Harvard/Yale transfer eligibility

Transfer Students
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<p>I will have taken eighteen courses (including two foreign language courses) and two semesters of Physical Education in May. That's 65 credits.</p>

<p>I asked the admissions offices, but they did not respond: am I eligible to transfer?</p>

<p>I attend Columbia. Hoping that some of the Core Classes don't transfer so I can avert a debacle.</p>

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<p>From the Y website:</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/transfer#eligible”>http://admissions.yale.edu/transfer#eligible&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Since each class at Y is 1 credit, except FL courses which are more (1.5?), my guess would be that you probably won’t qualify as a transfer applicant, but it’s worth asking Admissions.</p>

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<li><p>Not sure why you think Core classes wouldn’t transfer.</p></li>
<li><p>How many credits you have for admissions purposes and how many are accepted by the transfer school are two separate questions. </p></li>
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3

<p>It comes down to what Yale means by “similar” courses. Some of the Core classes I have done, I wouldn’t call “similar” in content to Yale undergraduate courses.</p>

<p>I’ll ask on Monday.</p>

4

<p>Just out of curiosity, why are you looking to transfer out of Columbia? The reason I ask is because I am applying to transfer there for next year.</p>

5

<p>Don’t be deterred. Columbia is a great school. Harvard, Yale, and a few other colleges seem better for my academic and social interests.</p>

<p>If none of the schools to which I am applying accepts me, I will not mind staying here.</p>

6

<p>I see. I feel the same way about my school now: would be better served elsewhere but can make it work here if it doesn’t work out.</p>

7

<p>Update: Harvard and Yale told me that I’m OK. I hope that is true.</p>

<p>Good luck, all.</p>