Students 1 and 2, who provided the only matched responses from transfer students that did not participate at all in the TSMP, both exhibited a marked decrease in sense of belonging from the beginning to end of their first transfer semester. A decrease in belongingness among transfer students is consistent with previous research indicating that many transfer students experience "transfer shock" during their first semester, reporting lower confidence in their institutional knowledge after the first semester begins than before they have attended the first semester at their new institution. The fact that the majority of respondents who participated in the TSMP report either little change or bettering of their sense of belonging over the course of the first semester suggests that the TSMP may be mitigating the effects of transfer shock on this population.