Transfer from one T10 to another?

[Anonymous]

A transfer from one T10 to another is extremely unlikely to succeed. They all have a 98 percent or so retention rate, so there aren't many spots available. And they typically prioritize students who didn't get a chance for to apply as freshman - could be bright community college students, could be military, could be a lot of things. But the last thing a T10 university needs is yet another standard smart kid that brings nothing new to the college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very unlikely to happen. Definitely not happening at any of the tippy top schools since they like community college or nontraditional candidates.

Brown has spring Transfer so they may have already filled some of their class? Dartmouth takes very few.
I’d look at transfer ED - U Chicago or Northwestern? Also Columbia and Vanderbilt. Michigan but the deadline may be soon?

Please share more about this spring transfer? Does that mean you submit a transfer application earlier than the regular transfer? How early? What is the spring acceptance rate?

It's due Oct 1. Start on campus in January. Don't know the acceptance rate. A few schools do this. Research.
Saw a few who got in - ask your CCO.

[Anonymous]

Chicago B is PEnn A. There was a kid who did that. Easy peasy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]Essentially zero shot at a T10 transfer[/b] unless you went to Deep Springs / feeder CC / gap year and did something incredible.

Harvard is .8%. Not worth trying unless ex-military. https://pathivy.com/blog/harvard-transfer-admissions-guide-requirements-and-acceptance-rates#:~:text=Transferring%20to%20Harvard%20is%20extremely,receives%201%2C500%2D1%2C800%20transfer%20applications.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, DC's good friend unhappy at a T10, and is applying to transfer to, it seems, every other T10.

Any examples of success with this strategy? Not my business but it seems like a huge suck of time and money, probably to get rejected everywhere but at best to get an acceptance to a very similar place where the kid would have to start again from scratch.

Sounds like an endless prestige search. Kid is obviously at JHU or Chicago and trying to upgrade.

Actually, that's not it. Some of the schools the kid is applying to are ranked lower than current school (but still in T10).

I think the kid is unhappy, and it's a case of 'grass is always greener' when in fact it's a case of the grass is pretty much the same but on the new lawn I'll have to weed and water the whole patch again when I just finished that work over here. . . .

Sad when kid is unhappy but it's frustrating to see him follow such an ineffective strategy to make things better.

Are you saying kid is not now at Chicago or JHU, or admitting that is the case? Kid probably has figured out that neither school is really considered a top 10. Not saying that is the only reason, but if kid is unhappy, they would not only be applying to top 10s but to many other still prestigious schools - to ensure a transfer. Apparently, that is not happening…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A transfer from one T10 to another is extremely unlikely to succeed. They all have a 98 percent or so retention rate, so there aren't many spots available. And they typically prioritize students who didn't get a chance for to apply as freshman - could be bright community college students, could be military, could be a lot of things. But the last thing a T10 university needs is yet another standard smart kid that brings nothing new to the college.

My kid’s roommate at a top ten transferred to another top 10, so I know for sure it is possible.