<p>Has anyone done this successfully here that can give some tips? What is the transfer acceptance rate? Anything people need to know? I'm really interested in how Harvard takes transfers because I would be really interested in transferring there after somewhere like UCLA or Cal Berkely after a year. Does anyone have any tips, info, FAQs, good places to get info on this topic? Thanks in advance. Would appreciate input from Harvard "transferees," if you guys exist.</p>
<p>I’m not a transferee, but can tell you that the odds are longer than those for admission as a freshman. This past year Harvard resumed accepting transfers after a hiatus of a few years and they accepted only 2% of the applicants.</p>
<p>Wow, that sounds like a snowballs chance in hell. Is there a place I can check transferee stats? That’s really discouraging, so basically the only realistic way of making it in is as a freshman.</p>
<p>I’m too lazy to try to find stats, but my guess is that each undergrad class is around 1650 students and graduation rates are around 98% - so maybe 10 or 15 spots open up each year?</p>
<p>There are some years where they don’t allow any transfers. I know that for sure. Best to look it up.</p>
<p>10 or 15 is about right. The odds are so low as to be almost non-existent.</p>
<p>How many apply for those 10 to 15 spots though? ^^</p>
<p>So what this thread is saying is basically i should definitely apply to harvard even with a C in calculus as my only non A grade in a class this year. even though a C is basically 0% chance of acceptance, all I’m understanding is transferring is also a 0% chance basically. So even with 4 A’s and 1 C it’s better to try than to think about transferring huh?</p>
<p>If 10-15 transfers are accepted and the accept rate is 2%, can’t you determine how many applied in total?</p>
<p>In general, successful H transfers are the kids who were accepted at HYP type of schools, who in turn, may have gone to a state school w/big scholarship. If you were a viable HYP candidate as a graduating senior and received accepts from them but turned them down, then you’re a likely candidate. Of course, there are outliers from this scenario as well.</p>
<p>I was a Harvard transfer. Seriously, don’t even think about this unless you are already a straight-A freshman or sophomore at a top school that can’t meet your needs for some reason. It’s not something to plan during high school.</p>
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<p>snowballs in hell use the expression, ‘a transfer’s chance at Harvard’.</p>
<p>@varska</p>
<p>haha, that made me lol</p>
<p>Would the OP have better luck if he/she is a minority? I’m curious if that would help someone who doesn’t attend an elite college and wants to transfer.</p>