<p>Do I have less oportunities than a freshman if I apply as a transfer student to harvard??</p>
<p>If you are asking whether there are fewer spots in the transfer class than the freshman class, the answer is yes. It’s much, much harder to get in as a transfer.</p>
<p>please cite facts, data, reasoning for your assertion that it’s harder to get in as a transfer</p>
<p>haha there was a thread on this posted a few years back</p>
<p>I am too lazy to find it now; you’ll probably have better luck but basically it said that</p>
<p>Harvard’s freshman acceptance rate was like 9% (really tells you how ancient the thread was) while it’s transfer rate was 5%</p>
<p>the other side of the argument was that if you apply as a freshman, you’ll be competing against 23k other kids. Transfers compete against far fewer applicants.</p>
<p>so if there are 21k/23k chances of being rejected vs 980/1k, I’m not really sure which one is better or worse beyond a purely statistical sense.</p>
<p>Of course, at that point, does it really matter?</p>
<p>If there’s anything to be inferred from the statistics, it’s that Harvard’s transfer applicants really mean business; otherwise, why isn’t the number higher?</p>
<p>What doesn’t everybody apply as transfers? This is Harvard, right?</p>
<p>Something to think about.</p>
<p>All of this being said, you’re not going to get in if you don’t apply so don’t let some numeral wumbobumbo scare you. After all, what do you have to lose, besides the 70 dollars or 65 dollars or whatever the app fee is now?</p>
<p>With the reopening of transfer admissions, the college anticipates accepting 10-20 students. Past years have received anywhere from 1000-1300 applications. Chance of acceptance: 0.8-2.0%</p>
<p>[College</a> To Resume Accepting Transfer Applications | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/1/15/transfer-students-admissions-according/]College”>College To Resume Accepting Transfer Applications | News | The Harvard Crimson)</p>