<p>How many people transfer OUT of Harvard every year? Which school(s) do Harvard students generally transfer to? Is there a most "popular" one?</p>
<p>About 98% of freshmen return to campus for their sophomore year.</p>
<p>I'm not sure about that, but 98% DO graduate in 6 years - the highest rate at any college or university in the United States of America. It is very rare indeed to transfer out.</p>
<p>Then why does Harvard take transfer studnets?</p>
<p>Transfers have often proven themselves to be superstar achievers elsewhere. Fitzsimmons often says, wryly, that making room for a small number of transfers "gives us a chance to make up for our mistakes." By which he means that transfers admits can sometimes be people who Harvard considered earlier, but did not admit, who, by their performance, have demonstrated real academic talent, (or, in a few cases, real <em>athletic</em> talent!)</p>
<p>For the class of 2008: 955 applicants, and 55 admits - all 55 of whom matriculated.</p>
<p>So few students transfer out that it's hard to get stats, and a good number of people who transfer do it, in part, to get closer to their families (often because they're having serious problems at school and want the support) so you wouldn't necessarily see a trend. Two of the three students I know or know of who transferred out ended up at schools in their hometowns.</p>
<p>When I went to Harvard, I knew 3 students who transferred out. One transferred to Stanford because she was from Oakland and missed California. One transferred to GWU because she was from D.C. and got homesick (Other students thought that was a silly reason to leave Harvard). Another got married to a guy who was graduating from Annapolis and transferred to some college where he was stationed. I think it was U of Hawaii.</p>
<p>Overall, many students would love to transfer in to Harvard; not many decide to transfer out.</p>
<p>I just transferred in, and it still hasn't really hit me yet. I don't know whose spot I'm taking, but for whatever reason they decided to leave, I'm glad!</p>
<p>You are not "taking someone's spot." The bed that you will be using has indirectly been made available by a series of people taking a semester abroad.</p>
<p>ah, well I'm glad someone decided to study abroad then. How does that work, though, since I'm sure more than 75 people study abroad each year?</p>
<p>Expansion of the study abroad program also helped facilitate an increase in the size of the freshman class this year from about 1,640 to about 1,684.</p>
<p>For Shaganov Can you please tell where you're transferring from?</p>
<p>I asked this before but never really got an answer - how does an increase in study abroad students allow the college to increase freshman enrollment? A Junior who leaves X House doesn't open up a bed for a freshman.</p>
<p>Because by defition transfer students won't be coming in as Freshmen - they'll be coming in as Sophomores at least. So an upperclassman taking a year abroad DOES open up a bed for a transfer student.</p>
<p>ya, duh..</p>
<p>harvard doesn't want to fail students or have an alarming drop out rate or anything..so of course they pass everyone...to cover their own a s s</p>
<p>"Because by defition transfer students won't be coming in as Freshmen - they'll be coming in as Sophomores at least. So an upperclassman taking a year abroad DOES open up a bed for a transfer student."</p>
<p>I know that but Byerly said it allowed Harvard to increase freshman enrollment by about 40. That's the comment I'm responding to UKRUS.</p>
<p>I transferred from the University of Vermont</p>
<p>Ah right. That would suggest its class size isn't constrained by freshmen bed space, but by upperclassmen beds.</p>
<p>I'd be surprised if the 40 extra places is just down to overseas students. Harvard's on a policy of increasing its academic staff, I'd guess that's more to do with it.</p>
<p>what type of stats/hooks did you have to get accepted from UVM shaganov?</p>
<p>nvm. I jsut saw them no the transfer forum. Congrats!! =)</p>