<p>The problem with small colleges is that they often have high retention rates and rarely have more than a handful of spots open. Below is the admit rate from last year and the average admit rate over the past five years for each of your colleges.</p>
<p>Swat - average 16.5% (~15/~93), last year 12.2% (12/98)
Vassar - average 13.7% (~12/~86), last year 19.3% (16/83)
Brown - average 10.0% (~55/~553), last year 12.1% (94/774)
Amherst - average 7.68% (13/~169), last year 5.31% (12/226)
Dartmouth - average 5.64% (~21/~365), last year 3.70% (18/486)</p>
<p>Many colleges have limited funds and accept very few transfer applicants who have financial need; Brown and Vassar fall into this category. Wealthier schools do better - I believe Swat, Amherst, and Dartmouth are need-blind for transfers. The good news is that admitted transfers usually get decent financial aid. </p>
<p>Financial aid raises the question of eligibility. If you are no longer living with your parents (i.e. if you were homeless because you were kicked out), you MUST figure out whether colleges will consider you an independent student. Even if you are independently living on your own, colleges may consider you a dependent of your parents, which would affect how much financial aid they would give you. </p>
<p>I recommend looking into the various LGBT scholarships available. The Point Foundation is the largest and most notable, but there are others. </p>
<p>[Apply</a> to Point Foundation: College Scholarships for LGBT Students](<a href=“http://www.pointfoundation.org/instructions.html]Apply”>Point Foundation | LGBTQ College Scholarships)
[Gamma</a> Mu Foundation](<a href=“http://www.gammamufoundation.org/grant_scholarships/scholarships.asp]Gamma”>http://www.gammamufoundation.org/grant_scholarships/scholarships.asp)
[LEAGUE</a> Foundation - Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.leaguefoundation.org/scholarships/index.cfm]LEAGUE”>http://www.leaguefoundation.org/scholarships/index.cfm)
[url=<a href=“http://www.liveoutloud.info/wp/programs/scholarship/]Live”>http://www.liveoutloud.info/wp/programs/scholarship/]Live</a> Out Loud Scholarship<a href=“NY%20area%20only”>/url</a>
[url=<a href=“http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/scholarship-database]LGBT”>Scholarship Database - Human Rights Campaign]LGBT</a> Student Scholarship Database |Human Rights Campaign<a href=“database%20of%20many%20scholarships”>/url</a></p>