<p>Hi i recently got accepted to UIUC
but, I am thinking of tranfer to MIT (if possible)</p>
<p>But, even if i get accepted to MIT as tranfer, i don't feel so confident to catch other geniuses in MIT</p>
<p>In real world,
would it be better choice to go to UIUC, which is relatively less intence school and try getting high mark
or try tranferring to MIT with no garunteed high mark or even below average??</p>
<p>You do realize UIUC is a top school, and insinuating that it will be considerably easier than MIT is foolish?</p>
<p>First of all, UIUC engineering also has plenty of smart kids... even second, third tier universities have plenty of hidden gems.</p>
<p>Secondly, if MIT does accept you as a transfer student, it most likely means that you were accepted because the admissions office thought that you would not just survive, but would do well at MIT. There are PLENTY of people who can "survive" at MIT... but again, MIT doesn't admit too many applicants.</p>
<p>It is much harder to get into MIT as a transfer than as a freshman. You may want to make it to this bridge before you cross it.</p>
<p>If you applied to MIT for freshman year and got rejected but want to try to transfer to MIT, do you need the same credentials you applied for freshman with...like high school grades and sat scores?</p>
<p>I don't think you're going to be high mark at UIUC and be below average at MIT. If you get accepted to MIT go there, if you can do good at UIUC you will do good there. The only difference is your performance might not stand out at much at MIT.</p>
<p>If you're really enthusiastic about MIT I'd try to go there for a master's, rather than try to transfer (which really, really is close to impossible. When you think about how many students are accepted as transfers, don't think 100+, think more like 1-5). </p>
<p>Unless something really exceptional occurred in your college career that made you much more competitive for MIT - I'd advise focusing on schools like Cornell and CMU that would be more realistic. Not saying you shouldn't apply to MIT - you have little to lose.</p>
<p>Why not go to UI for undergrad- and have a real undergrad experience- and then go to MIT for grad school? That is what I hope to do...</p>
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In real world,
would it be better choice to go to UIUC, which is relatively less intence school and try getting high mark
or try tranferring to MIT with no garunteed high mark or even below average??
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<p>What makes you think UIUC engineering would be any less intense? UIUC engineering is quite selective, with its student body having SAT average of 1400.</p>
<p>I am an undergrad junior transfer student and have been admitted into UIUC, U of michigan ann arrbor, and UT Austin. I am not able to decide as where to opt for. I am in comp science. So which will be the better option keeping all the things in mind?</p>
<p>Do well at UIUC firstla..</p>
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Why not go to UI for undergrad- and have a real undergrad experience- and then go to MIT for grad school?
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<p>What, and my undergrad experience, and those of my friends, were fake?</p>
<p>There are engineering programs at UIUC that are better than those of MIT. Both schools are tough but keep in mind, MIT is known at the top dog overall when it comes to engineering.</p>
<p>From what I hear, it is nearly impossible to transfer into MIT.</p>
<p>From the data set (<a href="http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/2007/d.html)%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/2007/d.html)</a>, they had a 6% acceptance rate from 2006-2007 and 4.7% in 2005-2006.</p>
<p>If you are set on transferring, be sure you have stellar credentials and a damn good reason why MIT is the only place for you.</p>
<p>Im amused by some of the posters here. UIUC undergrad engineering students are smart, but they are not MIT students. And while you may have transferred into UIUC, MIT is most likely out of the question for you. A lot of MIT transfers (the handful out of hundreds each year) were kids who got in during admissions but chose to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>but maybe OP is one of the rare few who got selected even though not admitted as freshman :p</p>
<p>first off all learn to spell if you ever want to get into mit, secondly to get transfer into mit you have to basically be god's direct relative</p>
<p>You aren't necessarily guaranteed a better job coming from MIT than if you were to graduate from UIUC. Also, a school like MIT isn't for everybody. Really ask yourself if you want a high stress school.</p>
<p>One of my dad's friends from college got either his bachelor's or his master's from MIT and then picked UIUC over MIT for his doctorate. He found the education similar, the cost a lot less, and the environment a whole better at UIUC.</p>
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If you're really enthusiastic about MIT I'd try to go there for a master's, rather than try to transfer (which really, really is close to impossible. When you think about how many students are accepted as transfers, don't think 100+, think more like 1-5).
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<p>I'd have to agree with this. You're probably going to have a better chance going to MIT for your master's.</p>
<p>And to those knocking MIT for the college "experience" I have a friend who goes there and they have plenty of fun when they are not getting destroyed with academics. I think any school can provide you with a good college experience. It's really all about what you make of it personally.</p>
<p>UIUC engineering, even though it is less selective, is comparable to MIT’s in many fields and sometimes even better. Moreover if you do well at UIUC engineering you are in a good place if you want to apply to MIT for graduate school. Undergraduate is not nearly as important as graduate and UIUC is an excellent undergraduate (and graduate) engineering program from which many students attend grad school at MIT. </p>