Anyone here familiar with transferring to one of the Claremont Colleges?

[Meatballs]

Do any of you folks know someone or is familiar with the transfer process into any of the 4 Claremont colleges? Is it worth trying to apply to one of the 4 (I'm interested in McKenna, know people that go there, etc etc.) but the acceptance rate is kind of scary for me..

[THEAjay89]

I am a transfer student who transferred into Claremont McKenna. Yeah, the acceptance rate is low but you have to try. I was rejected from CMC early decision out of high school and thought I had no shot at getting in with the amount of transfers they were taking this year. As a transfer applicant, I was initially waitlisted, then rejected, then accepted. The accept rate for transfers this year was 11.2% and there were 297 applicants. Just go for it. I am pretty sure Pomona, HMC, and Pitzer all have similar transfer rates. Varies from year to year so hard to say for certain.

[Meatballs]

^^^

do you mind telling me what your stats were? did you transfer in as a sophomore or junior?

the acceptance stats they have on their website from last fall was around 30%, I didn't see the new ones for this fall, where did you find out about it being 11%?

[Papa Chicken]

as explained on this thread on CMC transfers ( Transfer from Cal to Claremont McKenna or Pomona ) the higher accept rate was associated with the opening of a new residencial hall....low teens is probably the normal rate.