<p>It's a common statement from the high-class schools (Ivy-league level) that they will consider the reason for transferring as much as the excellence of the applicants. If that's truly the way it sounds, then doesn't this mean that the students who want to transfer to an Ivy League from another Ivy will probably have the same or less chance than those who want to transfer from a generally less known school? This is my analysis:</p>
<p>Ivy League schools (and pluses), however related and grouped they are, are essentially at the similar level, except maybe for HYP and MIT/Stanford whose brand values are pretty up there. If so, then a student from say, Yale, will have probably a quite shallow basis for transferring to say, Harvard, since the student will have a similar level of education, faculty, prestige, and so on.</p>
<p>So this is my conclusion: saying that transfer will be hard because of the applicants from already prestigious schools seems pretty illogical, unless there is some secret business going on between the Ivy League. Moreover, I don't think there are that many students transferring from such schools since these schools generally provide above-satisfactory experience for the freshmen applicants anyways. The students would hardly want to take the hassle of making another application and moving to another place.</p>
<p>But these are just my thoughts. What do you say? Please discuss in an elaborate manner. :)</p>