Hi all I had a question about transfer admission. Which top colleges have a higher transfer acceptance rate? Thanks
You can look at each school’s common data set (CDS), section D, to see transfer admissions data.
Note that some top colleges have agreements with local Community Colleges, so those students have preference over others. Some schools may look like they accept many transfers, but in reality the acceptance rate is lower for students not coming from the CCs…schools like Cornell, UCs, and some other top state schools (UVA, U Mich) are examples.
So is it hard to get into UVA and UMich as a transfer
Start with the CDS and look at how many apply and the acceptance rate.
Then go to the websites and look at the transfer application requirements, and speak with a transfer advisor.
U Mich has transfer tuesdays, where one can tour and meet with a transfer advisor to go over the courses the student has taken, and see which ones might transfer over. Don’t know if UVA has the same, but look on the website. Of course, no schools are having tours or in-person meetings at the moment.
Unless the student attends a school that has an articulation agreement with the target transfer school the student may lose credits and not be able to graduate in 4 years. There will also be little, if any, financial aid for OOS transfers at most publics.
If you give more specifics posters will be able to better help you. For example…Are you at a CC now? A 4 year college? How many credits do you have? GPA? Major? Would you be applying for FA?
Well you’re not really being specific about which colleges have a higher transfer rate. I did not post anything regarding my chances so I’m not sure why I’m being asked for grades or etc… I really can’t speak with an advisor at this time given what is going on at this moment. There’s a reason why I’m asking here.
I taught you how to find out each college’s transfer admission rate…it’s up to you whether you want to do the research, or not.
I think what @Mwfan1921 is trying to tell you is that there is no “list” or ranking of “top colleges’ transfer rates” because transfer requirements are very specific for each school and may include exceptionally high GPAs.
Many of the high-ranking schools have articulation agreements with their local community colleges: you take the list of required courses, you have a strong chance of getting admitted. So, a student attending a local community college, trying to transfer to a popular in-state, public university, has a higher transfer rate to get into that university, than anyone who doesn’t attend the local community colleges.
The best thing that you can do is look for the schools that you want to transfer to, and look up their common data sets (CDS) and it will tell you how many transfers they accepted and percentage.