How hard is it to transfer to Harvard?

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<p>I was wondering if anyone had any idea how hard it was to transfer to Harvard? Particularly, if you are coming from another Ivy League school?</p>

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<p>Haaaaaaaaaaard!</p>

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<p>well, I mean I know its going to be hard, but, don't you think the best chances will be coming from another Ivy? Maybe they will see that you are already a student that is in their range and that has already been accepted to a top 5 school?</p>

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<p>No, probably easier from a lower tier (especially community) college. Reason why: Though the course work is not as hard, they will see your app and think "man, he goes to a crappy college... he has a 4.0, seems interesting, etc.. If we let him in, it may change his life." Basically, that whole helping someone at the bottom thing that makes a person feel good. Now from an Ivy: "He already goes to an equally good school... why does he need help?"</p>

<p>Well, that's what I've been told, at least. Apply and see!</p>

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<p>circles,
<em>sigh</em> we disagree again.</p>

<p>"man, he goes to a crappy college... he has a 4.0, seems interesting, etc.. If we let him in, it may change his life."</p>

<p>COLLEGES ( INCLUDING HARVARD ) DONT GIVE A DAMN. THEY DONT WANT TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE (BY IMPROVING PEOPLES LIFE).
WHAT THEY WANT IS A DIVERSE AND TALENTED STUDENT BODY.
IT DOESNT MATTER IF YOU ARE FROM AN IVY OR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
if you are a suitable candidate, you'll get in.</p>

<p>tho i personally think students from ivies have better chances.</p>

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tho i personally think students from ivies have better chances.

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<p>Ivys and First Tier schools.</p>

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No, probably easier from a lower tier (especially community) college.

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<p>A myth that many community college students like to believe, in my opinion.</p>

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<p>This isn't a matter of opinion -- nspeds is correct as a matter of fact. A large majority of Harvard transfers from domestic colleges come from other excellent schools. Over the last 5-7 years, the major feeders to the Harvard transfer program have included Deep Springs, Stanford, MIT, Wellesley, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Penn, and Caltech.</p>

<p>Over the last several years, about one in 50 Harvard transfers has come from a community college (about one per year), and they tend to have extraordinary achievements even as Harvard transfers go, which is saying something. Of the two that I knew best, one was a URM Marine unit commander who had led several overseas combat missions before starting college; the other was an 18-year-old Russian immigrant with a photographic memory who had made a 4.0 at her community college despite knowing no English when she started at age 16.</p>

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<p>Hmmm. I read it in "A Is for Admission." It may have just been Dartmouth. Who cares?</p>

<p>Apply wherever you're from... you might get in.</p>

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<p>I would imagine that transfer applicants care very much, and they should. Of course, you should apply to your dream school even if the odds are very long -- but that does not mean that it's a waste of time to research the odds. You can't make good decisions about how many schools to apply to, what's a safety, etc., unless you are well-informed about who usually gets in where.</p>

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<p>I agree with Hanna.</p>

<p>The key to making an intelligent decision over whether to apply, in this case, is in deliberating over the aspects that will affect one's chances of being admitted. As Hanna has demonstrated, what school one applies from figures (prominently?) in Harvard's transfer decisions, and so any intelligent prospective applicant must take it into account.</p>