Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 20:07     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
And a nearly perfect college gpa isn’t gonna do it.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 20:07     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:Look at schools that have high(er) transfer acceptance rates. Columbia, Cornell, Vandy, etc. easy to google.


And Columbia and Cornell have specific programs where the transfer students come through. These are not “regular” transfer applications.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 20:03     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Some schools have more transfers than others. Pick a transfer friendly school
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 19:27     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who transferred to Yale after sophomore year in college, but he had a 4.0 and is definitely one of the most brilliant people I know (went on to clerk at the Supreme Court). He was at a top southern school (not Duke or Vandy or Rice) before he transferred.


In the 1980s, I was a freshman at Penn State in the Honors College. A sophomore who had gone to my high school who was also in the Honors College was in the process of transferring to Yale as a junior. He graduated from Yale. I left for a different school. That example was powerful to me. I wouldn't have thought it possible.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 18:47     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Transfers are very hard. If trying to transfer after freshman year then they will look at high school record. Need a compelling reason for transfer and I think community college students and such are prioritized over students trying to transfer to upgrade without a real need like a niche program not offered at cheer school. That’s my limited understanding from things I’ve read, no personal experience.


Some schools like Harvard also favor military veterans as transfer students. https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/us-military-veterans#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20separate%20or,may%20apply%20as%20transfer%20students.


Take this with a grain of salt. Most colleges go through the motions of pretending to care about military veterans. Given the political slant at most elite colleges, I wouldn’t expect them to make good on their promises.

— Vet who went to grad school at an elite university & got called some pretty nasty things.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 18:31     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Transfer acceptance rates are even lower than first year admissions, you saw Yale and I think Brown is around 3%.


Brown is 3% for regular decision directly out of HS. It might be even lower for transfers. At convocation there weren’t many walking through the gates this year.


Mine got in last year, believe it was 5% for regular. It was a good day watching him walk through that gate!

NP
It's been 5% overall for a few years. 3%RD.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 18:15     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
What about a midway decent LAC? It might have a similar vibe.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 18:08     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:Vang takes a ton of transfers that aren’t athletes, my dd, college sophomore, knows a few. Apparently it’s pretty widely known that it is significantly easier to get into Vandy as a transfer than as a freshman.


Maybe easier, but their recent transfer acceptance rate is still about 15%
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 17:55     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:transferring from ‘bama to a second tier school is doable, but not T15. I would focus on second tier schools like Cornell, Georgetown, Rochester, or Bucknell - good luck!


Since when are Cornell and Georgetown second tier?!?! That’s ridiculous. These are top schools.


2nd tier doesn't mean what you think it means. You're thinking about third and fourth tier.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 17:47     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:transferring from ‘bama to a second tier school is doable, but not T15. I would focus on second tier schools like Cornell, Georgetown, Rochester, or Bucknell - good luck!


Since when are Cornell and Georgetown second tier?!?! That’s ridiculous. These are top schools.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 16:21     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:Transfers are very hard. If trying to transfer after freshman year then they will look at high school record. Need a compelling reason for transfer and I think community college students and such are prioritized over students trying to transfer to upgrade without a real need like a niche program not offered at cheer school. That’s my limited understanding from things I’ve read, no personal experience.


Some schools like Harvard also favor military veterans as transfer students. https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/us-military-veterans#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20separate%20or,may%20apply%20as%20transfer%20students.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 16:19     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:Vang takes a ton of transfers that aren’t athletes, my dd, college sophomore, knows a few. Apparently it’s pretty widely known that it is significantly easier to get into Vandy as a transfer than as a freshman.


This is about Vandy, not sure what autocorrect was doing.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 16:18     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Vang takes a ton of transfers that aren’t athletes, my dd, college sophomore, knows a few. Apparently it’s pretty widely known that it is significantly easier to get into Vandy as a transfer than as a freshman.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 16:06     Subject: From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:transferring from ‘bama to a second tier school is doable, but not T15. I would focus on second tier schools like Cornell, Georgetown, Rochester, or Bucknell - good luck!


Below T5, US News rank is not that useful for telling what schools are hard to transfer to.

USNWR #6 Northwestern 12.7% transfer acceptance rate
USNWR #13 Brown 4.1% transfer acceptance rate

Anonymous
Post 11/08/2024 16:04     Subject: Re:From Bama to Yale?
Anonymous wrote:Check male college soccer rosters—tons of transfers at all colleges. And they have 5 years to use their 4 years of eligibility. They want them older and more experienced.


The 5 year thing is key. My DC's private school has quite a few football players that spent 4 years at a big state school and have transferred in to play one more year and get a MBA. Works out well for everyone.