Transfer Friendly Schools/Advice

Transfer Students
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<p>I recently withdrew from a top conservatory of music after one semester having decided that music was not the right career for me. I intended to only apply to music schools while in high school and because of this I never took SAT IIs. I would like to transfer to a "top school" but because of this misstep while in high school I feel kind of stuck with a state school (The University of Connecticut, which, granted, is not terrible). Also, after speaking with some schools, I realize now that I'm considered a freshman applicant because I only completed one semester and the deadline for freshmen at most schools has passed. I was wondering if there are any "good" schools that are considered particularly transfer-friendly.</p>

<p>Stats:
High School GPA (Weighted): 4.1
College GPA: 3.95
SAT: 2170 (Math 700, Reading 730, Writing 740)
1st Decile of a High School Class of 600 (somewhere within the top 10, I believe, although that was never released)
President of Junior Classical League and Choir Council; Assistant Director of several plays
Winner of several awards senior year
Accomplished baritone soloist and choir member</p>

2

<p>Northwestern, NYU, and Cornell accept a relatively high number of transfers and are thus more transfer-friendly than most top universities. You should consider other top schools as well, as your record is very solid.</p>

3

<p>I’m trying to keep close to home, so I’m looking in New England, New York, and New Jersey, ruling out Northwestern. I hadn’t seriously considered Cornell before, but it certainly seems to be an appropriate school for me. </p>

<p>Right now I’m considering applying to Cornell, Vassar, Williams, Tufts, and Brandeis. I have a friend of the family who has connections at Williams and is willing to help me on that front and my high school has had a good history with Vassar. Chances anyone?</p>

4

<p>fairly good, so long as you didn’t fail any courses once you dropped out.</p>

5

<p>If you’re a guy. I think you have a good shot at Vassar. The others are more competitive.</p>

6

<p>here are the acceptance rates for the top 130 National Universities:

  1. Princeton 0%
  2. Harvard 8.1%
  3. Yale 3.9%
  4. Stanford 5.1%
  5. U-Penn 12.4%
  6. Cal Tech 9.2%
  7. MIT 6.3%
  8. Duke 7.9%
  9. Columbia 6.3%
  10. U-Chicago 25.9%
  11. Dartmouth12.6%
  12. Washington-U St. Louis 24.6%
  13. Cornell 27%
  14. Brown 3%
  15. Northwestern 22.7%
  16. Johns Hopkins 15%
  17. Rice 27.4%
  18. Emory 36%
  19. Vanderbilt 33.9%
  20. Notre Dame 35.9%
  21. Cal Berkeley 29.1%
  22. Carnegie Mellon 13%
  23. U-VA 37.2%
  24. Georgetown 24.7%
  25. UCLA 40.7%
  26. Michigan- Ann Arbor 39.9%
  27. USC 26.6%
  28. UNC-Chapel Hill 41.2%
  29. Tufts 14.1%
  30. Wake Forest 39.3%
  31. Lehigh 51.2%
  32. Brandeis 48.2%
  33. William and Mary 52%
  34. NYU 31.8%
  35. Rochester 28%
  36. Georgia Tech 40.9%
  37. BC 10.5%
  38. UCSD 64.3%
  39. Wisconsin-Madison 51.3%
  40. Illinois Urbana Champaign 70.8%
  41. Case Western Reserve 38.9%
  42. Washington 54.4%
  43. UCD 69.7%
  44. RPI 63.3%
  45. Texas-Austin 41.5%
  46. UCSB 70.4%
  47. UCI 70.1%
  48. Penn State 47.7%
  49. Florida 40.4%
  50. Syracuse 51%
  51. Tulane 82%
  52. Yeshiva 74%
  53. U-Miami 3.9%
  54. Pepperdine 22.1%
  55. George Washington 41%
  56. Maryland 61.1%
  57. Ohio State 81.1%
  58. BU 31.4%
  59. Rutgers 35.9%
  60. Pittsburgh 46.1%
  61. Geogia 53.9%
  62. Texas A&M 64%
  63. WPI 53.5%
  64. UConn 62.8%
  65. Purdue 59.8%
  66. Iowa 71.1%
  67. Fordham 37.7%
  68. Miami-U 61.1%
  69. Clemson 70.4%
  70. SMU 66.3%
  71. Minnesota 32.2%
  72. VA Tech 50.2%
  73. Delaware 40%
  74. Michigan State 46.2%
  75. Stevens Institute of Technology 42.6%
  76. Baylor 43.2%
  77. Colorado School of Mines 84.8%
  78. Indiana 65.5%
  79. BYU 49.4%
  80. UCSC 68.9%
  81. Colorado 63.3%
  82. St. Louis 44.2%
  83. SUNY- Binghamton 48.7%
  84. Marquette 52.6%
  85. SUNY College of Environmental Science 71.7%
  86. NC State 35.4%
  87. Denver 76.4%
  88. American 61%
  89. Iowa State 79.4%
  90. Kansas 74.3%
  91. Alabama 58.3%
  92. Missouri 79.2%
  93. Nebraska 71.2%
  94. Tulsa 62.3%
  95. Clark 59.4%
  96. Auburn 59.4%
  97. SUNY- Stony Brook 53%
  98. Tennessee 70.1%
  99. UVM 58.2%
  100. Arizona 66.3%
  101. Pacific 60.9
  102. UCR 72.2%
  103. Howard 39.6
  104. Illinois Institute of Technology 50.1%
  105. Northeastern 47.2%
  106. UMass 66.9%
  107. USD 59.4%
  108. UNH 60.7%
  109. Texas Christian 71.5%
  110. Drexel N/A
  111. Oklahoma 76.2%
  112. South Carolina 61.5%
  113. Oregon 75.5%
  114. Loyola Chicago 74.1%
  115. Dayton 33.1%
  116. Florida State 48.6%
  117. Ohio U 72.7%
  118. Missouri 77%
  119. Samford 60.8%
  120. Washington State 82.6%
  121. Buffalo SUNY 61.3%
  122. Kentucky N/A
  123. Catholic 39.4%
  124. NJ Institute of Tech 53%
  125. Clarkson 76.3%
  126. Colorado State 85.2%
  127. Arkansas 55.8%
  128. Michigan Technological 69.2%
  129. Kansas State81.2%
  130. Arizona State 89.2%</p>
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<p>Bostonbene
FYI- those #'s are from acceptances 2 years ago. The % accepted at the most selective colleges have decreased a lot in the last 2 years. Ly Stanford accepted less that 1.5% of transfer applicants, Harvard was not much higher, and so it went down the list.</p>

8

<p>the claremont colleges aren’t included in this list?</p>

9

<p>the claremont colleges are technically liberal arts. while this might be slightly outdated, you still get a pretty good feel for chances. collegeboard has not released anything more recent than these.</p>