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I too have been on CC for quite a long time (since the old forum, in fact), and I have not really noticed a significant difference in transfer rates. Admittedly I tend to steer clear of the transfer forums, 90% of which focus around the UCs. </p>
<p>Speaking only for my own college, I noticed freshmen would chat about the other schools they were admitted to during the first week or so of orientation. After that, everyone settled in…and promptly forgot about pretty much every other school. Come graduation, you could slice a random person and have them bleed the school colors. </p>
<p>I’ve noticed this on CC as well. One prolific poster was rejected at Chicago and came back eagerly recruiting others for Case Western, and a Yale reject returned raving about her experience at Michigan. Yet another poster turned down Yale for a scholarship at Vanderbilt and hasn’t regretted it for a second. People tend to flourish rather well wherever they end up.</p>
<p>It’s always a bit sad seeing posters denigrating excellent schools that deserve scorn from nobody, but one can’t expect much from high schoolers.</p>