Anonymous wrote:I went to HYPSM, and I recall very few transfers coming in. I can only think of one person I know who transferred in. So probably very difficult.

+1. I, too, went to Harvard. Very few transfer. Those that I knew were military

Anonymous wrote:Only know people who have transferred to Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, Columbia (GS), and Cornell. Outside of that, it’s basically a statistical anomaly.

Agree, Vandy in particular as they take a ton of transfers. Cornell mostly kids who got the come as a sophomore offer.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty much what the title says...

What about between two T10s (non HYPMS)?

Lost cause.

Fall 2024 Transfer admits per CDS:

Harvard: 16 admitted (13 enrolled)

Yale: 30 admitted (23 enrolled) - huge commitment to military vets/Eli Whitney program

Princeton: 38 admitted (36 enrolled) - "We particularly encourage applications from students from lower-income backgrounds, community college students and U.S. military veterans."

MIT: 32 admitted (28 enrolled)

Stanford: 65 admitted (56 enrolled) - huge community college culture in California - vast majority at Stanford are CC

https://toptieradmissions.com/the-best-schools-for-transferring/

The CC students that get in as transfers to top schools are not people who screwed around in high school or are late bloomers. From what I’ve seen they are usually kids with very good high school stats that would have been competitive the first time around but have to stick around home for whatever reason for a year.

No, many on Reddit are kids who had really crappy high school grades but turned it around 180 degrees and cranked through community college with straight As.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much what the title says...

What about between two T10s (non HYPMS)?

Lost cause.

Fall 2024 Transfer admits per CDS:

Harvard: 16 admitted (13 enrolled)

Yale: 30 admitted (23 enrolled) - huge commitment to military vets/Eli Whitney program

Princeton: 38 admitted (36 enrolled) - "We particularly encourage applications from students from lower-income backgrounds, community college students and U.S. military veterans."

MIT: 32 admitted (28 enrolled)

Stanford: 65 admitted (56 enrolled) - huge community college culture in California - vast majority at Stanford are CC

https://toptieradmissions.com/the-best-schools-for-transferring/

The CC students that get in as transfers to top schools are not people who screwed around in high school or are late bloomers. From what I’ve seen they are usually kids with very good high school stats that would have been competitive the first time around but have to stick around home for whatever reason for a year.

DP here. I know people who transferred:

Dartmouth to Yale
Dartmouth to Stanford
Johns Hopkins to Stanford

Anonymous wrote:I know recent transfers from:

Michigan to Georgetown
Rice to Duke
Northwestern to Stanford (very unique major)
Syracuse to Dartmouth

As an example, Dartmouth admitted 62 transfers and 32 enrolled in Fall 2024.

Rice to Duke surprises me. Seems hard to justify.

Anonymous wrote:Only know people who have transferred to Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, Columbia (GS), and Cornell. Outside of that, it’s basically a statistical anomaly.

Cornell has a sophomore admit program, which makes me think it might be a hard transfer if you haven't applied already.

Duke took over 100 humanities major transfers this year, doubt any from other T10, more likely state schools, SLACs, and or underprivileged. They usually take 35-50 due to more room on the upper class campus, not due to freshman leaving. The increase this year as well as the increased freshman class with the last minute waitlist group is likely due to new admissions dean goal of mild expansion of undergrad population (by 200 per class)

Only know people who have transferred to Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, Columbia (GS), and Cornell. Outside of that, it’s basically a statistical anomaly.

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton - impossible unless you are a varsity athlete or non-traditional student (mostly CC transfers or ex-military).

Isn’t ex-military called a “veteran” or is it something different ?

Yes. I think this is subtle DCUM snark.

Anonymous wrote:Princeton - impossible unless you are a varsity athlete or non-traditional student (mostly CC transfers or ex-military).

Isn’t ex-military called a “veteran” or is it something different ?

Anonymous wrote:I know recent transfers from:

Michigan to Georgetown
Rice to Duke
Northwestern to Stanford (very unique major)
Syracuse to Dartmouth

As an example, Dartmouth admitted 62 transfers and 32 enrolled in Fall 2024.

That was a very atypical year for Dartmouth. Generally their transfer acceptance rate is 0.5% to 1.5% and includes primarily veterans. And this years' freshman class is large and there were more gap year deferrals then usual.

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much what the title says...

What about between two T10s (non HYPMS)?

Lost cause.

Fall 2024 Transfer admits per CDS:

Harvard: 16 admitted (13 enrolled)

Yale: 30 admitted (23 enrolled) - huge commitment to military vets/Eli Whitney program

Princeton: 38 admitted (36 enrolled) - "We particularly encourage applications from students from lower-income backgrounds, community college students and U.S. military veterans."

MIT: 32 admitted (28 enrolled)

Stanford: 65 admitted (56 enrolled) - huge community college culture in California - vast majority at Stanford are CC

https://toptieradmissions.com/the-best-schools-for-transferring/

On the Yale Admissions podcast they say that if they rejected an applicant once, there is no reason to ever try again. They don’t want to see your application and basically won’t give it consideration.

I know a few kids who transferred to brown recently. Good kids but not extraordinary in any way.