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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]idk how many transfers per year Duke accepts, but I'd put money on most of them being from UVA and UNC.[/quote]

Or, they come from schools that are very different from Duke.  I know a student who transferred from Brown after first year.  She found Brown unfriendly and was very happy at Duke.  
I have two kids in college and one in HS.  Kids transfer all the time; it's not such a big deal.  A successful transfer application requires high grades, so it's not about being "overwhelmed" -- just wanting something different, either academically or socially or both.  As far as transfers from UVA, a friend of one of my kids transferred from UVA to Georgetown because she preferred an urban setting and a stronger program in global politics and economics.  [/quote]

I think there are several types of transfers.  First, those that are unhappy and want something different.  Second, those that decide they want a different major that may be better elsewhere.  Third, those that have ambition for a more prestigious school and use their first school as a stepping stone.

The top, top schools typically don't take many transfers because retention rates are high.  Virginia schools are different in that even if they have high retention rates (UVA, W&M), they have the enrollment agreements with community colleges, UVA Wise, Richard Bland.[/quote]

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