Where could I transfer as a sophomore?

Transfer Students
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<p>I am going to a US top 100 university as a freshman this fall, and I just don't feel as though it is the right fit for me. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I just don't feel like I'm being challenged enough. Here are my stats. Let me know what types of colleges I could possibly transfer to, and if Ivy's are even an option.</p>

<p>HS GPA: 3.22 (difficult Jesuit HS)
ACT: 31 (33 superscore)
College GPA: should be anywhere 3.8-4.0 by the end of first semester
ECs: running club, pretty prestigious service program at current university, Christian Life Communities (faith is important to me), want to do some independent writing (hopefully publishing) soon, also work 15 hrs a week to pay for college since family is far from rich.
Essays: I think I can write some really good ones about some things I've gone through in life and my passions.
Major: History and English</p>

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<p>EDIT: I was a late bloomer in high school but have really caught on in college.</p>

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<p>Transferring to Ivies is really, really difficult. Some people even say it’s harder to transfer to them than to be admitted as a freshman (transfer rates are definitely lower). It’s possible but keep the difficulty in mind.</p>

<p>Most universities only accept junior level transfers. I think starting by listing out all colleges you would be interested in attending, noting whether they accept sophomore transfers, and looking at stats/transfer rates would be a good step. </p>

<p>Do you have some idea of where you would like to transfer to or are you looking for a place to start? Besides being challenged what else are you looking for?</p>

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<p>I disagree. I think that transferring to an Ivy is easier. I am a sophomore and I transferred to Cornell this year (I applied freshman year and I didn’t get in) and let me tell ya, Cornell loves its transfer kids. There’s about 550 kids in my transfer class and I think its easier because transferring usually means that you are really dedicated to what you want to do and you already know how college works so you’re not totally new. Granted, I don’t like Cornell very much, but I don’t think that transferring in is too terribly difficult.</p>

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<p>Admission to Cornell is done by college. The “contract colleges” there take proportionally more transfers than the “endowed colleges” do. When I last looked this was starkly so, with about 40% accepted to the contract colleges but under 8% accepted to its College of Arts & Sciences. The most recent stats I’ve found, broken out by college, which I haven’t analyzed myself, are here:
<a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>One confounding feature is a lot of the transfers to the contract colleges are so–called “guaranteed transfers”- people who were offered conditional deferred admission when they applied for freshman admission. The true admission rate for transfer applicants without guaranteed transfers to these colleges is obviously lower, but unknown.</p>

<p>I believe Cornell takes more transfers than the other Ivy League universities do. Both by aggregate # and by admissions percentages. Some years a school has taken no transfers whatsoever. Of the others, I’ve read that Penn is relatively transfer- friendly.</p>

<p>Admission to some of Cornell’s individual specialized colleges may be relatively easier, but these are not liberal arts colleges. They each have specialized majors and requirements that are not everyone’s cup of tea. The college at Cornell that is most similar to the other Ivy League universities, by curriculum, is its College of Arts & Sciences. Which, as I mentioned, recently admitted under 8% of its transfer applicants.</p>