<p>Does past rejection matter & What are my chances</p>
<p>As far as I’ve seen, past rejection definitely doesn’t mean you have ‘more’ of a chance of getting rejected again as anyone else. I know a few people who transferred to schools they originally got rejected from after a successful time at their first university. Your chances depend on your grades, essays, interests, activities, etc. and you should have just as good a chance as someone who hasn’t gotten rejected before.</p>
<p>Biggest obstacle - recs</p>
<p>With the exception of Cornell (and it depends on major), all top colleges admission rate is much lower than freshman admit rate. Princeton for example, don’t accept transfers and U of Chicago accepted 22 in 2012 out of 2000+ applicants. </p>
<p>If you’re in a top 15, why bother transferring??? Unless you hate your current school . . . . or if you are hoping to work with a specific program at the new school, there’s no real benefit for jockeying around like this. Seriously. Grad schools may look at you and go: why did s/he make that move? Oooh s/he’s the kind of person to move for “prestige” and no other reason. Undermining your substance. </p>