<p>I was just wondering if someone could give some advice about transferring after one year; I'm doing a freshman year abroad program at a fairly prestigious European school. What top colleges would it be easiest to transfer into? I've heard some schools like Vanderbilt are particularly transfer-friendly.</p>
<p>Right now, I'm thinking of Northwestern, Berkeley, Vanderbilt, NYU, etc. Also, I may apply to a few Ivies, but I heard they're pretty hard to transfer into; does anyone know which Ivies I'd have the best chances of transferring into?</p>
<p>Ok, I just mean in general, what are the easiest top ranked schools and Ivies to transfer into. But anyway, the stats:</p>
<p>3.7 GPA
2210 SAT
750 Math 2
710 Literature</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: National Merit, Nationally Ranked in chess, leadership positions in clubs, etc.</p>
<p>Of course, I can’t tell you what my college GPA and recs will be like, which are going to be probably the more important than my high school stats, which is why I didn’t include them.</p>
<p>That leaves 7 to look up on the CB to see what their transfer admission rate is (the CB currently has fall 2009 transfer stats), should take 15 minutes tops:</p>
<p>As a soph transfer applicant, your HS record and test scores will be more important than what you’ve done in college as you will only have completed 1 sem/qt when you apply.</p>
<p>Jesus Christ, do you do this to everyone?! The reason people ask these questions are so they can get straight answers and NOT spend 15 minutes to look stuff us.</p>
<p>The guy wants to know what Ivys will possibly accept him. Why can’t you just answer his question?</p>
<p>Sorry, but your redirects are not very helpful. You might as well say “Screw you, look it up on your own”.</p>
<p>LOL. I just realized that. I didn’t even click on the link, but I was so disgusted with her redirecting.</p>
<p>Entomom, I know you don’t mean any harm, so I 'm sorry if I was too harsh on you. It’s just that your method of help, isn’t really helping. The OP in this thread, and pretty much any OP, want direct answers of their thread.</p>
<p>If they are asking, for example, “What’s the 4th planet from the Sun?”, they would want an answer like “Mars”, not “Here’s a link, look it up”.</p>
<p>Again, I’m sorry if I’m picking on you, or if you feel offended. I’m just trying to give you some advice. Hopefully, I’ve listened to me.</p>
<p>If you all use your best CR skills and look closely at the redirect I gave, it discusses the data on the CB site and has 3 links to threads listing admissions rates ;).</p>
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<p>Yes, I do want people to go to the primary source rather than just asking for the opinions of a bunch of people on a discussion forum for data that they could get in a few minutes of directed searching. You don’t have to listen to me, and the OP doesn’t have to go to those links, they could just take everything here that anonymous people on the internet tell them as truth, it’s their choice and yours. </p>
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<p>CC is is wonderful place for many things, that’s why I came and stayed after all. But if someone wants to know which Ivies are easier for transferring, the answer is in the numbers and those numbers are easily found on the CB. And if I were the OP, after seeing the actual acceptance rates for the Ivies, I’d then go to the sticky thread with transfer results. That will tell them the level of stats, EC, etc. the candidates that were accepted and rejected had at the schools they’re interested in. That would get them a long ways in determining which schools are within their range. </p>
<p>I have absolutely no problem with you (or anyone else) stating your (their) opinion, whether it coincides with mine or not, but I find it very interesting that you seem to take everything so personally. You’ve been on CC less than a year and on the Transfer forum considerably less time for having such a strong reaction and giving advice. Do you really expect that everyone here is going to agree all of the time?</p>
<p>It’s true, I have not been here very long. I don’t have many posts here. But I am in no way whatsoever a stranger to forums.</p>
<p>I’ve been posting on ESPN’s Fantasy Baseball message board since 2007. During that time, I have comprised well over 20,000 posts. I am one of the oldest regulars of that board. All you have to do is mention “Jon”, and every member of that board will know who you are referring to. It’s kind of like that old sitcom “Cheers”- It’s where everybody knows my name.</p>
<p>On that board, I used to have my opinions heard. I am very outspoken, and passionate. So if I sound a bit strong, and opinionated, it comes from years of contributing to my other board. Although I may be a nobody here, I am accustomed to being heard.</p>
<p>Harvard and Princeton have suspended their transfer programs because of record enrollment in 2008. Yale typically only accepts a handful of transfers each year.</p>
<p>I think your best bets are Cornell, Columbia, and UPenn. The schools you listed are very prestigious as well, so you have no bad options here :)</p>