<p>What people don't know is that all you need to do is go to another good school or state school, get a high gpa, and transfer into ivy league. It will be much easier because most students drop out or finish their degree and just decide to quit. There will be less competition. State your opinion on this.</p>
<p>Eh, not really. Brown and Cornell have <em>relatively</em> high transfer rates, but Harvard and Yale are much, much easier to get into as a freshman. Princeton doesn't even accept transfers.</p>
<p>Don't get tricked by cornell's transfer rates. Most of the acceptees are guaranteed transfers- take first couple of years at community college and transfer to cornell to finish up degree</p>
<p>i've never heard of princeton not accepting transfers. That's not true. Why would it be. Many people go to princeton to get do their phd's. Why would they not let you transfer.</p>
<p>Why would they? What does going to Princeton for PhD have to do with anything?</p>
<p>um... applying to graduate school is called "applying to graduate school" not transferring. Transferring means changing schools to finish up your UNDERGRADUATE degree.</p>
<p>I didn't mean to say transfer. I was thinking of one thing and typing another. My bad. Yeah, your right, they don't accept transfers. But, anyways, all you need to do is go to a top school and then apply to a different school like ivy league, stanford, berkley, mit, or others. I just want to see other people's opinions if that is easier to do than trying to get in as an undergraduate.</p>
<p>well its well known that the ivies like to take in kids from ivy league schools for graduate studies or schools in their caliber like duke and stanfurd... Harvard law published a report of all the undergraduate schools taht their students came from, but I'm too lazy to search it up.. they take over 100 from harvard, 92 from yale, 72 from princeton, 30-50 from other ivies/duke, 90something from stanfurd... but only 10 at most from other schools</p>
<p>really, I'm surprised. I would have thought that more would come from non ivies. And 90 from stanford is unbelievable. Must mean that they love stanford. What about other ivy leagues. Are they similar.</p>
<p>Also, do Ivy leagues look at weighted or non-weighted gpa's. I hear everyone who apply's to ivy league on CC shows their weighted gpa, not unweighted. So do they care only about weighted. If they do, what is a good gpa. If they don't, what is a good gpa. Please post your opinions.</p>
<p>Uh, somebody might have settled in and made friends at the college he currently attends, so transferring isn't really considered by most people, thus he tries to get into the best place/fit possible during initial admission</p>
<p>joekid learned a lesson from his high school that transition into a new school isn't easy. These kids have a hard time making friends. It's best to just get in the first time.</p>
<p>Going to a community college and transferring is a very smart route to go. You won't be paying 90,000 that you would if you got into a private school freshman year, and you will be taking the same classes. They will be easier A's, and if you have a 4.0, or even a high GPA, you can pretty much transfer anwhere, because colleges know you are capable of handling the college load and working hard. That's more important than an SAT score. And you will be saving 80,000. </p>
<p>I know people don't like stories, but a friend of mine went to a nearby community colleges, got a 3.9, and later transferred to Cornell. He had a 3.0 GPA in High School, but then turned it on in college.</p>
<p>Princeton does not accept transfer. At some other Ivies and top 20 schools, it is even more difficult to get as a transfer.</p>
<p>It would be much easier however to get go to community college, get a 4.0 and transfer to a state school like Michigan.</p>
<p>"I know people don't like stories, but a friend of mine went to a nearby community colleges, got a 3.9, and later transferred to Cornell. He had a 3.0 GPA in High School, but then turned it on in college."</p>
<p>This is very unusual. It's difficult enough transferring to an Ivy from another top tier college. It is even more difficult to transfer to an Ivy from a community college even if one has a stellar record.</p>
<p>A friend of mine had a 3.0 at Berkely and got into Cornell with a full scholarship. He got rejected to the University of Delaware because they wanted students with a 3.6 GPA. They don't understand that a 3.0 at Berkely is like a 4.0 at Delaware, maybe even better.</p>
<p>haha , well thats a lie and a half - ivy league schools don't give scholarships</p>
<p>Ivies do give scholarships -- need-based scholarships.</p>
<p>that's exactly what he got. He couldn't afford anything because he was really poor.</p>
<p>Maybe he had extenuating circumstances? The typical student could not transfer into Cornell with a 3.0 GPA from Berkeley. Typically, you need at least a 3.5 GPA to transfer into top colleges from another elite institution. And your average 4.0 kid from a community college couldn't get into an ivy. And your average 4.0 kid from a good state school and a great LSAT score couldn't get into Harvard law. It might be unfair, but it's true.</p>