which school is the best for me to transfer OUT OF?

Transfer Students
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Hi guys :slight_smile:

so I’ve been admitted to NYU, U of M, and Vanderbilt. All three are Econ major (in CAS, LSA). I plan on transferring after one year to Brown. Which of these skls will best benefit me in terms of preparing me to transfer?? Vandy has the smallest class size so might be easier to know professors well, n get good recs. But it’s also hard to get GPA there i’ve heard??

I know many would advise me that it is bad to think about transfer even before I go to college, but brown is my dream skl (rejected RD this year)

My stats are as following:
SAT: 2400
SATll: 800 maths 2, 730 physics
ECs: didn’t have many. I put down weekly volunteering+drawing…. sounds so weak lolll. would weak high school ECs harm me a lot?? How can I make up for it in college?

Any advice is helpful!! thx :slight_smile:

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Pick the one that you think that you will be the happiest (or least unhappy) with if your transfer plan doesn’t work- you know by now that sometimes things don’t go to plan!

Brown admits about 5% of transfer applicants, so your chances are lower than they were this year. And, given that you have owned this:

I would be worried about this, from Brown’s “What makes a good transfer applicant”:

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You should pick the school that you’ll be fine with attending for the next four years in case it doesn’t work out. If you enter college with the goal of transferring, then you will miss out on experiencing your freshman year to the fullest! However, if you’re set on choosing strategically, then you should go to the school that’s least similar to Brown so you’ll have more reasons for transferring to write about in your essays: University of Michigan is a large public university, NYU lacks a traditional campus, and Vanderbilt is in the south. Your ECs are what they are, so focus on your strong suits (academics) and be sure to write good essays!

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I recommend majoring in Econ at UChicago

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This student wasn’t accepted to UChicago, unless you are looking at another post. I think you need to figure out which is preferable for the next four years. If you get into Brown, gravy. If not, you are at a college you want to attend anyway. My personal preference among them is Michigan, but yours may not be.

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Isn’t it harder to transfer in than getting accepted as a freshman RD?

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@NEPatsGirl, yup: 9% for first years, ~5% for transfers.

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This is an absurd question. Transferring is very difficult. Choose a school you wouldn’t mind attending for all four years or take a gap year to beef up your application and stats and apply to schools you want to stay at for four years