<p>Im assuming that it is at least slightly easier to get in transferring because less people will be interested in attending after they have already gotten used to their respective university (been brainwashed..etc..). I am currently a freshman undergraduate student at A&M in the mechanical engineering program. I am interested in transferring here because it is the top (don't quote me) engineering school in the country. What would it take to successfully transfer here after my sophomore year?
Side note- I already have 40 dual-credit college hours from high school.. I think MIT doesn't allow transfers after a certain number of credit hours is this correct?</p>
<p>No, it is probably harder to transfer than to get in as an undergrad. I don’t think there are very many spots available.</p>
<p>collegealum314 is correct.</p>
<p>How hard are we talking here?</p>
<p>“As hard as it is to get into MIT, it’s even harder to transfer in. Crowley says that there are very few spots for transfer students, who take the place of students who drop out, take a leave of absence or study abroad. This fall, only 6 percent of transfer applicants, or 24 students, were accepted”</p>
<p>[Second</a> Time?s the Charm For Students Looking to Fulfill Their MIT Dream - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/transfers.html]Second”>http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/transfers.html)</p>
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<p>I doubt that hours taken as a high school student would count toward the transfer limit, but this is something you should check out. There was a guy a few years ago who took 4 years of classes in his spare time at U. of Wisconsin-Madison while he was a high school student, and he applied to MIT in the regular admissions pool. </p>
<p>Also, the unit of credit hours is different at each university, so I don’t know how they would handle that. 12 hours at MIT is the standard unit for one class; at other places 1 unit may mean one class. </p>
<p>Unless you are already really talented in the lab or in some other capacity, I would say the best bet for transfer admissions would be to be the top student in your classes. I see it all the time where people are trying to throw a Hail Mary pass freshman and sophomore year of college by over-committing themselves in the lab in order to get in somewhere “better.” As a result, they don’t do that great in their classes and actually hurt their chances for getting into MIT. Best advice would be to not do anything different freshmen and sophomore year than if you were trying to get into grad school or prepare for a job in industry. And for these two goals, all you really need to do is be a good student the first two years. Only do other things during the summer or if you genuinely want to get your feet wet.</p>
<p>Would it be possible for students to apply as freshman even though they supposed to apply as transfer students? This is because statistics showed that international transfer acceptance rate is very low. Also, I wish to take freshman year to explore more at MIT if I got accepted. Does this work?</p>
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<p>No. Why is that even a question? Don’t lie on your application.</p>