Notre Dame has almost a 30% transfer acceptance rate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe that the 30% statistic includes those students who attend neighbor school Holy Cross their freshman year via the Gateway Program. These students are not (yet) officially Notre Dame students but they do take one ND class and then upon successfully completing their first year in Gateway at Holy Cross "transfer" to be a fully matriculating ND student.

https://admissions.nd.edu/gateway-program/faq/#faq_787

Nearby Saint Mary's too.

Yeah, I know SMC has some 3x2 joint programs with ND- engineering, etc. I would imagine those are included in the transfer acceptance rate?

[Anonymous]

People underestimate how many students crash and burn their freshman year. If you have a good GPA at a lot of schools that are lower ranked than Notre Dame, you’ll be fine there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People underestimate how many students crash and burn their freshman year. If you have a good GPA at a lot of schools that are lower ranked than Notre Dame, you’ll be fine there.

Exactly. I’ll hedge bets on a student whose completed college work with a 3.9 over some high schooler.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think transfer rates should be factored in to US News selectivity formula. A 13% freshman rate and a 30% transfer rate isn't as selective as it initially seems. Same woth Vandy, UNC etc.

EXCEPT USNWR hasn’t uneven used freshman acceptance rates in the last 6 years. So whatever you thought ranking signaled about selectivity, it didn’t.

[Anonymous]

ND has a high retention rate. The kids they’re bringing in are mostly through the established transfer partner program. Filling beds that are empty from kids spending time abroad etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think transfer rates should be factored in to US News selectivity formula. A 13% freshman rate and a 30% transfer rate isn't as selective as it initially seems. Same woth Vandy, UNC etc.

EXCEPT USNWR hasn’t uneven used freshman acceptance rates in the last 6 years. So whatever you thought ranking signaled about selectivity, it didn’t.

They should, seems like they pay attention to everything else except fundamentals

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think transfer rates should be factored in to US News selectivity formula. A 13% freshman rate and a 30% transfer rate isn't as selective as it initially seems. Same woth Vandy, UNC etc.

EXCEPT USNWR hasn’t uneven used freshman acceptance rates in the last 6 years. So whatever you thought ranking signaled about selectivity, it didn’t.

They should, seems like they pay attention to everything else except fundamentals

The rankings were always useless. Now they are even more useless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USC has an incredibly EASY transfer in pathway. As does the entire UC system, including Berkeley and UCLA.

Yes, but you have to be accepted into it when you apply as a freshman. It's also recommended that you go to a community college not a 4 year institution prior to transferring.

DD was accepted into the pathways program but declined because she didn't want to go to community college. She decided to apply as a sophomore transfer and got in. She has a 4.0 in college majoring in Engineering. We are not CA residents.