Question to MIT - Waitlisted to transfer?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>THIS IS NOT A THREAD TO MOAN ABOUT HOW "UNLUCKY" OR "ANGRY" I FELT ABOUT NOT BEING ACCEPTED AND ALL THAT NEGATIVE STUFF -- I was actually grateful that I even made it to the wait list.</p>

<p>Anyhow, I've got two main questions and any insight on them would be really appreciated.</p>

<p>Firstly, I was wondering whether all of MIT's wait listed candidates are considered strong applicants to MIT? I was confused because while Matt's blog said that MIT really likes their wait listed candidates, a friend of mine said otherwise and said that a large proportion of wait listed candidates are put on the wait list while having no intention of admitting them at all.</p>

<p>This leads to my second question: as a wait listed student who will be attending college elsewhere this year, I'm thinking about applying to MIT as a transfer student. Would this be an acceptable idea? I'm asking this because if I was put on the wait list, maybe MIT thought that I was an okay match?</p>

<p>Any insight would be great!</p>

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<p>MIT is not taking anyone off the waitlist this year. Normally people don’t recommend applying as a transfer after not getting in the first time. Unless you REALLY hate your new school, I don’t think transferring will do you too much good. You should read this: [Holding</a> out for a piece of Pi | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/holding-out-for-a-piece-of-pi]Holding”>Holding out for a piece of Pi | MIT Admissions)</p>

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<p>@TI84PLUS
As iceui2 said applying as a Transfer to MIT is not easy…but it is possible. One of the students we met at CPW was a transferee from Rice University… She worked really hard at Rice then applied to MIT in her Sophomore year. She actually is the President of the student body in one of the dorms. So there is a glimmer of hope for you there but it won’t be easy.</p>

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It’s safe to assume Matt knows more about MIT’s intentions and procedures than your friend does.</p>

<p>MIT certainly knows it will never be able to admit all of the students from the waitlist, but everyone on the waitlist is an extremely strong candidate, and is someone MIT would accept if they could.</p>