is it possible to transfer from uconn to Yale or Brown after freshman year?
Is it possible? Yes. Is it likely? Probably not. The transfer acceptance rate for Yale is <2%, and Brown’s is 3.4%. you would need to show a very compelling reason for wanting to transfer.
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This is the sad thing I wish the message was clearer about. Media, tv, counselors are always saying - “get your grades up, show them what you are made of and you can transfer. It’s only the last school you attend that shows on your degree”. When in reality it’s very hard to transfer and if you do it’s often a financial nightmare. We should give more honest messaging like you have. Thank you.
It is very hard to transfer to Yale or other US universities at that level.
I know people who have transferred to very good universities. They just weren’t Yale.
I used to know multiple students who did their bachelor’s degree at universities that were not very far off from U.Conn in ranking, and that did their graduate work at a university that was pretty close to the Yale level.
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If you have top high school stats and 4.0 gpa from college and good LORs from college professors, it’s not that hard.
HYP mostly admit CC students and veterans as juniors, but you can get in UPenn, Columbia, Brown, and Cornell after your freshman year.
My son went to a state college ranked lower than UConn and got accepted into UPenn and Duke as a second year next fall. It’s definitely doable.
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Why do you think that your son experienced such success as a transfer applicant ?
In addition to a first year college GPA of 4.0 & strong teacher recs, your son also earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT prior to entering college according to one of your earlier posts. Did your son include his ACT score on his transfer applications ?
Also, are you willing to share why your son wanted to transfer ?
Congrats to your son! that’s awesome. That’s what I’ve read in other threads too. but not sure how much more competitive next year would be, considering the fallout of this year’s unpredictable admission results. I guess there is only one way to find out 
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My son had very competitive stats in HS, but he didn’t really package his college application well enough because he played a HS sport up to October his senior year. Also he didn’t take enough APs compared to some of his classmates (also due to playing a sport).
He took balanced and very demanding courses in college so that showed he is ready for those top schools.
Of course he included his ACT score and his perfect SAT Math 2 and Physics scores. Who wouldn’t? 
His main reasons are lack of a major he wants to study in his current school, research opportunities and student body engagement.
Thank you!
Just go to your current college and study hard and really get involved inside and outside the classroom. If you still think you want to transfer when time is up, give it your best effort and you will be fine.
Good luck!
Transfer acceptance rates are higher at Upenn and Duke.
Should op try to transfer, yes if that’s their goal. But saying it’s easy to get accepted as a transfer to Yale seems misleading.
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Duke accepted around 65 over 1,600+ (4%) in 2021 transfer round.
UPenn accepted 85+ over 2,600.
And op asked about Yale, not Upenn or Duke.
How many transfer students were accepted into Yale?
Yale CDS states for the 2019 cycle
1,254 applied
27 were admitted
21 enrolled
For 2020
1,311 applied
22 were accepted
14 enrolled
Not clear why the CDS data doesn’t match the article’s figures but regardless the number admitted are super small.
In reporting its admissions statistics, Yale does not differentiate between transfer students and those admitted via the Eli Whitney Students Program, which is meant for non-traditional students who are attending college later in life.
In 2019, Yale reported that of the 34 transfer and Eli Whitney students admitted, 14 came from community colleges. In 2020, 29 transfer and Eli Whitney students were admitted, and again, 14 came from community colleges. In 2017 and 2018, 10 and nine students came from community colleges, respectively.
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I’ve heard that Yale has some sort of connection to a community college Connecticut & there are few transfers from that cc every year. I wasn’t sure if there is such a connection from state school & yale.
Schools can have articulation agreements with local CCs. I believe it’s very common in California. I haven’t heard or read anything about similar arrangements with 4 year schools.
Also if you’re considering transferring during your freshman year, your HS stats need to be excellent because schools will evaluate them since you’ll provide very limited college stats at that point.