Transferring: Realistic or not?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Hey guys! Haven't been here for awhile...</p>

<p>Anyway, I'm a freshman in a small, Catholic private university. I applied to MIT as a high school senior and got rejected. I want to apply again next year as a transfer, but I have heard that the transfer process is ridiculously hard, practically impossible. </p>

<p>Is there anyone here who has actually transferred to MIT? (Haven't seen anyone) If so, what did you do? I understand that MIT chooses people based on how good of a "match" you are, and of course it is illogical to tailor your schedule based on "how to get into MIT" rather than "how to do what you love to do", but I am still looking for some advise. </p>

<p>Who I am:</p>

<p>A biology and mathematics double degree freshman (B.A. in Bio and B.S. in mathematics) with a minor in chem. </p>

<p>As it's my first year in college, I don't have a GPA yet, but this is how my schedule and grades currently looks like:</p>

<p>Calc 3 (A)
Physics w/ Calc (B+)
Physics Lab (A)
Chemistry (A)
Chem Lab (A)
Bio (A)
Bio Lab (A)</p>

<p>Other stuff:</p>

<ul>
<li>Vice President of Math & Astronomy Club</li>
<li>Active member in Bio Club</li>
<li>Honors Program</li>
<li>Science Fellow (a program that gives full scholarship to accepted bio, chem and math majors)</li>
</ul>

<p>Other, other stuff:</p>

<ul>
<li>Research in spinal cord injury in zebrafish (ongoing and with school)</li>
<li>ALS independent study (personal project since forever. lol)</li>
</ul>

<p>I love my school but my dream school has always been MIT. I feel that MIT would challenge me like nothing else, and that the people I would meet there would push me to reach my fullest potential. </p>

<p>Anyway,</p>

<ol>
<li>Has anyone here transferred to MIT? What did you do? How hard is it, really, to transfer?</li>
<li>What should I do? </li>
</ol>

<p>Thank you very much for your input. =)</p>

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<p>the administration is “studying” a 3/2 program where you would do 3 years at your home institution and 2 years at MIT [or the other way around, i dont remember the details]. Since they are discussing this as a way of enhancing revenue [beats cutting those admin jobs, salaries and benefits i guess] and are looking to cut another 60 million from the tute budget this year, I wouldnt hope for any financial aid. take a look at the mit state of the institute forum and the preliminary report of the Institute-wide Planning Task Force if youre interested in the proposals.</p>

<p>dont know when or if.</p>

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<p>Transferring is highly competitive. The Institute accepts a very small number of transfers each year. Small enough, in fact, that nobody on this board has enough information to make an intelligent determination, or offer much useful help.</p>