<p>i see wolverine scratch marks all over this forum</p>
<p>I can understand you transferring because of the weather - but leaving Michigan engineering because it's not prestigious enough is ridiculous. If you want better weather and more prestige, looks like you're limited to CalTech, UC-Berkeley and Stanford.</p>
<p>all the engineering students i knew at michigan were extremely busy trying to get good grades. reputation was never an issue.</p>
<p>Im thinking this guy, who wants to transfer, is a "fake", student spy agent sent to underscore Umich. Yes...its not just a theory now...its a fact.</p>
<p>I think what d3aj is saying is a place where you don't have to work as hard in engineering, get better grades, and where the weather is nice. Unfortunately about the hard work part, that probably means you don't learn as much either and end up with a less valued degree. So perhaps some place like USoCal, Vanderbilt, UVa, VaTech, NC State, U-FL, or ASU.</p>
<p>Have you looked at GA Tech? The College of Engineering considers GATech its peer in many ways (of course I'm not sure if that's true in all departments).</p>
<p>I think UC Berkeley takes 5% OOS for regular admissions, and the EECS major is even more competitive, so transfer admission is going to be that much harder.</p>
<p>Actually their acceptance rate is over 20% for out of state for both freshman and transfer admissions. (<a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp%5B/url%5D">http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp</a>) Granted that OOS applicants probably have higher stats on average.</p>
<p>Hmm...not sure there is a school of engineering worth its weight that isn't challenging or difficult. While a school like USC doesn't have Mich's reputation in engineering, is anyone going to claim it is easy there? That's absurd. These subjects are challenging - no matter where you take them. </p>
<p>As for my own perspective, if you are going to put in the work, do it around as many bright and talented people as you can. That's how you learn outside the books. And by any measure, Michigan fits that bill nicely. Unless a concrete, persuasive reason can be made for transfer, it makes zero sense to me.</p>