<p>I will go to UCLA for my first year study, but I want to transfer to university in/near Boston. Honestly, I want to go to a better private university, but as a foreign student, I don't know if it is very hard and what should I do in my first year. Can anyone gives me some suggestions?</p>
<p>The only schools in the Boston area that are better than UCLA are Harvard and MIT. They accept very few transfer students.</p>
<p>Why do you want to be in Boston? Do you have particular schools in mind? Your idea seems a bit nebulous. You might be better served by spending a semester as an exchange student at a school in Boston, if the idea is simply to be in Boston. Have you even visited? Toured any of the schools?</p>
<p>yes what are your reasons for wanting to be in boston?</p>
<p>The same as the above posters.</p>
<p>I am really interested in your interest in Boston! Why specifically this city?</p>
<p>Maybe I can go to a school near Boston or in MA… Anyway, to transfer to a top school, what should I do/prepare?</p>
<p>Other than Harvard or MIT, Tufts is respectable</p>
<p>BU is an awesome school, has comparable programs to UCLA, depending on what you want to study. </p>
<p>And to the others asking, Boston is a fantastic city and the world’s best college town. I don’t think there needs to be reason more than that.</p>
<p>Agree. I want to study something about math.</p>
<p>No arguments that Boston is a great city, but If you’re already admitted to UCLA, why change mid-stream? This student is picking the city before the college, which may be a bit misguided. If we understand why Boston, we may be able to advise whether he will find what he’s looking for in Boston, or if it might also be found near UCLA.</p>
<p>I would question why this student didn’t apply to schools in Boston in the first place. Boston is a great city with multitudes of colleges at every level, yet he says maybe he can go to a school near Boston or in MA. That suggest to me that little research has been done into what the real options are.</p>