<p>I remember sometime last week, and the week before that, that Georgetown's transfer acceptance rate was around 28% (based on the CollegeBoard's website).</p>
<p>However, I load up the website again, and the stats have changed - I remember last week (and the week before that) that there were ~1,400 applications, and around ~400 of those were accepted.</p>
<p>Now, the applications have risen to ~1,500, and the acceptance rate dropped to the high 300's. </p>
<p>For the first case, the acceptance was 28%; for the second, its now 24%.</p>
<p>Does this mean that competition is getting more fierce? Or are there just years where the acceptance % oscillates?</p>
<p>Interesting. It seems schools are starting to release their new Common Data Sets and College Board is changing its info. Wesleyan has also gone down, quite dramatically though, from 40% to 25%. At least at G-Town the change is not dramatic.</p>
<p>Here's the way I look at it. Just as with freshman admissions, schools are going to continue to get more competitive over time until we hit that peak and there aren't so many students going to college, so you can expect that the transfer rates will probably be lower for other schools as they release their data. </p>
<p>Just be confident in your own application and try your best, as I would attribute the rise in applicants more to the popularity of the school (and in the idea of transferring) rather than to a rise in actually competitive applicants. The fact that they accepted fewer students does suck, but it fluctuates for a reason. I doubt they have a quota to meet with transfers, but instead admit those that they feel truly deserve it (granted they have space). If there are more people wanting to transfer to Georgetown simply because it has/had a decent transfer rate and because it's <em>Georgetown</em>, it would only make sense that it will show in their essays and the school will hesitate to admit them.</p>
<p>I am right. Back when I was looking at CB's numbers, I called admissions offices for confirmation and I was frequently told that CB's numbers are inaccurate. In fact, some schools informed me that they do not release any data set regarding transfers to the CB, leading one to believe that some of CB's numbers are a complete fabrication.</p>
<h1>1 Rule for information-gathering in transfer admissions: the university's word is the most accurate of any out there. If the CB has numbers they claimed to have obtained from an admissions office, then that information should also be available to you when you call the admissions office.</h1>