<p>Something that has lots of examples of successful transfer admissions essays.</p>
<p>I don’t know that there’s a book that specifically deals with transfer essays, stargazing. </p>
<p>As I’m sure you’ve seen on the Yale website:</p>
<p>*An applicant for transfer admission should have both an excellent academic record and particularly compelling academic reasons for wishing to attend Yale. Candidates to the transfer program should be aware that transfer admission is considerably more competitive than freshman admission.<a href=“emphasis%20mine”>/i</a></p>
<p>The essay questions for prospective transfers to Yale are, as of today, as follows:</p>
<p>*1. Why do you wish to transfer to Yale? What personal or educational experiences influenced your decision to apply? </p>
<ol>
<li><p>There are limitations to what grades, scores, and recommendations can tell us about a candidate. Write a personal essay on a topic of your choice that will
help the Admissions Committee to know you better. </p></li>
<li><p>A third and usually much shorter essay is required onlyif you have not been enrolled in college continually since graduating from secondary school.
If you took time off from school, how were you occupied?*</p></li>
</ol>
<p>There are plenty of good books about college admissions essays. I’d suggest consulting one of those. The technical aspects of the essay are going to be the same in your case as they are for prospective freshman–though if you’re already in school, you should be writing at a higher level–so that would be a good place to start.</p>
<p>On Writing the College Application Essay by Harry Baud is definitely worth looking at: it’s been around since the 80’s, but it’s a solid book. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I don’t think such a book exists. Successful transfers are so few in number, i doubt anyone has collected them.</p>
<p>If you want to get information about transferring, I suggest that you go to the Transfer Students subforum and do some Searches and read current threads. I agree that there is likely no book that addresses transfer essays. As you can see in post #2, transfer essays are a different animal than fr essays. They are much more straightforward, describing your past and current academic situation and what you are looking for in the future.</p>