<p>What are some good colleges (top 40) that are "easier" than normal to transfer to? Like UNC-CH for example, they have a transfer rate of 41% and being oos doesn't affect your admission. Anyone know any great schools that are easy to transfer to?</p>
<p>I've found the following to be relatively easy to transfer into, given their prestige and quality:</p>
<p>Emory University
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Southern California
College of William and Mary
University of Wisconsin - Madison
New York University</p>
<p>Keep in mind that none of these are necessarily easy to transfer into, and it seems that both freshman and transfer acceptance rates go down every year.</p>
<p>Wow, thx. Thats going to be very useful after I'm finish w/ penn state</p>
<p>Out of the seven schools mentioned above, four are state schools. Could it be that the high transfer rate is inflated by the number of instate admissions? Is there any data that tells us the percentage of outer state transfer?</p>
<p>UNC, UMich, and UWisconsin are known for being generous to even OOS transfers, unlike the UCs and UVA. But yes, the in-state transfers will drive the numbers up some.</p>
<p>At least for UMich transfers, OOS or Instate does not matter in their admissions, only how much money you pay. </p>
<p>I'm going to guess that's at least the same for some of the state schools.</p>
<p>good thread, lets hear some more</p>
<p>U. of Washington at Seattle is quite generous and community college students with 2.7's are known to get in all the time, but I am not sure about OOS'ers. They typically admit people with much lower GPA's but pre-reqs met. However, they nearly accept 68% of freshman applicants and they have diversity issues; for example, UW has only 9% of students classified as both Black and Hispanic. It is a great school, but I would not go there is you are considering law school or the like JMO. The school is representative of the state of Washington, but not the United States. Also UW accepts 55% of transfers.</p>
<p>It is, nevertheless, still the best "public" university that is fairly easy to get into.</p>
<p>stupid question..but does OOS stand for out of state?</p>
<p>yes it does</p>
<p>add texas A&M to that list of schools easier to transfer into. According to college board:</p>
<p>Total number of transfer students who applied: 3,221
Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 2,060</p>
<p>USC is not that easy to get into. 8,000 apply and 2,000 get in...thats 25%</p>
<p>For someone with relatively good stats, USC is typically a match. I imagine many of those that apply to USC are CCC students with subpar stats.</p>
<p>what if ur out of state and at a cc, isnt it like impossible to get into? even though its a private school dont they prefer californians</p>
<p>they do prefer californians but not nearly as much as the UCs. If you are wondering whether I think these schools would be easy for you, you could post your stats, but for this discussion I am commenting with the typical CC applicant in mind - meaning super badass.</p>
<p>I also agree that USC is an easy institution to get into. In addition, and the "only" counterclaim that can be used against it is "how are you defining easy to get accepted?" " Others with 25% opportunity, or better, of getting accepted include: Rice University, Washington University in St. Louis and Notre Dame, all of which recieve loads of CC applicants." Typically, the schools I listed receive less than 1,000 applicants, but USC gets 7 times more than that figure, which results in a diluted applicant pool. In fact, a high CCC GPA (3.75+) coupled with many semester credit hours (55+) is a safe bet to admission.
Also, they (USC) do not require SAT/ACT scores after 30 credits which only furthers my claim.</p>
<p>how do prerequisite courses factor into the transfer rates of the schools we're talkin about? do any of those schools require applicants to complete 1-2 years of prereqs before applying? for me, at least, a school that's easy to get into IF you do all of the basic coursework elsewhere isn't as appealing as one that will let grades and essays stand on their own...</p>
<p>unccharlotte - so would you say that for students attending oos 4-years, usc is even more forgiving when it comes to granting admission?</p>
<p>Depends. Unquestionably, having great HS stats, 30 ACT and 3.7 GPA, will get you into USC easily. Without great HS stats, stay at your current college for a couple semesters, namely three or four, and then apply. </p>
<p>Too many students have horrendous HS stats and think that one or two great semesters at the college level will make up for it. At some schools you might be able to get in with two semesters of great college work, but not at others. Three (depending on your courseload) or four excellent semesters is enough to get you into most schools. USC, like many public schools, puts both four year and two year schools on the same level generally. I do not see USC, considering they are Private, putting great emphasis on OOS applicants versus in-state students. In fact, USC naturally gets a lot of in-state applicants, and its admission decisions probably fall into place in terms of an applicant's quality of academics, not geographic location. USC likes for you to do their required coursework. However, other schools are okay with you doing most of it. That is to say, finishing up as much as you can. They just want to see that you will do well once you transfer to their school. Taking required classes beforehand, for example, enlightens your ability to succeed once you arrive on campus.</p>
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<p>That depends. While Rice and WashU have 25%ish transfer acceptance rates, I think the stats of accepted applicants tend to be higher than those I've listed earlier, and no, I am not saying that simply because I was accepted at WashU. :D However, I do think if someone wants to get into WashU as a transfer, the single best thing they can do for their app is apply on or near January 15th - that is the date they begin taking applications.</p>