<p>I have a 3.8-4.0 at George Washington University in an honors type program and I am considering transferring to Yale for sophomore year. I have never applied and I'm a potential PoliSci-History-Philosophy major/minor.</p>
<p>In high school I had a 3.85 GPA at a top prep school that sends loads of kids to Yale each year.</p>
<p>SAT 790M, 760V, 620W <---such BS, I was Editor of HS Paper</p>
<p>SATII: 760 M2C, 730 USH, 720 LIT</p>
<p>Do these stats make Yale realistic? Any input is appreciated, especially if you attend and have transferred, or know people who have transferred in the past.</p>
<p>Casey--Search the Yale forum for other transfer threads and you'll get a lot of info. The short version: your high school record won't matter much and your college grades (and your course selection) are the most important thing. Although there is an example on CC of someone who transferred from a community college, almost every other transfer student I've known has come from at USNR top 25 university or one of the service academies and has had close to a 4.0. Second to your grades in importance is articulating "why Yale" in a very meaningful way.</p>
<p>Also, it is really important to keep a few things in mind, especially if you are think about transferring to Yale:</p>
<p>Ask yourself, are you thinking about transferring to Yale because you like Yale, or because you are unhappy at GW. If it is more about the latter, I am sure you will be applying to more than one school school because...</p>
<p>Yale has one of the lowest transfer admit rates in the Ivy League because of the residential college system...Your stats decent, but absolutely nobody can be sure that they will be admitted, just because of the obscure/subjective/random admissions criteria.</p>
<p>Just keep your options open, but definitely try if you are interested.</p>
<p>A child of a friend of mine applied to transfer to Yale last year with outstanding credentials both in high school and for her freshman year in college. Approximately 700 people applied to transfer of which they accepted about 40 (she was not among those accepted). Yale admissions counselors readily admit in information sessions that they take "a few" transfer students. I also think that if you have already applied to Yale and were not accepted for freshman year, your chances of being accepted as a transfer are close to zero.</p>
<p>One of the transfers this year had applied as a freshman, yet was accepted now. It's not impossible. Also, I was not the only community college admit.</p>
<p>I say this because I feel too many people on CC generalize this process into "oh, you are X, Y and Z, the odds are therefore impossible to beat", but judging from the people I know as transfers, some of us came from the typical 4.0 top 25 etc etc track - and some of us didn't. The only thing I can see all of us having in common is that we stuck out: even after a semester here, the other transfers are still some of the most interesting people I've met.</p>
<p>If you feel Yale vibes in your gut, APPLY. They do take a few, but nobody can really say for sure who will be part of that 3%. There comes a time when you just have to stop listening to that wagging finger of oh-no-you-can't and take a shot anyway.</p>
<p>My post was not meant to say don't apply if you really want to and think Yale is the place for you. But the chances of admission are not high so someone should be prepared for not getting in. And while Yale may admit someone as a transfer who was rejected as a freshman applicant, again the chances of getting in second time around is not high. The post asked if transferring to Yale was realistic. Given the statistics, my answer would be no, not because Casey2889 is not a strong candidate but just because they accept so few people. A 6% acceptance rate is not realistic for anyone's chances.</p>