Thank you for your reply, philbegas. All of the websites for the Ivy League schools have such a statement except Princeton (which does not accept transfers) and Cornell (although I may have just overlooked it on Cornell’s website). My son emailed admissions at each school, and so far has received emails from Yale and University of Pennsylvania saying they do not consider transfer applicants with more than 2 years of college.
I would understand if they only accepted 2 years worth of credits, as they want students to complete the full final 2 years at their school, but it sounds like they won’t even consider someone with more than 2 years worth of units, even if the person does not plan to transfer all of them.
Which schools did you apply to, if you don’t mind my asking? And how may credits did you have before transferring?