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<p>I am applying to Stanford as a transfer student. Does anyone know how things rank in terms of importance?
I have a 4.00 UW in HS and 4.00 in College, as well as recommendations from a professor who nominated me for the school prize in physics and a math professor who told me that I am the best student he has had in years...
However, beyond this what does it take?
I've done biochem research and had quite a few jobs...
Also, I had a break after HS for a while so I don't know how this would affect things.
Thanks to everyone who would like to take a shot and give me some advice.</p>

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<p>somebody? anybody? whats important for freshman admission if you don't know the transfer process? how important is academics+recommendations?</p>

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<p>For transfer, I would guess that the college 4.0 is a big help, also the recommendations. I think they would still be interested in your old standardized test scores. Don't know how much it matters which college you are transferring from. Don't know whether they hold transfer decisions until they see whether the freshman class is over-subscribed.</p>

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<p>My SAT is semi decent - 1410.
As far as the new class, I think that they would look at the class that I would be transferring to, so 2008.
I am not sure however, because of beds on campus and such. However I could live off campus - no biggie. Something will probably eventually open up :)</p>

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<p>keep in mind that Stanford's transfer rate is 5% so no one really has a good shot.</p>

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<p>Some good colleges accept a variable number of transfer students, depending on freshman yield, waiting lists, etc. I think Stanford regularly accepts a more consistent number of transfer students than some good colleges. You might check their common data set.</p>

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<p>yeah compared to Yale's 2.8%, the 6 people accepted in MIT, Stanford's 5/8 to 8.3% is pretty generous. 70 people is a pretty decent amount.</p>

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<p>What college do you go to right now?</p>

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<p>I assumed you are talking about transfer after one year of college. It might be a different matter for other transfers.</p>