From Bama to Yale?

[Anonymous]

My DC is at the University of Alabama and wants to transfer to a top school. Yale is the first choice but also looking at Brown and Duke.

Kid was a good but not an outstanding student in HS but really focused on school once in college and now has a near perfect GPA.

My question is - how feasible is this? Also, would schools like Yale still like to see the HS transcripts or will they just care about the college grades?

[Anonymous]

Hahahaha

[Anonymous]

Roll Tide!

[Anonymous]

Transfers are very hard. If trying to transfer after freshman year then they will look at high school record. Need a compelling reason for transfer and I think community college students and such are prioritized over students trying to transfer to upgrade without a real need like a niche program not offered at cheer school. That’s my limited understanding from things I’ve read, no personal experience.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Yale transfer acceptance rate is 1.76 percent.

It's generally not feasible to transfer to a top 20 school. It doesn't hurt to try, but wouldn't count on it.

[Anonymous]

Has your child looked at the Transfer Application Instructions on the Yale website?
The part where it says you need your high school transcript?
This is following basic steps 101 and if your child has not mastered this, I am curious how rigorous the coursework is at Bama

[Anonymous]

Retake ACT or SAT

[Anonymous]

Transfer is going to be tough. I thought this was going to be about grad school - I made a similar leap from undergrad to law school so I know it's possible.

[Anonymous]

Transfer acceptance rates are even lower than first year admissions, you saw Yale and I think Brown is around 3%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Transfer acceptance rates are even lower than first year admissions, you saw Yale and I think Brown is around 3%.

Brown is 3% for regular decision directly out of HS. It might be even lower for transfers. At convocation there weren’t many walking through the gates this year.

[Anonymous]

Never gonna happen. Never.

[Anonymous]

Look at schools that have high(er) transfer acceptance rates. Columbia, Cornell, Vandy, etc. easy to google.

[Anonymous]

Alabama is not a good school. Sorry op but good luck to your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Transfer acceptance rates are even lower than first year admissions, you saw Yale and I think Brown is around 3%.

Brown is 3% for regular decision directly out of HS. It might be even lower for transfers. At convocation there weren’t many walking through the gates this year.

Mine got in last year, believe it was 5% for regular. It was a good day watching him walk through that gate!