<p>I'm planning on transferring to Yale University this coming year for both academic and athletic reasons. I've contemplated whether this is the right approach. I have attended leadership conferences and also took summer programs at Yale before. I feel very comfortable with the atmosphere, as well as the student body of the institution. The problem to my situation however is that currently I'm on a gap year to reach athletic results mainly but also to refine my academic interest and pursue my humanitarian passion. Thus if I don't accept a university offer and transfer, my only other option would be to skip another year and apply during the regular period. Personally I don't feel I could utilize that extra time to my full advantage and I'm not sure how a double gap year would look on the resume. </p>
<p>Just looking to inquire some information as I've read on past forum that transfer applications have a lower than 2% success rate. If anybody has some useful info or insight or know what type of students usual succeed in this stuff please share. </p>
<p>PS. I would be transferring from a notable Canadian university as an undergraduate student.</p>
<p>Use the Search this Thread function for ‘transfer’ and you will come up with Transfer threads for the past several years. You will find one for 2011, and my post #73 on the 2010 thread links to previous ones:</p>
<p>Other than being accomplished academically and interesting in some unique way, I don’t think there is a specific ‘type’ of student that Y is looking for in a transfer. And if you are going to be a recruited athlete, that’s a different category from normal applicants. D1 had 2 varsity athletes in her transfer year.</p>
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<p>Y accepts relatively few transfers from CCs, but they do take students from Deep Springs. While not all, I would say that the majority of transfers come from top schools whether they be private, publics or military academies.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. I followed your link to the threads, and I came across a post which stated that less then, or close to 2% is the acceptance rate for transfer applicants - why is this? Also, why is it that “Y accepts relatively few transfers from CCs”?</p>
<p>I heard that transfers are mainly used to fill the gaps from Yale students transferring, and since that number is around 2%, they only need that much people to fill the gap.</p>
<p>I don’t know why Y mostly takes students from 4 yr colleges rather than CCs, in the past they stated on their website that they gave special consideration to CC students, but they have thankfully taken that down since it didn’t seem to be true.</p>
<p>Due to a very high retention rate, there are very few spots available for transfers.</p>
<p>You can’t possibly be “planning” on transferring to Yale unless you are being actively recruited by the coach in your sport. There are very few spots for transfers – maybe a dozen, maybe two – and no shortage at all of people who would like to transfer. Unless you are a recruited athlete, your chances are very low, and even if you are a recruited athlete your chances may depend on the needs of your sport vs. other sports. (But you are in a much better position than general transfer applicants.)</p>
<p>Coming from a Canadian university would not be a problem, but it’s not going to be an advantage, either. There ARE a few places that seem to impart an advantage to transfer students, but they are places like Deep Springs, the military academies, and Harvard. And those places of origin do not account for all transfers by any means, nor do they make anyone a sure thing. The only things close to sure things in transfer world would be pro-quality athletes in high profile sports like football, basketball or hockey.</p>