<p>I was accepted by Hamilton College, but I really wish to graduate from an Ivy League school. How realistic do you find the chances of tranferring to any Ivy League school?
Which Ivies, you think, would be easier to get into?</p>
<p>How real are the chances from tranferring from Williams College? Are the chances higher?</p>
<p>Thank you for help</p>
<p>You have to look at each school and see how many transfers they take. Some take no transfers at all. My guess would be that Cornell would be by far your best bet. But you’re better off going to your favorite (or the cheapest) school you got into and doing your best there for four years. Going in with a view to transfer is a recipe for failure, both academically and socially. It’s a mistake.</p>
<p>You got into Williams? Why would you want to transfer to an ivy when you got into one of the most respected LAC’s in the country. I just don’t get it. I mean does going to an ivy really mean that much. I’ll be honest when I say that Cornell is not as good as Williams. I really don’t see why this is a concern.</p>
<p>Penn is fairly transfer friendly. I know of a number of people who have transferred in from Vanderbilt, among other places. Brown takes very few transfers- it varies a lot year to year, but they prefer to take non-traditional students as transfers (high potential minorities etc). If you are accepted to Williams, stay there.</p>
<p>Go to Williams, the #1 or #2 LAC in the country, and then to an Ivy for grad school.</p>
<p>That being said, for transfers Harvard and Princeton are impossible (Princeton just doesn’t take transfers, and Harvard has put a hold on transfer admissions for now).</p>
<p>Another option could be applying to Columbia’s GS or Penn’s LPS. Both of them give you the real experience and a real from the school.</p>
<p>Given their size, Cornell and Penn are the most transfer friendly Ivies. But I must agree with others…why transfer to an Ivy when you have Williams. Williams is excellent.</p>