From Bama to Yale?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP’s kid isn’t an athlete or veteran so these pages of posts are irrelevant.

It STARTED irrelevant. Bama to Yale will never happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who transferred from Bama to Georgetown after sophomore year.

I know someone who transferred from a state school to Harvard after freshman year.

Stats and distinguishing yourself are important.

Having said that, being a top student at Bama could open the door to scholarship money for grad school. Why jump ship?

The Yale grads I know aren’t all that impressive.

I also sort of agree with this statement -- is your kid socially happy at Alabama? Do they want to go to professional grad school where GPA is really what matters (i.e. med or law school)? Maybe graduating with a 4.0 from Alabama isn't such a bad thing. I would think a 4.0 from Alabama would open more doors than a 3.3 (or whatever) from Cornell.

[Anonymous]

High school grades still count. Grades at a school like Alabama are hard to judge. Lots of average kids who get their work done get good grades. Yale will expect more and won’t be able to judge her capabilities.

My son is applying to a Top 20 SLAC and was told by a coach that an athlete wanted to transfer but one bad grade in high school prevented a transfer. And this isn’t Yale.

[Anonymous]

Yale is very hard to break into socially if you didn’t come in as a freshman. The college system kind of guarantees that. I would suggest that if going to Yale is something your child wants to do, look into grad school. The clock starts over socially and the incoming students come from a wide variety of schools.

[Anonymous]

Just curious, what do you not like about Bama?