<p>How hard is it (relatively) to transfer from MIT to Stanford after freshman year? Have any of you ever heard success stories in this area?</p>
<p>I think if you originally got into stanford that would make it easier. No clue though, I haven't actually ever heard of anyone transfering :PP</p>
<p>The only person I ever knew who transferred was really homesick and transferred to a state university near her home.</p>
<p>I don't know that you'll find any helpful stories here -- the transfer rate out of MIT is very low, and it's entirely possible that none of us know anybody who transferred for non-personal-crisis reasons.</p>
<p>Why is transferring so unheard of? This person's first choice was Stanford, but he didn't get in and still really wants to be there. The only reason he chose MIT over Berkeley was because he thought he would have a better chance to transfer into Stanford. This guy just loves California, but doesn't want to sacrifice educational opportunities.</p>
<p>Most people don't want to transfer -- they come to MIT and like it very much.</p>
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<p>EEK! To each his own but good god what kind of a time is he having here then? MIT really probably is the worst kind of torture to anyone who doesn't want to be here.</p>
<p>P.S.! If I were him I'd probably come up with better reasons on his transfer application than that for the decisions he's made :PP If he wants to get in, that is. I don't know, I would assume Stanford's transfer acceptance rate is also very very low. He should have gone to Berkeley.</p>
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<p>Yes, yes, and yes. :)!</p>
<p>I think if he liked Cali... he should've gone to berkeley! It's probably easier to get good grades there than MIT anyways. Plus it is still a great school... I know if you are instate people kind of think Berkeley is easy to get into since alot of kids get in... but that doesn't make it a bad school ... it's still got a very competitive EECS program</p>
<p>MIT's freshman year makes a transfer out of MIT comparatively hard after the freshman year. It is much easier to transfer out after the sophomore year. For the first term, freshman are awarded a P (for pass) if they would have earned an A, B, or C in the class and no record is made for a grade D or lower. For the second term, again no record is made of a grade D or lower, but grades A, B, and C will be recorded.</p>
<p>This means that for a school looking to accept a transfer from MIT, they only see one semester's grades and those knowing that failing subjects don't show up on the transcript.</p>
<p>Again, it is much easier after sophomore year. That being said, very few students WANT to transfer out of MIT.</p>
<p>^can you choose to reveal your internal transcript in that case? i know for some med schools, they make you show what your actual grades were for freshman year.</p>
<p>That's a really good question.</p>
<p>Why would you transfer? :p</p>
<p>You can choose to reveal your first term freshman grades, but it involves a lot of red tape and legwork -- the grades aren't actually stored by the registrar's office, so you have to go around and get them released by each department in which you took a class first term freshman year.</p>
<p>Very few medical schools make MIT students go to those lengths -- Johns Hopkins is usually the only one mentioned.</p>