Which of the following schools offer the best transfer prospects for out-of-state students (transferring from a 4-year university, after freshman or sophomore year)?
UChicago, Northwestern, UCLA, Berkeley, CMU, Cornell, Stanford, UPenn, MIT
I hear UCLA and Berkeley take a lot of transfer students but most of them are from in-state community colleges, and not from 4-year universities.
UCLA and Berkeley are public schools so they will take more instate students from California. The others on your list are private and don’t have to take students from any particular state.
UCLA and UCB give priority to CA CC transfers. The lowest priority is given to OOS and International transfers.
For OOS transfers in 2022, UCB admit rates was 7%(46 admits/654 applicants). For UCLA it was also 7%(55 admits/808 applicants)
Not exactly true. Cornell is the land grant university in NY and has articulation agreements with NY community colleges.
Thank you. Are CA residents studying at a 4-year university in another state (e.g. UIUC) considered OOS for UCLA and Berkeley transfer applications?
You can google the common data set for each school you are interested in and see how may transfer students applied and were accepted.
Note that Cornell will have inflated transfer admission stats as they give some freshman applicants who do not get accepted initially a guaranteed offer to transfer in after a year (with acceptable academics) at another college.
Are your parents CA residents?
sure I was just curious, which of these schools, may be transfer friendly, or offer the best admit rate, for a California student studying freshman year at UIUC?
Yes, if a student is studying at an OOS university regardless if they are a CA resident, they are still considered as an OOS transfer since the UC’s do not have specific transfer agreements with OOS universities.
Not a California Community College student? Don’t worry, there are other transfer paths to UC.
At UC, junior-level transfers from California community colleges are our highest priority, but if you’re a student at another college, or hoping to transfer as a freshman or sophomore, we have some additional guidance for you.
You can transfer to UC from a four-year or a non-California two-year institution. You should complete your transfer application following the instructions, but there are a few things to keep in mind:
Even if you’re transferring from a four-year school or an out-of-state two-year institution, you’ll still need to meet the same minimum admissions requirements as California community college students.
Do as much preparation for your major as possible.
Find out if your courses will transfer to UC. Compare them to similar courses in a UC campus catalog or to a transfer course agreement (TCA) that UC has with any California community college.
A formal evaluation of your coursework most likely will not take place until after you have applied.
See UC’s Statement of Transfer Credit Practices for more information
Which top ranked schools are the most transfer friendly, i.e. offer the best admit rate, for a California student studying freshman year at UIUC? Thanks
What is your major?
What is your reason to want to transfer?
Are you just starting university in September?
Out of your list I’d say Northwestern and Cornell and possibly UChicago. UChicago has early decision for transfer students as well.
These data don’t exist. Look at each school’s CDS for transfer acceptance rates.
Even tho the student is from CA, the UCs will still prioritize CA CC transfers. Major will play into the UC decisions too…what major are you talking about?
Big picture, I would choose NU as being the most transfer friendly of the schools on the list. Is the student full pay or applying for fin aid?
Major: Computer Science
Starting university this Fall
Thank you, major is computer science, full pay. How’s NU the most transfer friendly?
You beat me to it!
Adding to that, the schools on the list are all pretty different experiences. The only thing that unites them is prestige in engineering and CS. In order that you don’t repeat your mistake, it might be helpful to post what you don’t/didn’t like about Illinois.
EDIT: WAIT…you’re asking about transfer schools and you haven’t yet taken a class at Illinois?!?
CS will be very difficult to transfer into at a UC from UIUC.
Did the student apply to any of the potential transfer schools as a senior?
Are you/Is your student accepted to UIUC CS? Why do they want to transfer, before spending any time there at all?
not sure yet, just exploring potential transfer options at this time.
That’s a great point - especially when people are “killing” to getting into UIUC for CS.
If the student doesn’t want to be there, why not take a gap year.
Or if a UC is desired, drop out and go to a CC.
Odd to be asking this question before enrolling - but people would kill to go to UIUC for CS, moreso than most if not all the transfer schools mentioned.
