<p>When one transfers to some top school like Harvard, Stanford, Yale et al, does the reputation of the college you attend matter? How much disadvantageous would it be to transfer to these places from Brandeis or Tufts, compared to transferring from Brown (I know Brown is in itself a very prestigious school) or Northwestern?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I am not so sure but I don't think it would make much difference because schools like brandeis and tufts are also hard to get into...
But it would make somewhat bigger difference if you are from cc rather than 4-year university like tufts.</p>
<p>ya, thanks</p>
<p>Does the prestige matter if you are transferring from a regular 4 year state school?</p>
<p>I think it depends on which schools you are appying to. If the school you are applying to has similar levels of class or workload, the prestige wouldn't matter too much. In most cases, it is the level of schools rather than the prestige. Generally, prestige schools have higher level of education with better faculty members. Most likely, top notch schools, I mean at least top15 school care about what level of education you got from the current institution. So, for example, if you are from Cornell and transferring to Harvard, well, you are more competitive than the one who is from University of Kentucky(assuming you have exactly same stats).</p>
<p>i think if your at one of the top schools for undergrad, you're kind of in the system. For example, my dad went to MIT, got decent grades, and then got into Harvard PHD right out of it. It's not that he did anything exceptional really, he was just already at MIT, so it was like he was already Harvard material as well.</p>
<p>That's exactly my question. Can you enter Harvard if you're not part of the 'system'.</p>
<p>well...duh. thats how like ... non-legacy people get in</p>
<p>what do you think constitutes as 'the system'. Top 5, top 20, top 30? my uncle went from Duke ugrad to Yale grad pretty easily, but he's a genius.</p>
<p>Well the top 20 are considered prestigous colleges by many. The way I see it from looking at this board is that if you have a gpa higher than that of 3.6 from a decent college, you will be fine. Laspes in your gpa for transferring to colleges like harvard from yale, may be excused. So a 3.4 gpa kid from yale may be seen as the same as a 3.6 from a state school like UCONN.</p>
<p>I'm transferring from Western Illinois University with a 4.0, I got into WashU and I'm waiting on UChicago. So yes, I think the school matters some, but your GPA obviously plays an important role.</p>
<p>What about from a school such as Georgetown to a school like Duke or Harvard?</p>
<p>Is there a significant difference in transferring from UChicago over UMiami to a school like H/Y/Penn?</p>
<p>I think there will be. U Chicago is almost an ivy with its stellar reputation and demanding workload. I do not think U Miami is near it academically.</p>
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<p>Georgetown actually manages to place many students at Harvard and UPenn. I also know students on my floor who were admitted as transfers at Brown and Stanford last year.</p>
<p>Oh, and there was also a philosophy major admitted at Yale last year.</p>
<p>What exactly are we defining as "top" schools here? I go to what many people would consider one of the best schools in the country, UNC, and yet it is ranked only 27th (I think, I don't really keep up with the rankings). Similarly isn't Berkeley one of the best schools in the country and is only around 20th or something? Just a guess, but I would imagine its the familiarity with the academic standards that the admissions committee has rather than simply the name recognition of the school you are applying from.</p>
<p>laneb2005,</p>
<p>Here at CC, if it's not top 10 and not private in some shape or form, it's not a top university.</p>
<p>How about transferring from University of Melbourne to Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, UMich, UIUC. Will they see U Melbourne as an elite school?</p>