<p>truazn - First of all, your chances of transfer, if you get 3.8+ at Columbia are good at Yale/Wharton. Harvard isn't taking transfers.</p>
<p>That said, you can get an education at Columbia for FREE. An Ivy-league education, one of the best universities in the world, for FREE. </p>
<p>Frankly, your reasons are BS. You didn't even mention academics, which should have been your #1 reason. You want suburban? Wharton is an a city, Yale is hardly suburban. I've been to Columbia and it has a beautiful campus, just like I'm sure Yale/Penn do. Of course you should transfer if that's what you really want. But is it really worth it? To spend $200,000 when you can get the same education for free? Is the architecture at Columbia not good enough for you? Is NYC not good enough that you crave New Haven?</p>