<p>I got rejected, but have already planned to reapply to MIT as a transfer next year or so. How tough is it? As I notice, many rejectees try grad. school rather than transfer. </p>
<p>Anyone knows the transfer admit rates of past years?</p>
<p>No beating around the bush: transfering in is extremely tough.</p>
<p>You can see the figures in the Common Data Sets for the past couple years (the CDSs for previous years disappeared from the website in the last couple months). However, the transfer acceptance rate has remained fairly stable at roughly 2% for the past several years.</p>
<p>You can find out much more from the MIT website about the requirements for applying as a Transfer Student.</p>
<p>Basically, IIRC, basically all of their housing is taken up, as well as the fact that they already have an extremely intelligent and trained group of students at whatever grade level you are applying for. Unless it was someone who was a <em>real</em> stand out (getting awarded UG fellowships and having published papers etc), there is basically 0 chance of getting admitted.</p>
<p>~2% acceptance ftw :) </p>
<p>Yah, grad school is probably most likely option if you're already in college and just really want that MIT moniker stuck onto your name...</p>