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A study was conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to compare the academic progress of two-year college transfers, senior college transfers, and continuing juniors (natives) at UIUC as measured by mean grade point average (GPA), academic status, and continued enrollment through 2 years after transfer. Study findings, based on data of 835 community college transfers, 540 four-year college transfers, and 4,588 native students, included the following: (1) 2 years after transfer, approximately 38 % of the community college transfers and 39 % of the four-yeas transfers had graduated, as had 58 % of the native juniors; (2) retention rates were 91 % for native juniors, 83 % for four-year college transfers, and 82 % for community college transfers; (3) two-and four-year college transfer students had similar pre-transfer GPAs (4.28 and 4.20), while native juniors had an accumulated lowe