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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a kid who transferred from UVA to Brown after their first year. Their parents were both Ivy alums, though, so I assume that they didn't get in to an Ivy in the first go-around and were using UVA as a stepping stone to transfer into one.[/quote]

T[b]his.  I don't think the posters on this thread realize that transferring out often means transferring to a [i]better [/i]school, not necessarily a lesser one.[/quote][/b]

We're talking about UVA's high retention rate.  Retention rate and transfer rate are two different things.  Graduation rate is the percentage of a school’s first-time, first-year undergraduate students who complete their program within 150% of the published time for the program. For example, for a four-year degree program, entering students who complete within six years are counted as graduates.

Retention rate is the percentage of a school’s first-time, first-year undergraduate students who continue at that school the next year. For example, a student who studies full-time in the fall semester and keeps on studying in the program in the next fall semester is counted in this rate.

Transfer rate is the percentage of a school’s first-time, first-year undergraduate students who transfer to another college within 150% of the published time for the program. For example, a student who is in a four-year degree program is counted as a transfer if the student goes to another college within six years.

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They are two related things.  If the entire freshman class transfers, the retention rate equals zero.[/quote]

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