<p>hello everyone. I was wondering how difficult it would be to transfer from an ivy league school with a perfect 4.0 college GPA to Stanford after one or two semesters. I got to this school and I realized that I really don't belong here and shouldn't have chosen this school. That 4.0 hasn't happened yet, but if I knew that would give me a good chance I would make myself get it. Thanks guys</p>
<p>Hey zong, I recently checked into that same question for a friend who is also looking to transfer to Stanford from an Ivy. It’s insanely hard to get in as a transfer, but a handful of students do make it in each year–something like 1.5% of transfer applicants are admitted. Having a good academic record is obviously a huge plus, but you also need to be able to articulate specific reasons for wanting to make the transfer. Recommendations from faculty at your current school, who can corroborate your position that you’d be better served at Stanford, would help a lot as well. Good luck.</p>
<p>Before you make any huge decisions, give it a chance. I would say it takes a month or two to get used to everything, so if this is your first semester, you’re reacting too quickly. I know your app to Stanford would have to be submitted soon, but at least try the Ivy for a bit longer before making any moves. Also if you really don’t like where you are, consider that chances to transfer to Stanford are slim, so you might consider some alternates.</p>
<p>i don’t know how much it matters in the process, but were you admitted to Stanford for the incoming class?</p>
<p>Which Ivy and how long have you been there? Just a few days?</p>
<p>^Bets on Pton or Dmouth…To the OP: What makes you think Stanford will necessarily provide you a higher level of satisfaction than where you are at right now? Did you think you would dislike where you currently when you initially committed? I ask this because unless you actually attend a university, there’s no knowing for sure if you will really feel happy. You in fact could be setting yourself up for another disappointment. As naive as it sounds on my part, I tend to feel that one’s enjoyment of a particular college is more dependent on said individual and his/her mentality and willingness to adapt to the unexpected. Of course, I could be wrongly assuming your current state of affairs and/or your specific reasoning and if so, I apologize.</p>
<p>It’s not clear to me why your bet is on Princeton or Dartmouth, I337toast. In any case, I doubt it’s Pton because I don’t think new students have arrived yet (I also doubt it’s Pton because frosh week is a blast). If it is Pton though, it’s not going to be easy - 4.0s at Princeton are hard to come by, and EXCEEDINGLY rare in your first semester.</p>
<p>If the poster only has one post, then it’s either a ■■■■■ or just someone who started posting today!</p>
<p>A 4.0 at an ivy has an upper leg at a Stanford transfer, but it’s still very hard of course.</p>
<p>@pton: you are correct-princeton hasnt even started yet, so it could not be princeton. and i have never met anyone who got a 4.0 at princeton first semester, although there must be some people who have</p>
<p>i’m assuming that this person simply just started posting because he/she has a problem that has just arisen. </p>
<p>@zong12: what are the reasons you are dissatisfied? for all we know, stanford might not be the right match either, but depending on your interests/personality, maybe we can recommend other schools as well that would be more to your taste.
But before you do that, i would really recommend just going out, meeting people, going to a few parties, and trying to have a great time. you can’t possibly have met everyone, so maybe you just haven’t found a group of friends you are comfortable with yet? (or maybe you could just hate the school…i dont really know, but it would help if you could provide some explanation)</p>
<p>I disagree w/ engineerjw that an ivy student has an upper leg in transferring to stanford. I don’t think anyone truly has an upper hand, and the few transfers I’ve met here have been much more along the lines of ex. military combat veterans/community college transfers who’ve done AMAZING things in their short lives/nontraditional students of some other path. I think if you want to transfer, try for it but it will not be easy and going to an ivy league school won’t necessarily help. At the transfer level it’s more about what you’ve done before Stanford than a 4.0 GPA, imo.
Try to find things you love at your school, which I’m sure is also amazing in its own way.</p>
<p>I agree with earthwise
the 2 transfer students i met in the incoming class of transfers were both from community colleges and had abnormal educational paths, but they were involved in cool things during the last few years (thats already like 10% of the incoming transfer class). and if you want statistics, there was less than 1.7% admit rate in transfering to stanford this year, but that statistic may or may not be helpful</p>
<p>Dartmouth is on the quarter system and so classes wouldn’t have started there either, though the OP could have gone on one of the freshman trips already. If that’s the case and you didn’t like anyone on the trip. don’t worry. Most of them you’ll never see again anyway. You will be more likely to make friends within your major, or your clubs and activities.</p>
<p>Stanford gives strong preference to CC and non-traditional students when it comes to transfer admissions; i believe they made up something like 75% of the incoming transfer class. I’m not sure if any came from Ivy league schools this year but I’ve heard of transfers from Harvard, Yale, and Columbia before. I also believe there were only a couple students in the class who were admitted previously but declined, and were admitted again as transfers.</p>
<p>still no replies from zong…</p>
<p>does anyone here go to stanford?? and if so, have you met anyone who has transferred?</p>
<p>What made them special in your eyes??</p>
<p>The only transfer I know is an iraq vet who came up through a community college after he finished his tour. He’s also easily the smartest person I have ever met, and charming.</p>