How hard is it to transfer into Caltech, MIT, Stanford?

Transfer Students
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<p>How hard is it to transfer into Caltech, MIT, Stanford? Which one is hardest and which is easiest? Is transferring into them harder than getting in as a freshman? Do you have any basic stats on the transfer applicants gpa, SAT, etc...</p>

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<p>All three are incredibly competitive for transfer admissions. Here are the common data sets that popped up on Google:</p>

<p>Stanford: <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/#transfer%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/#transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Caltech (scroll to page 13): <a href="http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:ppd_SkBdf_QJ:finance.caltech.edu/budget/cds2002.pdf+common+data+set+caltech&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:ppd_SkBdf_QJ:finance.caltech.edu/budget/cds2002.pdf+common+data+set+caltech&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>MIT:
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/2006/d.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/2006/d.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Based on those numbers, I'd say that Stanford is a little easier than the other two to transfer into. Since they don't have transfer applicant/admissions profiles like for freshman, there's no way to judge the competitiveness of transfer admission. Strictly by percentages, it's much more difficult to transfer than to be admitted as a freshman, but percentages don't necessarily tell the whole story.</p>

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<p>"Strictly by percentages, it's much more difficult to transfer than to be admitted as a freshman, but percentages don't necessarily tell the whole story."</p>

<p>Well then does anyone here on CC knows if it is actually harder to transfer than freshman admission, or vica versa??</p>

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<p>Here's an example. Notre Dame accepts about 30% of freshman applicants but only 25% of its prospective transfers. However, the applicant pool is obviously not as strong for transfers b/c many of those were rejected the first time around. Conclusion: You will be better off as a transfer b/c you will be competing with kids on your level, rather than a bunch of 1600s.</p>

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<p>Don't even bother with Caltech and MIT. It's not worth it. Caltech also requires you to take exams which makes the process even more time-conuming and cumbersome. Also I don't care what this data set says, everybody knows that MIT took 6 students last year.
You have better chances at H and S. Even Y.</p>