What is the easiest, but best place to transfer?

Transfer Students
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<p>I know that the 'best' places to transfer are the top institutions, but they have minuscule acceptance rates. </p>

<p>Is there an institution that has a solid transfer rate as well as have a great reputation?</p>

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<p>The following schools hover between 22-29%:
BU (32%)
Rice
Northwestern
Cornell
Georgetown
Emory
USC</p>

<p>UNC accepts around 40%</p>

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<p>^ but UNC gives priority to in-state transfers which can make it a bit tougher for transferring.</p>

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<p>that’s true but you’ll also find that problem with many UCs as well (UCLA accepts 36% of transfers, for example)</p>

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<p>Yep the UC’s tend to select in-state students causing the amount of out-of-state accepted transfer applicants to be a mere 2-5% or a bit less for UCB and UCLA.</p>

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<p>What!? I didn’t know that!!! Aw, I could have applied to Northwestern, Rice, and Cornell? Emory!? I was going to apply but decided against those at the last minute. :/</p>

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<p>UNC doesn’t distinguish between in-state and out-of-state for transfer students. It’s easier for an out-of-stater to get in as a transfer student than as a freshman.</p>

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<p>^ wrong. There is actually a stats demographic of accepted applicants at the UNC webpage somewhere. This is why only 16% are from out of state at UNC.</p>

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<p>i think Vanderbilt has a pretty high transfer rate, as does William and Mary.</p>

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<p>Data based on college board information from last year:</p>

<p>~
Name, State, USNWRank, CPGrade, Transfer Rate
~
IVIES
~
Harvard MA #1 A 0%
Princeton NJ #2 A+ 0%
Yale CT #3 A 3%
Penn PA #6 A 17%
Columbia NY #8 A 6%
Dartmouth NH #11 A+ 7%
Cornell NY #14 A- 27%
Brown RI #16 A 12%
~
NATIONAL
~
Stanford CA #4 A+ 2%
Duke NC #8 A 5%
Chicago IL #8 A+ 13%
WashU MO #12 A- 20%
Northwestern IL #12 A 22%
JHU MD #15 A- 10%
Rice TX #17 A 26%
Emory GA #18 A- 34%
Notre Dame IN #18 A- 42%
Vanderbilt TN #18 A 56%
CMU PA #22 A 9%
Georgetown DC #23 A- 18%
Tufts MA #28 A 20%
~
LAC
~
Amherst MA #1 A 6%
Williams MA #1 A+ 4%
Swarthmore PA #3 A 17%
Middlebury VT #5 A 12%
Bowdoin ME #6 A+ 3%
Pomona CA #6 A 10%
Carleton MN #8 A 8%
Davidson NC #9 A 18%
Haverford PA #10 A- 12%
Claremont McKenna CA #11 A 33%
Vassar NY #11 A 9%
Wesleyan CT #13 A- 20%
Harvey Mudd CA #14 A 11%
Grinnell IA #14 A- 6%
Washington and Lee VA #17 A 22%
Colgate NY #18 A- 8%
Hamilton NY #20 A- 27%
Oberlin OH #20 A 623%
Colby ME #23 A- 12%
Bates ME #25 A- 23%
Macalester MN #25 A 20%
~
STATE
~
UCB CA #21 A- 26%
UVA VA #23 A- 35%
UCLA CA #25 A- 34%
Michigan MI #26 A- 41%
USC CA #27 A- 29%
UNC-CH NC #30 B+ 39%
WM VA #32 A 53%
~
TECH
~
MIT MA #4 A+ 6%<br>
CIT CA #6 9%
GT GA #35 A- 37%
~</p>

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<p>Ergo:</p>

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<p>Penn PA #6 A 17%
Cornell NY #14 A- 27%
WashU MO #12 A- 20%
Northwestern IL #12 A 22%
Rice TX #17 A 26%
Emory GA #18 A- 34%
Notre Dame IN #18 A- 42%
Vanderbilt TN #18 A 56%
Georgetown DC #23 A- 18%
Tufts MA #28 A 20%
Swarthmore PA #3 A 17%
Davidson NC #9 A 18%
Claremont McKenna CA #11 A 33%
Wesleyan CT #13 A- 20%
Washington and Lee VA #17 A 22%
Hamilton NY #20 A- 27%
Oberlin OH #20 A 23%
Bates ME #25 A- 23%
Macalester MN #25 A 20%
UCB CA #21 A- 26%
UVA VA #23 A- 35%
UCLA CA #25 A- 34%
Michigan MI #26 A- 41%
USC CA #27 A- 29%
UNC-CH NC #30 B+ 39%
WM VA #32 A 53%
GT GA #35 A- 37%</p>

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<p>Cornell’s transfer acceptance includes Guarantee transfer.</p>

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<p>What is guarenteed transfer? This means “guarenteed acceptance” for a transfer with certain stats??</p>

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<p>Cornell has a policy that guarantees admission to HS seniors for their sophomore year. basically, since there’s no room for them as freshmen, the college says they’ll get priority for sophomore year and fill out all of the open spots from people leaving…</p>

<p>so cornell and the UCs’ transfer rates aren’t exactly what they seem (they’re lower for new applicants and non-california community college people respectively).</p>

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<p>Basically guaranteed transfer is given to qualified students who have applied before but were denied. They are guaranteed admittance after a year at another college and meeting certain reqs. It’s typically given to NY state residents.</p>

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<p>From what Georgetown was saying, it’s more like 8%.</p>

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<p>what about MIT’s?</p>

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<p>Northwestern’s numbers are wrong.</p>

<p>Northwestern…942 applicants : 313 admitted
[2007-08</a> Transfer admission, Common Data Set - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/2007-08/d.htm]2007-08”>http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/2007-08/d.htm)</p>

<p>Also, Claremont McKenna’s numbers are somewhat misleading because last year’s transfer acceptance rate was a huge anomaly. The fall 09 transfer rate is probably going to be around 10%.</p>

<p>And as for UNCs OOS transfer admissions…
Does my residency status affect my chances for admission?
No, for transfer students, residency status only affects the cost of tuition. For more information about residency, click here.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.unc.edu/faq/transferring.htm#residency[/url]”>http://www.admissions.unc.edu/faq/transferring.htm#residency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i think transfer acceptance rates are often pretty meaningless. at almost every selective school, they vary from year to year based on how many transfers the schools have decided to take. i don’t think much be inferred from looking at yearly statistics and often transfer admissions are really subjective and different than freshmen admissions. if you’re interested in transferring to a school, imo you should contact them directly and ask if there’s an average % of transfers they admit every year, and if not, if they have a projected % for the coming semester, if you really need to know.</p>

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<p>UNC. And for transfers the quota is dropped. All transfers essentially get “in state” status. Best transfer in terms of easiness/quality ratio in my book by far.</p>