<p>I'm thinking of transferring to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, or Stanford. What is the fin aid situation for transfer students at these places? I know Columbia is limited, but how limited?</p>
<p>BTW I am at Cornell, w/ 4.0 gpa, 2300+ SAT. Good enough to at least try for these places?</p>
<p>if you're at an Ivy league already, holding a 4.0; you have a good chance at most any other school, but you must know that Ivy transfers are like a huge chance for almost anyone (unless you've found cures to some major disease or some crazy hook like that)...</p>
<p>Whats wrong with Cornell?</p>
<p>Nothing, I actualy really like Cornell, except I am getting zero aid. Can't afford full tuition any more so that's why transfer aid matters to me.</p>
<p>In that case, I wouldn't really count on any of the other schools either. You have a great shot at them but to get in with fin aid? Seems a bit of a stretch to me. :(</p>
<p>However thats only my opinion and I would encourage you to at least give it a honest shot.</p>
<p>And oh, your stats are impressive btw. Good luck!</p>
<p>Actually, you have a better shot than most people I've seen on here, even for aid. How long have you been holding that 4.0 at Cornell? That's very impressive.</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, and Stanford all offer aid. I believe they are even need-blind with transfers. Columbia and Brown are probably the worst among the ivy league when it comes to transfer financial aid. Brown even says on the website that they have very limited aid, as does Columbia. You could certainly try, but considering that Columbia is nearly as difficult as Harvard to transfer into (both in terms of percentage and quality of applicants), you have just as good a shot at Harvard (with aid) as at Columbia (with probably little or no aid).</p>
<p>apply to some random college where you know you'll get great aid, then set up a meeting with Cornell financial aid officers and say you're going to transfer to the cheap school unless they can give you something. Not sure how it'll work, but you may get the $50 application fee back.</p>