<p>can anyone help me learn more about harvard transfer aspplication rather than giving me online links that i have read like 100 times. thanks.</p>
<p>hahahah.....what do u want ppl to tell u?</p>
<p>what more would people know that you don't know already from reading Harvard's tranfer application instructions?</p>
<p>With transfers, college grades matter much, much more than hs grades. However, the transfer pool is about twice as competitive as the undergrad pool, and next year they will be cutting back on the number of transfers they take, so it will actually be about four times as competitive, or a little more than that. Basically, you need to show them that you will be able to perform at a suitable academic level, will be a part of the community, and have a good reason for leaving your old school and coming to Harvard. All of these are different for everybody. The story is entirely different for someone who transfers from Yale or Brown or Lehigh or Clemson or Portland community college (all of which had transfers in my transfer class). Coming out of Yale, it is probably more important to give a good reason for leaving there for Harvard than it is to highlight academics because Yale and Harvard are exactly the same academically. Someone out of Portland community college doesn't have to give that great a reason for leaving but they have to demonstrate their ability to handle Harvard's academics and fulfill Harvard's requirements in time. Therefore, the standards you'll be held to on stats, gpa, sat score, ec, etc are totally different.</p>
<p>With an LAC, you're gonna face the burden of proving why you want to leave and why you think you'll be able to adjust to a much, much less supportive and much bigger Harvard environment. With a state school, you're gonna need to show them that your work there is such that it fulfills a Harvard liberal arts education and prepares you for Harvard's classes. Which of these is harder depends on who you are, where your interests lie, and what sort of classes you'd be taking at the school you start at. School choice should come down to location, happiness and cost, not the place from which you'd be able to transfer to Harvard the easiest. As a side note, go into whatever school you're going to with an open mind - you may find you love it and don't want to leave, and that's a very good reason to stay. If you decide you want to transfer, then you can start the process.</p>
<p>I wouldn't really recommend a preprofessional program like business or a community college where the burden of academic proof will be very, very steep. If you decide not to transfer, you can always switch to business if that's where your real interest lies, though I think a liberal arts background in something like math or economics will always serve as better preparation for the real business world in the long run (as a very common example)</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>Uh. . . I tranferred to Harvard, so I could possibly answer your questions, but your post is not that specific. What do you want to know? </p>
<p>Also, I agree with pretty much everything in rocksolid4's post.</p>
<p>how exactly did you transfer to harvard?</p>