Claymangs07

Hey all,
So Amherst predicted their yield would be 36% but it was actually 40% for the class of 2011. As a result, a lot of people have been saying that it'll be nearly impossible to transfer there (and many other schools that have overenrolled) because schools will trim the fat by taking virtually no transfers...but I sent an email to the admissions office and they said "Thanks for your it interest in Amherst. There will be no effect on the
number of places in next falls class that are reserved for transfer
students."

Does this make sense?
I thought schools that overenrolled would be very hard to get into...thoughts/comments?

fabregas

I'm sure they set aside a certain number of spots open for transfer before hand. Its just that next year there won't be an excess of open spaces as usual. I think this will make it more difficult than in previous years.

horsegirl1050

It may be (and it seems so in this case) that a school will set aside a certain number of spots just for transfers that doesn't change regardless of freshman enrollment.

donjuan78

horsegirl is totally right. As i previously mentioned in my other threads, they are expected to take in 5-10 transfer students this year.

entomom

dj, sorry but I haven't seen your previous posts, where does the 5-10 number come from?

entomom

Just wanted to follow up on this, transfer acceptance rates at Amherst (from their official reports) for recent years are:

2007: 18 accepted from 276 applicants (6.5%)
2006: 28 of 162 (17%)
2005: 25 of 168 (15%)

Claymangs07

5-10 acceptances out of how many applicants?
what do you think the acceptance rate'll be?

entomom

clay, before you get too uptight about the 5-10 number, why don't you wait until dj tells us the source of his information?

horsegirl1050

I think dj was referring to the number of accepted students who actually choose to matriculate...not just the number accepted.