Does the prestige of the school you’re transferring from matter?

[Anonymous]

I understand that CC kids are prioritized when applying to state flagships. But if those same CC kids were applying to private universities, do they have an advantage over kids who are intending to transfer from more well known public or private universities? (i.e. NoVa CC vs Berkeley student applying to T30)

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

My kid is miserable at an Ivy.

How are chances to transfer to a school like Vanderbilt or Duke or Northwestern?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is miserable at an Ivy.

How are chances to transfer to a school like Vanderbilt or Duke or Northwestern?

I was curious. As far as I can tell, Duke is the toughest. Still only about a 4 percent chance as a transfer. Vanderbilt is a little better - 5 to 8 percent. And Northwestern is the most favorable at about 13 percent. I'm sure the Ivy brand helps. Worth a shot if they're unhappy at their school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is miserablet at an Ivy.

How are chances to transfer to a school like Vanderbilt or Duke or Northwestern?

What school?

[Anonymous]

Michigan accepted 100s more transfer students from out of state than in-state this year. The data was just released last week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is miserable at an Ivy.

How are chances to transfer to a school like Vanderbilt or Duke or Northwestern?

Vanderbilt & Northwestern have built reputations as transfer friendly schools. Unfortunately, as this becomes more well known, getting admitted as a transfer student becomes more difficult. Nevertheless, any Ivy League student wishing to transfer out of Harvard, Yale, Wharton, or Princeton will probably receive extra consideration. Probably a bit less so for Columbia, Penn, or Cornell without a very specific reason for wanting to transfer to Vanderbilt or Northwestern. Not uncommon for some Columbia students to be overwhelmed with the core curriculum and life in NYC.

Whether true or not, many associate Dartmouth & Brown more with LACs than National Universities. There are similarities between Dartmouth students and Duke if the student is preppy.

The above two paragraphs should be regarded as opinion only as each transfer applicant receives a thorough review at Northwestern & at Vanderbilt.

Transfer students from community colleges often get very serious consideration as those students must move on from a two year college to a four year school. If the target school (Northwestern or Vanderbilt for example) believes that the community college transfer applicant can handle the academic work, then that transfer applicant from a CC will receive very serious consideration--especially true for CC applicants to Princeton University.

Among Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and Duke, Vanderbilt offers the easiest transfer admission, while Duke is the toughest.

Duke & Northwestern require both high school & college transcripts; Vandy does not require high school transcripts.

Only Duke requires an interview.

Vanderbilt received 2,932 transfer applications and accepted 553 (about 19% admit rate for transfer applicants). Yield was just over 50%.

Northwestern received 3,264 transfer apps and accepted 423 (almost 13%). Yield was about 54%.

Duke received 1,679 transfer apps and accepted 81 (just under 5%). Yield was almost 62%.

[Anonymous]

In response to OP's question: Prestige may affect review, but the significance of applying as a transfer student from an Ivy League school to Duke, Vanderbilt, or Northwestern is an indication that the transfer applicant can handle the academics if the transfer applicant earned high grades at the Ivy League school.

Broadly speaking, transfer students need to show high grades earned during college and a convincing reason or reasons for wanting to transfer to a particular school (such as major not offered at current Ivy League school, but is offered at Duke, Vanderbilt, or Northwestern).

[Anonymous]

Northwestern had 283 transfer students this fall:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAbTePTOxAD/?igsh=MWlsd3N6NXRqdmp5dg==

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is miserable at an Ivy.

How are chances to transfer to a school like Vanderbilt or Duke or Northwestern?

100% guarantee they will be just as miserable at Northwestern and Duke. We know multiple at those schools
And 3 different ivies(Harvard, Penn, Princeton). They are all harsh for a certain subset of students, yet amazing for others. If yours is not happy at an ivy it is likely they need to change to a school much less competitive such as BC or UVa or UNC. Or an LAC ranked 5-20: still great but not WASP INTENSIVE.

[Anonymous]

my kid is at uc berkeley and is looking to transfer, are there any privates that are transfer friendly that are of similar academic caliber?

[Anonymous]

Many colleges are looking for community college and veteran transfers. The push has slowly been away from peer institutions and more about accessibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is miserable at an Ivy.

How are chances to transfer to a school like Vanderbilt or Duke or Northwestern?

100% guarantee they will be just as miserable at Northwestern and Duke. We know multiple at those schools
And 3 different ivies(Harvard, Penn, Princeton). They are all harsh for a certain subset of students, yet amazing for others. If yours is not happy at an ivy it is likely they need to change to a school much less competitive such as BC or UVa or UNC. Or an LAC ranked 5-20: still great but not WASP INTENSIVE.

Disagree with the above post. Much depends upon one's reason/reasons for transferring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many colleges are looking for community college and veteran transfers. The push has slowly been away from peer institutions and more about accessibility.

This. That describes most transfers into ivies and Duke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is miserable at an Ivy.

How are chances to transfer to a school like Vanderbilt or Duke or Northwestern?

Vanderbilt & Northwestern have built reputations as transfer friendly schools. Unfortunately, as this becomes more well known, getting admitted as a transfer student becomes more difficult. Nevertheless, any Ivy League student wishing to transfer out of Harvard, Yale, Wharton, or Princeton will probably receive extra consideration. Probably a bit less so for Columbia, Penn, or Cornell without a very specific reason for wanting to transfer to Vanderbilt or Northwestern. Not uncommon for some Columbia students to be overwhelmed with the core curriculum and life in NYC.

Whether true or not, many associate Dartmouth & Brown more with LACs than National Universities. There are similarities between Dartmouth students and Duke if the student is preppy.

The above two paragraphs should be regarded as opinion only as each transfer applicant receives a thorough review at Northwestern & at Vanderbilt.

Transfer students from community colleges often get very serious consideration as those students must move on from a two year college to a four year school. If the target school (Northwestern or Vanderbilt for example) believes that the community college transfer applicant can handle the academic work, then that transfer applicant from a CC will receive very serious consideration--especially true for CC applicants to Princeton University.

Among Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and Duke, Vanderbilt offers the easiest transfer admission, while Duke is the toughest.

Duke & Northwestern require both high school & college transcripts; Vandy does not require high school transcripts.

Only Duke requires an interview.

Vanderbilt received 2,932 transfer applications and accepted 553 (about 19% admit rate for transfer applicants). Yield was just over 50%.

Northwestern received 3,264 transfer apps and accepted 423 (almost 13%). Yield was about 54%.

Duke received 1,679 transfer apps and accepted 81 (just under 5%). Yield was almost 62%.

Great information overall, but Vanderbilt requires high school transcripts if applying for sophomore year.