<p>I did this at Cornell. I believe out of the best schools (top 15), it's probably easiest at Cornell b/c for some reason they covet transfers.</p>
<p>I was flat out rejected my senior year. I was not qualified b/c I simply didn't try hard enough in HS. I went to my local state school, got a 4.0 (OK fine one A-), did an undergraduate research project, and transferred in as a first semester sophomore.</p>
<p>I imagine that other top 15 schools would not have accepted me as a transfer. Cornell's transfter acceptance rate for my college there was around 30%. I've heard other top schools have transfer acceptance around 10%, so for sophomore transfer, you probably should have been very qualified as a high school senior anyway.</p>
<p>My son was rejected from Wash U as an early decision and was accepted for his sophomore year. He worked hard, got good grades and excellent recommendations and got into his dream school.</p>
<p>Perhaps this points out the impossibility of college admissions being based on Junior year classes and grades as a 16 or 17 year old. One signs up for Junior year classes as a Sophomore based on one's freshman year performance. If you muck up a Freshman year class you won't be able to get into honors or AP in Junior year, wiping out selective colleges. </p>
<p>I'm glad that transfers after a year as an 18- or 19-year old are possible. It's just not reasonable that the decisions of a High School Freshman will determine the rest of one's life.</p>
<p>I was rejected from Brown in high school and applied for transfer after a year and was accepted. I didn't attend though due to the cost. Horrible financial aid, I received.</p>
<p>I have seen this happen a number of times. Do check the transfer accept stats for colleges and their policies for housing, financial aid, acceptance of credits, etc when looking into transfers. THey are not necessarily the same as they are for freshmen. Your college grades become a main factor for acceptance when you are a transfer. Other important issues are the seats available and the reason for wanting to go to that school.</p>
<p>Yeah, I've heard stories of people getting accepted second time around as a transfer student. If you show you can do work at a college level, why not? I applied to USC back in high school. I am receiving my associate's in May. I am waiting to hear back from USC and UCLA. I believe my chances are alot better. Not only are my grades good but I have life experience and my experiences helped me write one heck of an essay.</p>
<p>Well, I got about a 2.7 in high school and was denied by Michigan State which is my dream school, but first semester this year I got a 3.5 and I have applied for transfer to MSU, and I haven't heard back yet but I think my chances are pretty good at this point. I'll give an update when I find out though.</p>
<p>As you can probably tell, many schools understand that admissions is NOT a precise science. Many kids do extremly well who were rejected from their first choice. Likewise, there are a number of kids taken at top schools who don't do well or don't live up to expectations. I am amazed that more schools don't filter this in by saving more spots for transfers. I guess they want that nice freshmen money.</p>
<p>I'm applying to Penn as a sophomore transfer this year from UMich because I got rejected ED last year :-( Does anyone know Penn's transfer rates?</p>
<p>My H.S. GPA was...eh, I really don't know. I'd guess between 2.2 and 2.4 - I barely attended class. </p>
<p>My college freshman GPA was a 3.9 and was accepted to Brown, NYU, Penn,and Fordham as a transfer.</p>
<p>ETA: SUNY Binghamton and MIT.
I actually forget most of the schools I applied to, I think I did around 11 - desperate to leave. Almost a $1,000 in fees =/</p>