ivy to ivy transfer

Transfer Students
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<p>glogg - were you rejected by Yale as a senior in HS? If so, I believe it will be that much more difficult to transfer as a freshman transfer applicant.</p>

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<p>hey if you are a freshman whom are you getting your recs from?
so what is this subject that you want to major in now?</p>

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<p>justaparent: why so? They reopen your freshman applications?</p>

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<p>The very first question on the Yale transfer application asks whether you've applied to Yale before, what year, and was it incoming freshman or transfer.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.yale.edu/admit/transfer/application/pdf/transfer_app_0506.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yale.edu/admit/transfer/application/pdf/transfer_app_0506.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>yes but how much of the information do they use from your freshman application?</p>

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Availability of courses is not a precondition to acquiring an interest - though it does help; my previous school did not offer any substantive courses in philosophy, but what incited my interest was personal reading.

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<p>Fair enough. It just seems odd to me; I'd be wary of transfering into something that is probably super-specialized. I wish the OP mentioned the program -- then it probably would have made more sense to me.</p>

<p>My personal reccomendation, if the OP is a freshman, is to talk to someone about visiting student programs to a school that is not Yale and offers the subject. I'd want a feel of how it's taught in the classroom setting before I considered transferring.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it must be fairly specific - it's hard to believe Brown doesn't offer courses in it. Im very interested in knowing what it is too</p>