How easy / difficult it is transferring from a T10 to HYPMS?
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Anonymous
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Pretty much what the title says...
What about between two T10s (non HYPMS)? |
Anonymous
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I mean you can see how many transfers those 5 schools take in the CDS. Not many.
Do that work then come back? P and S like community college transfers. Y likes former military. |
Anonymous
| Princeton - impossible unless you are a varsity athlete or non-traditional student (mostly CC transfers or ex-military). |
Anonymous
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It's generally exceedingly hard because top10 schools want to give their transfer spots to kids who haven't been given an elite opportunity yet.
They love community college kids, military kids, etc. |
Anonymous
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Most of them don't do this and call it a "lateral transfer."
It would be much easier to come from a school ranked 30 or 50 or 100. Better yet--community college. |
Anonymous
| HYPSM makes up 5 of the top 10, so... |
Anonymous
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Personally, I don't quite understand it unless you ended with your safety school. Just imagine, all kids are excited to make new friends, explore new campus and dress up with new spirit wears. You are working hard to leave this place and not sure whether you can make it.
I would choose to enjoy the 4 years and aim higher for MS, PhD, etc. There are still chances for MS, PHD, etc. |
Anonymous
| It's generally not happening. For transfers at this level, they're looking for very talented unconventional students who weren't able to apply as a freshman. An awesome community college transfer has a much better chance than an unhappy Duke transfer. |
Anonymous
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Seeking to transfer from a top10 to another top10 is sort of like advertising that you're a possible PITA: "sure, this school is great but it's not quite good enough for me."
I can see what colleges are not lining up to take these kids. I think if you want to make this jump you need to have a very good reason for doing so. |
Anonymous
| I went to HYPSM, and I recall very few transfers coming in. I can only think of one person I know who transferred in. So probably very difficult. |
Anonymous
You probably had over 1300-1500 in your class and 5200-6000 in the college--how many people did you really know? |
Anonymous
DP. But these schools typically have 98 percent graduation rates. There aren't a lot of transfers. I think transferring from one top 10 to another top 10 is basically non-existent. HYPSM all have better and more interesting transfer options than a disgruntled student from another elite school. |
Anonymous
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The one transfer I know was a transfer between MIT and Harvard who actually was already cross-registering for a lot of classes and doing research with a professor at the other school.
The person who said these schools have a high graduation rate and not a lot of spots is correct. Students who struggle also don't tend to leave permanently or open up a spot, they take a semester or two off, which does not create an opening. |
Anonymous
| they take minimal |
Anonymous
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I know recent transfers from:
Michigan to Georgetown Rice to Duke Northwestern to Stanford (very unique major) Syracuse to Dartmouth As an example, Dartmouth admitted 62 transfers and 32 enrolled in Fall 2024. |