<p>Hello! I'm asking this for a friend who doesn't have a CC account:</p>
<p>What are transfer statistics from this year? We looked on collegeboard.com but their information is always a few years out of date, and the college admission rates have significantly decreased since those days.</p>
<p>Also, is it easier to get in as a TRANSFER from St. Louis? We know it is as a freshman applicant.</p>
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I don’t understand what your question is. Transferring from where to where? What do you mean by “transfer from St. Louis”?</p>
<p>@nngmm, I meant that she lives in St. Louis (or did before she went to Harvard) and so would that be considered at WashU?</p>
<p>It’s common knowledge in St. Louis that WashU accepts almost everyone from St. Louis.</p>
<p>I certainly hope that your friend has more common sense than to give any credence to such a naive and ridiculous statement: "It’s common knowledge in St. Louis that WashU accepts almost everyone from St. Louis. "</p>
<p>^^lol, I second that…
I think her success would greatly depend on her Harvard GPA, and her reasons for transferring.</p>
<p>Okay, I know it’s hard for you guys to believe, but it’s true. I’m graduating this year from a good public school and everyone who applied (19 people) got in.</p>
<p>That’s true. 
I was just wondering where I could find RECENT statistics.</p>
<p>I certainly don’t know about your school, but if you read WashU FAQs, you will find the following statement: A distinctive feature of Washington University is that nearly 60 percent of our undergraduate students come from more than 500 miles away, making this one of the most geographically diverse campuses in the country.</p>
<p>Considering 500 miles goes way beyond St. Louis, I stand by my initial statement.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I know that. But that doesn’t mean that Missouri students are getting in at significantly higher rates.</p>
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<li><p>Missouri students have the highest acceptance rate. That doesn’t mean that they’re choosing to attend because of different reasons, such as wanting to get out of Missouri (my reason). </p></li>
<li><p>60% from over 500 miles away isn’t that much. That means that 40% aren’t.</p></li>
<li><p>This was not meant to be a debate. Ask anyone from St. Louis. You’ll learn that we know very few people who did not get in.</p></li>
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<p>Anonymous93,
40% or so of students at Stanford are from California. Is it because they have easier time getting in? No, it is because everyone and their brother in California applies to Stanford.</p>
<p>Wash U employs thousands of people. ALL its employees (not just the faculty) get free tuition benefit for their kids. So pretty much all the kids of Wash U employees apply to Wash U, even if they don’t plan to attend, just in case their dreams don’t come true, and Wash U turns out to be their best option. Many of them are top students, so no wonder they get in.</p>
<p>And if you look at Naviance of Ladue, Clayton or Parkway, you’ll see that plenty of students don’t get in. They just don’t brag about it like those who do.</p>
<p>lol Anon, as a PS student you are shielded from WashU’s local wrath.</p>
<p>Actually, WashU dislikes admitting locals because of the exact reason that they quote geo diversity statistics (do Harvard, UPenn, Yale, etc. do that? no.). </p>
<p>WashU wants to be more than a Midwest backup, consequentially it is usually harder for a local to get in than someone from OOS. Same applies to places like Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Tufts.</p>
<p>We just know the best kids, there are a lot of local kids who apply but don’t tell anyone that they did so ^^ I know ~5 WUSTL rejects who only told me and a few others. It’s not meant to be common knowledge. :)</p>
<p>Otherwise Anon, I love you! Good luck to your friend!</p>
<p>Ehh I’m not too sure about that at least for northwestern. From naviance stats it seems to be rather easier to get in from my local school. They took like 60+ kids last year. Part of that is because many people apply, but I think the location helps. I think yield is higher locally. Plus, they know our school and that our curriculum turns out good students. But there definitely seems to be a local advantage.</p>
<p>Just remember that naviance applies to a particular school and not an area. May be valid to use as a guide to your school, but not much beyond that.</p>
<p>I heard from a Harvard admissions officer, and think it is likely to be true of all elite schools, that they feel an obligation to not only educate citizens of the world, but they also have an obligation to educate those from the region that they are part of. This was couched as providing benefit to the community that they are in. I believe that another motive is that locals are more likely to remain in the local area and thereby create a critical mass of alums which benefits the school. The upshot is that you will see all of the elite schools have a greater number of students from nearby and the geographic diversity becomes just a handful of students from far afield. Yes, students will apply to schools close to home, but the elite schools have so many applicants that they could have a flatter geographic distribution if they wanted it. So at the end of the day, I would come down on the side that it probably helps to be from St. Louis if you want to get into WUStL. However, the OP’s friend’s performance at Harvard and reasons for wanting to transfer will be much bigger factors than geography.</p>
<p>from st. louis. waitlisted at washu accepted to uchicago (not that I want to go there) </p>
<p>It’s definitely not easier to get in from stl</p>
<p>We had a transfer from Yale and another from Stanford last semester.</p>
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Yes, but they don’t do it by making admissions easier for the locals. They do it by offering opportunities like Harvard Extension school, or Wash U University College that gives non-students in the community access to education at these institutions. They also have community service programs with students tutoring in ESL programs, local public schools, etc.</p>
<p>nngmm - I have to disagree. While they may have outreach like HES, the composition of the student body at Harvard College is very disproportionately from Boston/Massachussetts/New England and this is what was being referred to by the admin officer.</p>