<p>Just wondering if my thoughts are crazy. Has anyone transferred out of a prestigious place to perhaps somewhere lesser known?</p>
<p>There's probably very few examples of that nowadays. Are you considering doing that? Where to where?</p>
<p>Poster Slipper1234 went from Columbia to Dartmouth a couple of years ago.</p>
<p>I'm at Penn. I'm not really sure how serious I am. It's just a thought right now. I just wanted something more intellectually stimulating and challenging. I'm going to see if I can find that through clubs and more class participation but I don't know.
I was thinking of smaller schools. swarthmore, dartmouth, something like that.</p>
<p>Well, seeming their retention rates are not 100%, there are obviously students leaving. And while I can't make this a guarenteed statement, but lets think about it: if you're at an Ivy, you're not going to simply "drop out". So, the best conclusion one can reach is that yes, students transfer out of Ivies. Don't worry about losing your Ivy "status". You'll do much better at a school that fits you rather than being somewhere just for a label. Besides, the schools you mentioned are of Ivy-caliber (well, obviously dartmouth =P). There has been previous posts about someone wanting to transfer out of Penn, and i'm almost positive it wasn't you.
If you have above a 3.5, i'm sure you could get into top-notch, ivy-level schools without a problem, i.e.: darrmouth, duke, cornell, brown, g'town, top LACs, ect. Even above a 3.0 will make you veryvery competative, just not a shoo-in. Good luck</p>
<p>By the way, it is not uncommon to "transfer down". I'm actually applying "down" in my department, but up overall so I guess it evens out. But the most important thing is finding a school that fits you, regardless of rankings. When you're in the top 50, or top 25 of your program, it just does not matter.</p>
<p>okay that is NOT going to a less prestigious place</p>
<p>columbia = dartmouth
and Penn also = swarthmore, dartmouth</p>