<p>so is it correct that harvard admits twice as many(percentage wise) transfers than yale or stanford? is harvard significantly more transfer friendly, as the numbers imply, than yale or stanford?</p>
<p>no (10 char)</p>
<p>why would you think that? Reference your sources (if on the net)</p>
<p>From collegeboard.com:</p>
<p>Harvard-
Number transfer apps - 964
Number admitted - 85
approximately 9% acceptance rate</p>
<p>Stanford
Number transfer apps - 1,281
Number admitted - 62
approximately 5% acceptance rate
Yale
Number transfer apps - 681
Number admitted - 30
approximately 4% acceptance rate</p>
<p>I don't know any of the specifics because I'm not considering any of those schools...but yeah, judging by those numbers, Harvard is a bit more "transfer friendly."</p>
<p>There is no statistical difference between the numbers. So no.</p>
<p>Those are for the previous academic year, I'm assuming...but if you look at the common data sets for each school for the past 3-5 years or so, you'd be able to see if that is an ongoing trend or not.</p>
<p>HAHAH thats like saying hitler killed less people than king leopold..so is hitler a nice/caring man?</p>
<p>i mean, if you want to convince yourself that harvard is transfer friendly, then go ahead if makes you feel better.</p>
<p>the differences are probably not statistically significant</p>
<p>LOL ilovecalifornia</p>
<p>Yes, that really isn't significant compared to the immense weight of the other factors (i.e., whether you really are a better fit for yale than harvard, as shown by your essay)</p>
<p>hmmm</p>
<p>well no **** its not transfer friendly compared to Brown or something... but I meant transfer friendly relative to Stanford/Yale not relative to all universities in general(which I though I made clear in my first post)</p>
<p>I guess its not a significant difference though</p>
<p>Nowadays, Brown's not very transfer friendly either...
I think it might be around 8% this last round...
The number of applicants jumped quite a bit..</p>
<p>To be the best university in the world (I don't care what US News says a/b Princeton) Harvard actually is friendlier than I expected. At least the school isn't hung up on itself like Princeton. :D</p>
<p>those numbers aren't accurate, i was a transfer admit this past year</p>
<p>as per my admissions letter
applied: 1,100
accepted: 75. 50 for fall, 25 for spring (I'm spring)</p>
<p>am i right or wrong: if you have competive grades, ecs, recs, and essays, then its worth it to apply to most top schools. however, if you have all of the above but are not an olympic athlete or royalty, you don't really have any chance at yale/harvard.</p>
<p>and are the acceptance rates between yale and harvard really so minimal that it wouldn't make sense to say, "I have a better shot at harvard than i do at yale" or vice versa?</p>
<p>No, you don't have to be an olympic athlete or royalty....the last time I checked, I was neither.</p>
<p>Yes, the rates are minimal...I'd even venture to say that the difference is nonexistent.</p>