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<p>Ok, a lot of people seem to be derailing this thread, so I’m going to throw my input out there.</p>
<p>I understand you have your reasons for whatever they may be, so I’m not going to try to talk you out of transferring. Here IS what I think about your chances, though:</p>
<p>You likely got into Cornell because you have decent numbers bolstered by the fact that you are a minority. Transfers do not have a lot of pull when it comes to minority status, if at all.</p>
<p>Transfers are usually a little higher than what their regular acceptance is, which means for these schools, it’s ridiculous.</p>
<p>I really doubt you’d get a transfer since this early is basically all your high school performance.</p>
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<p>So URM status doesn’t mean much when transferring? Any clue why as to why this is the case?</p>
<p>And yea, like you said, it would be better to wait another year since the HS stats are kind of low.</p>
<p>URM status probably doesn’t mean much because the number of transfers ultimately accepted is usually relatively low, meaning that it has little impact on the diversity of the campus.</p>
<p>Well 3,200 people applied for transfer admissions to Cornell last fall, with 730 being accepted. I don’t think either of those numbers can be considered small, but I’d have to look up the freshman admission rates to see if those numbers are comparable.</p>
<p>True, those numbers aren’t small. But I think over 10,000 undergrads attend Cornell (maybe 14,000 or so?) so in the grand scheme of things it matters less. However, I’m sure the amount it matters varies from school to school</p>
<p>I’m not really banking on the urm status, I just thought I would let know, but if I were to try and transfer to Wharton, they say that it is much better to transfer at the end of freshman year, so it is a tough choice.</p>
<p>The number that choose to enroll of those accepted for a transfer is even smaller. Diversity just doesn’t hold as much weight for transfers.</p>
<p>The college numbers usually won’t be as affected.</p>
<p>^^^That makes sense, but I always thought the added bias which was given to URMs’ applications were applied by an individual basis, not by the size of the applicant pool. Just out of curiosity, did you come to this conclusion from your own assumption or is this a reflection of the thoughts of an admissions officer?</p>
<p>To the OP- Sorry for discussing tangential points in your thread :(</p>
<p>This is based on the numbers I have read, URMs admission is way down comparative to regular admissions.</p>
<p>I do know someone that works admissions at a local uni who has also hinted at this being truth.</p>
<p>I think you have a decent shot at Dartmouth, Brown, and Penn.</p>