I know kids who got into UMD as transfers.

Yeah, from DC's HS, there were three students who transferred to UChicago, two to Penn, two to Northwestern, and one to Columbia.

I know someone who got into Duke for this fall as a transfer (humanities male) after attending elsewhere for freshman year. Was rejected the first time around.

Your kid was not shut out. They did not get into the colleges they applied and wanted to

We personally know 2 who got into Vanderbilt, one who got into UNC, 4 who transferred to UVA.

Shut out means the applicant was aiming too high. If the same unrealistic approach carries through to the transfer, the outcome could be the same.

My kid knows people who have been accepted as transfers by Vanderbilt and Northwestern.

Anonymous wrote:If he was truly shut out, he's not transferring -- he's taking a gap year and reapplying. If what you actually mean is he was accepted and will attend a less preferred school, it will be much better for his happiness and success to go in with the attitude of making the best of it, aiming to stay, and developing relationships. If he's truly unhappy in the beginning of spring semester, then he can consider transferring.

Agree. Transferring is no picnic.

If he was truly shut out, he's not transferring -- he's taking a gap year and reapplying. If what you actually mean is he was accepted and will attend a less preferred school, it will be much better for his happiness and success to go in with the attitude of making the best of it, aiming to stay, and developing relationships. If he's truly unhappy in the beginning of spring semester, then he can consider transferring.

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you asking if any students were successfully able to transfer to schools that had previously rejected them, or just asking about transfer experience in general for students who didn’t get into any of their preferred schools?

The former.

I know three kids who transferred from their safety school to dream school. They got excellent grades at the safety so basically went in with them through of transferring and it was fine.

OP, are you asking if any students were successfully able to transfer to schools that had previously rejected them, or just asking about transfer experience in general for students who didn’t get into any of their preferred schools?

DC was admitted to Penn after finishing their freshman year at a state school for humanities.

not one of the shut out kids from our private got in the following year or this year. Class of 2023 HS. Many tried for ivies/Chicago/Duke. Students from the class got accepted and attended those places so maybe that was against them? Or just private school. My kid's ivy accepts a couple dozen transfers but not many and usually they are underprivieged backgrounds and often from CC. Cornell accepts the most transfers and Duke accepted a ton this year targeting humanties students specifically. They took double the normal or something

Any advice?