<p>I didn't get in to Brown as a freshman this year. If I apply for transfer as a sophomore, do I have any chance? I was thinking maybe since I didn't get in as a freshman, I wouldn't have a chance since, isn't transfer far more difficult?</p>
<p>Brown's acceptance rate is higher for transfers.</p>
<p>of course pure speculation but speculation derived from experience is better than none</p>
<p>How much of this is really derived from experience? Come on, no one really knows what did or did not get them in. Only an admissions counselor would.</p>
<p>Of course these arent hard pieces of data for how to get in, there is no info that you could give that if followed would garrentee acceptence. However, the infomation being posted is real (it is true and useful) because it is what is distilled from what we as current transfer students have seen empathized in school published faqs and in the organization and questions of the application forms. For myself I have gone over all the stanford "intellectual vitiality" and other stuff in prep for writing essays, as well as talking to the admissions people on campus and actually seeing what the forms ask. Most of what is being given is from experience, not from being in the selection room but from secondary sources that a currently transferring student has encounted in the process but the person first looking to transfer wouldnt know.</p>
<p>It's just silly. Everyone has their own secret or strategy to get in, and half of them contradict each other.</p>
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<p>Most of what was argued here was pretty consistent; I do not think anyone can rationally deny that maintaining a good GPA, having a good SAT, getting good recs, writing a good essay, and so forth, help in the transfer admissions process.</p>