<p>Hello everybody,</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore and study psychology. I would like to transfer as junior to a college on ivy league level (but also other colleges are argueable). Which one would you recommend me by your own experiences? At the moment I consider Berkeley, Columbia, Stanford, Princeton and in other countries Toronto and Oxford. Is my list recommendable? Is the ranking for this subject (psychology) really sustainable? What's your opinion?</p>
<p>Princeton doesn’t take transfers. </p>
<p>British universities have a completely different academic system to American, so Oxford doesn’t either.</p>
<p>So let’s kick both of them out of my list. What’s about the rest of my preferred colleges? Which has the best academic standing for lectures - not for research?</p>
<p>Stanford is ridiculously strict on their transfers as well. Like 3 people get in each year as transfers. </p>
<p>Sadly I’m clueless to the others. I’d love to hear other suggestions people may have.</p>
<p>All of those schools are really crap-shoot schools. From my understanding, ALL of the UCs are difficult to transfer into unless you attend a California CC. Columbia takes somewhere around 5% of transfer applicants, though I might be low-balling it a little. Traditionally I remember something about Stanford accepting 25 transfers every year, but I believe they accepted a few more than that this cycle - though I could be mistaken on this point. Regardless, you definitely need to add a “safety” into your list if you’re determined to transfer out of your current school. Even if you truly are an ivy caliber transfer candidate, I’d recommend finding a strong state school or a private school with a transfer admissions rate >30% as your high-match/safety school.</p>
<p>Thank yall for that words. It is a really clever thought to add a “safety college” to my list. Well, I am really open to any idea to this. Which are the candidates to be called “strong states school”? I am really struggling to find a high qualified college with a high transfer rate.</p>
<p>UVA is at 35-40% and UNC Chapel Hill around that number too.</p>
<p>Is there any clue about their standing in psychology? Or is there any trustable ranking for psychology undergrads below the ivy league?</p>
<p>Dude, will you need financial aid? Or you have great financial ability? I can recommend some but I don’t know what is your take on money.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t reject financial aid, as we all don’t. But let’s discuss the options without financial clues.</p>
<p>NYU. Who wouldn’t want to study in NYC?</p>
<p>You definitely need to keep money in the equation. Schools like Brown are need-aware for transfer admissions and therefore highly favor students who will not even seek financial aid. Furthermore, it does no good to spend time and energy applying to schools which at which the cost of attendance will prove an insurmountable obstacle.
After a little googling, I found several different rankings of undergrad psych. programs. For state schools, U Mich, University of Texas, and U Minnesota all consistently appeared near the top of the various rankings. (Granted, I’m not a psych major, and will likely never take a psych class in undergrad, so take this with a grain of salt.)</p>
<p>If you ask who wouldn’t want NYC, so you know: me. The city is great to spend there a couple of days but never to live there. The same expenses I pay there for everyday articles I can spend in another city for the greatest weekend activities that I could imagine. </p>
<p>Well, I am just interested in a high quality - not in the ivy league. So I am open minded to any suggestion. </p>
<p>McCubsFan, you are absolutely right. I would like to avert some useless application. So I won’t send anything to Harvard and so on. But what do you mean with near the top of the rankings? Somehow or other near the top 30? Well, I am not really informed about that colleges in Michigan, Minnesota or Texas. But I appreciate them to be worth a try.</p>
<p>Take NYC out of the equation for a while. Wait until Irene gets here before even thinking about it. Should Irene mutilate NYC, then you’ll want to stay away.</p>
<p>Why do you want to go to “just about” any ivy league school? Are you still hung up on going to a name school, even after the frenzy you went through after HS? Ivies tend to be EXTREMELY selective, transfers even more so. If you couldn’t get in as a freshman, you probably don’t have much shot of going now. If you are already at an ivy, what’s wrong? The only person I know who got into Harvard, got in as a sophomore from Stanford and got in as a sports recruit. (I know, they don’t say they have sport recruits, but they do.)</p>
<p>Which state are you a resident of, and are you at a community college or four year school?</p>
<p>If you are at a community college, you are likely to find the same state public schools to be the most transfer friendly. For example, UCs and CSUs accept a lot of transfers from California community colleges. Private schools are all over the map in terms of transfers. For example, Stanford accepts very few transfers total, though community college transfers appear well represented among those few.</p>
<p>I have never before applied to one of that colleges. I am at a casual university which is ranked on 50-70. So I would like to improve a bit cause the level here is not the maximum of my possibilities. That low ranking also shows the large scale of other colleges except ivy league.</p>
<p>Yesterday I also added UMich, Carnegie Mellon and two others to my list. They seem to be quite nice. But I want to know your opinions.</p>
<p>NorthernFlow</p>
<p>I think we need to better understand just what it is you want or are trying to do. Are you currently enrolled in college? Which college and where? Are you trying to transfer to complete your undergraduate degree? Are you simply trying to attend some other college for a year to get it on your resume/CV? What are your grades like? What extra curricular activities do you participate in? Is money an issue or not?</p>
<p>Many people major in psychology. In my personal opinion, a true career in psychology might require a PhD. Have you considered this? Do you intend to work in the US or elsewhere once you are out of school?</p>
<p>NorthernFlow</p>
<p>You may or may not hate rankings but these sources may be of interest:</p>
<p>[Best</a> Psychology Programs | Top Psychology Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/psychology-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/psychology-rankings)</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Ranking of U.S. Psychology Ph.D. Programs](<a href=“http://www.socialpsychology.org/ranking.htm]NRC”>NRC Ranking of U.S. Psychology Ph.D. Programs)</p>
<p>[Psychology</a> programs, Rankings, Best Psychology Programs](<a href=“http://www.graduateshotline.com/psy.html]Psychology”>Psychology degrees)</p>
<p>[Top</a> Psychology Colleges in the Nation](<a href=“http://education-portal.com/top_psychology_colleges.html]Top”>Top Psychology Colleges in the Nation)</p>
<p>You will see a great deal of consistency in these lists.</p>
<p>Yes, I really should illustrate some data about myself. At the moment I am a sophomore at an European university for domestic reasons. But I would like to continue in the US - Canada is also acceptable. My GPA is round about 3.8 and I am best 5% in psychology in a university that is best in country and best after GB universities like Oxford and Cambridge. So you can estimate my performance to be quite competent. </p>
<p>For this level I am seeking for a better college. But it is definitely not said that it should be an ivy league college. I am looking for any idea that is a good target and worth to spend the money. </p>
<p>As we all know, rankings are not really objective. So there is always a need to get a second opinion about single colleges. That’s why I want your comments.</p>