<p>MIT has a culture that is probably similar to the one at Caltech but unfortunately it is also probably as hard to get into. I think for a college to to be able to accomodate a large number of transfers it has to have a large number of freshmen and sophmores flunk out or transfer to other schools. Someone who gets into MIT or Caltech is not likely to be interested in transfering someplace else. In addition, nearly all the students admitted to those schools as freshmen have such strong qualifications that very few will not be able to do college level work and flunk out.</p>