Anyone here familiar with transferring to one of the Claremont Colleges?

<p>Do any of you folks know someone or is familiar with the transfer process into any of the 4 Claremont colleges? Is it worth trying to apply to one of the 4 (I'm interested in McKenna, know people that go there, etc etc.) but the acceptance rate is kind of scary for me..</p>

<p>I am a transfer student who transferred into Claremont McKenna. Yeah, the acceptance rate is low but you have to try. I was rejected from CMC early decision out of high school and thought I had no shot at getting in with the amount of transfers they were taking this year. As a transfer applicant, I was initially waitlisted, then rejected, then accepted. The accept rate for transfers this year was 11.2% and there were 297 applicants. Just go for it. I am pretty sure Pomona, HMC, and Pitzer all have similar transfer rates. Varies from year to year so hard to say for certain.</p>

<p>^^^</p>

<p>do you mind telling me what your stats were? did you transfer in as a sophomore or junior?</p>

<p>the acceptance stats they have on their website from last fall was around 30%, I didn’t see the new ones for this fall, where did you find out about it being 11%?</p>

<p>as explained on this thread on CMC transfers ( <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/claremont-mckenna-college/760242-transfer-cal-claremont-mckenna-pomona.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/claremont-mckenna-college/760242-transfer-cal-claremont-mckenna-pomona.html&lt;/a&gt; ) the higher accept rate was associated with the opening of a new residencial hall…low teens is probably the normal rate.</p>