Why doesn't Princeton take transfers?

Transfer Students
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<p>Not complaining or anything, just curious.</p>

<p>Is it because of high retention rates or only wanting straight out of high school students?</p>

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<p>Here’s an article from the Daily Princetonian. It’s basically because they would rather take more freshmen than have a bunch of people apply to transfer for only a few spots.</p>

<p>[High</a> hurdles for those hoping to transfer to Princeton, Harvard - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/04/01/20645/]High”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/04/01/20645/)</p>

3

<p>elitist snobs…jk :D</p>

<p>I think they also don’t want to give false hope to people…that want a second try.</p>

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<p>I think Princeton does so out of arrogance and a desire to tout its superiority over schools that do take transfers (such as the lowly Harvard, Yale, and Stanford universities). It’s almost as if Princeton is saying, “Nope, we don’t need any transfers. We already admitted the best possible students to our freshman class.”</p>

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<p>Let’s not bash Princeton - they probably have a sufficiently high yield and freshman retention rate to justify not accepting transfers.</p>

6

<p>The explanation I heard was that they expect each batch to be closeknit and enjoy all four years together. So introducing people midstream puts the transfer student at a disadvantage.</p>

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<p>Princeton doesn’t have room for transfers due to high student retention rates. In addition, Pton found that transfers weren’t academically prepared to thesis.</p>