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<p>Lots of students do post questions about getting into and attending state schools in these forums (some of which can be found in “top 50” lists).</p>
<p>In any case, even among private schools, there are divisional restrictions on internal transfer between divisions or majors, which mean that there could be differences in admission selectivity. For example:
<a href=“Policies Governing Transfer Within the University | College of Arts & Sciences - University of Pennsylvania”>http://www.college.upenn.edu/transfer-within-university</a>
<a href=“FAQs | Columbia Undergraduate Admissions”>http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/ask/faq/question/2434</a>
<a href=“http://internaltransfer.cornell.edu/application-requirements/colleges-and-schools/”>http://internaltransfer.cornell.edu/application-requirements/colleges-and-schools/</a>
<a href=“Intra-University Transfer (IUT) » Academics | Boston University”>http://www.bu.edu/academics/policies/intra-university-transfer/</a></p>