<p>My question is regarding people who essentially 'buy' thier way into the school, regarding donations, etc. How much of a percentage, really, in transfer admissions to top-tier schools is this? I talked to a counselor today who said at a round table with stanford admissions advisors, they discourage transfers (from cc's especially for some reason) because half of the spaces are already reserved. this was verbatim. does anyone know if the haas school of biz at cal works the same way? i mean, what's going on here?</p>
<p>Money rules everything, whether you're talking about transferring into a school, or having good enough stats to be accepted there in the first place. It's sad. It means the US of A is a huge hypocrit with all their freedom talk. But it's true. The top 1% of incomes in the United States fill up nearly half the spaces at those top-tier schools. Dice it and splice it anyway you like, but when you privatize anything, such as education, money is going to give you better access.</p>
<p>Now, with regards to transfer spaces being "reserved," I suppose that could mean "reserved for athletes" or something, as well as "reserved for legacy."</p>
<p>What!?!?!?!? Discourage? Transfer students because they are poor or just because they do not like transfer students? </p>
<p>Hey, </p>
<p>I want to apply to Stanford,</p>
<p>Anybody has any ideas on this issue?</p>
<p>i am with ecape on this one. as disheartening as it is, money really does buy alot of kids right into top tier schools. and money also means those kids went to better high schools, had better teachers, better tutors, better class selections and are transferring in from better schools. they also probably don't have to work fulltime to put themselves through school which means they have more time to study and get better grades because of it.</p>
<p>Cinderand Smoke - escape talks about people with top 1% incmoes. Those kids do not transfer, they get in to whatever top tier school they like. In addition, I don't believe you have to be rich in order not to work full time in college. The majority of people in college are from the middle class and most of them don't work full time. Some do work-study, but some don't even do that. Thats the entire point of aid loans...</p>
<p>I don't think people that buy their way into universities with parents money, etc, are really gonna be in a transfer pool. They usually just walk in from hs. Rich kids either decide after hs that they wanna go to the school because their parents name and money there, etc. Or they just wanna live off their parents money and do nothing. Therefore, it's rare that a person with legacy and huge donations to a university would be a transfer applicant.</p>
<p>that's true, people who do have that much money probably would have bought their way in right from high school.</p>
<p>Well, I wasn't sure from zemookmook's post whether the adcoms were saying spaces were reserved for people who "bought" there way in, or if spaces were just reserved. B/c many schools use transfer spaces to get athletes.</p>
<p>well, no offense to anyone here, ppl do make wrong decisions and hence, they want to transfer. Not everyone that seeks transfer is from a third tier school and trying to make it into a top 15 or ivy school or w.e you want to call it. I am one such example. I am seeking transfer admission just like the rest of you, i might be similar in that I am applying to similar schools but I am applying from a highly prestigious university. It just isn't the right for me. The end of this debate...</p>
<p>dude, where did this discussion go?</p>
<p>my original question was about the viability of the notion that transfer spots are allocated in large numbers to students who dont get in the first round (for whatever reason) but whose parents still donate a hell of a lot to the college. The athletes thing makes sense, but i'm wondering about how much SPACE would be made for these kids. i mean, im not making this up. this was coming from the admissions office. someone clarify,yeah?</p>
<p>I doubt anyone here can answer that. This type of information is not something the university wants everybody to know.</p>
<p>We, as transfers, should hope that thieir money will get them in right from high school.</p>
<p>Well I wonder this..I am planning on transfering to USC, im fortunate enough to afford the full tuition. Do you think as shallow as this is, it may help my chances seeing as though I wont have to use financial aid, not that there is anything wrong with it??</p>
<p>Ohh and if your parents donate big to a school I doubt youll endup doing 2 years at a JC and being a transfer student. I mean if your parents are donating like 25k plus to a school in hopes of you getting in, they would hopefully be wise enough to hire an admissions counselor to help your chances I know of MANY people personally who had LOW gpas and and low sats who attended some nice private schools most likely because they had professional admission counseling help.</p>