades aren't good enough to get them into there, so they enroll at another college that they did get accepted into, get better grades at that college, then apply to their first pick again as a transfer student.

"Bailey's transferring to another college next year."

"Did he change his major or something?"

"Nah, that college was his first pick in high school, but he didn't get in at first."

"So he's springboarding."

by hedabla99 November 2, 2020