<p>I would like to know what makes a strong transfer applicant for ivy league schools, such as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale? I'm a HS senior, but my record is definitely not worth mentioning. I would never get in with my current stats. Do they look at your HS GPA and HS SAT scores if you apply to transfer?</p>
<p>I will most likely be attending UNLV this upcoming fall. Do you have to be a college sophomore to transfer, or can you be a freshmen? </p>
<p>Thanks for tips and advice guys, I need it!</p>
<p>Ivy schools do look at your high school record, and generally don't like accepting transfers. What other schools are you looking at? A lot of public schools will ignore your high school record if you're a college sophomore. (22-26 semester credits)</p>
<p>Read the Transfer Admissions 101 sticky thread. It covers most of your questions. I would not quite agree with LogicWarrior that ivies "don't like accepting transfers." But they certainly accept a very small number - some none (Princeton; Harvard for a couple of years +-). </p>
<p>You can transfer into sophomore status or into junior status. If you try to transfer for sophomore status, your application will only have your first term of college to review - meaning your hs stats will weigh much more heavily than if you have 1 1/2 years of college behind you.</p>
<p>Your best plan is to apply (if you haven't already) to colleges you think you might really like. If, after going in with a plan to be happy where you matriculate, you find you still want to transfer, you can then develop a list - including only a limited number of reaches such as ivies, and focused on schools that are matches or safeties for your record.</p>
<p>We agree, Andale. I meant that acceptance rates for Ivies are lower for transfers than for freshmen, in contrast with. say, UCs, who have better acceptance rates for transfers.</p>
<p>What we're trying to say is, don't pin your life's hopes on transferring into an Ivy, because it's very, very, very difficult to get into most of them as a transfer student.</p>
<p>The good news is that there's plenty of really good universities out there that do take more transfer students. Start building a list of places you'd be interested in attending, and find out what their transfer policies are.</p>
<p>If you wait to transfer until you've completed your sophomore year, your chances of acceptance are better essentially everywhere. That's where most transfers happen.</p>
<p>A reminder... Harvard and Princeton don't even accept transfers. Ivys shouldn't be your first goal. It should be, "is this the best University for me?" maybe UNLV is it!</p>