Transferring to Stanford for engineering?

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<p>How hard is it to transfer from Penn SEAS to Stanford's engineering program?</p>

<p>What would I need (besides a good GPA, of course)?</p>

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<p>Uh, pretty damn hard I guess. You will have to be something special.</p>

<p>From Stanford’s website:

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<p>coming from Penn, you probably will have a better shot than most. You’d be surprised how many community college kids apply (although ya couple of them will actually get in).</p>

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<p>Thank you guys! Yeah, I know that transferring is harder than regular admissions, but I’ll try, and if I get in yay, if I don’t then I’ll just bear the shame until I can apply for graduate school.</p>

<p>3 questions:

  1. What are the things I would need on the application? Anything special that’s radically different from the regular admissions process for high school students?
  2. A minimum of what GPA is recommended?
  3. If I do get in somehow, would I still be eligible for financial aid or would I not be considered because I am a transfer student?</p>
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<p>Upping the thread - please answer my questions!</p>

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<p>I think this year only 13 students transferred in. It’s extremely competitive. I’m pretty sure you’ll be eligible for financial aid though.</p>

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<p>Thank you, darling.</p>

<p>Do you know how many people applied to transfer total?</p>

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<p>So if about 13 people are transfers than probably like 20-25 got in. If you take the acceptance rate as 1-2% than 1000-2000 people probably applied. You probably really need to be something special to get in. Just a hunch.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it’s hard. It won’t be the end of the world if I don’t get in, there’s always graduate school…</p>

<p>One last question. If I do get in, do you think it would be a better idea to stay at the old place or to come?</p>

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<p>^That’s really up to you. I’d choose Stanford over Penn straight up. Granted that’s just me, and I’m clearly biased already. Go to the Penn board and a lot of people would naturally choose Penn. Even if you think Stanford is better, throw in the fact that you’ll have to deal with all the problems of transferring and it makes it pretty complicated. The best authority is a Stanford transfer. Unfortunately, there probably aren’t any on this board and few, if any, of us will know one in person well enough to redirect questions. I’m sure if you get in you’ll be able to contact a current transfer pretty easily, though.</p>