Transfer Friendly Schools/Advice

savoyard1217 · 01-28-2008, 10:29 PM

I recently withdrew from a top conservatory of music after one semester having decided that music was not the right career for me. I intended to only apply to music schools while in high school and because of this I never took SAT IIs. I would like to transfer to a "top school" but because of this misstep while in high school I feel kind of stuck with a state school (The University of Connecticut, which, granted, is not terrible). Also, after speaking with some schools, I realize now that I'm considered a freshman applicant because I only completed one semester and the deadline for freshmen at most schools has passed. I was wondering if there are any "good" schools that are considered particularly transfer-friendly.

Stats:
High School GPA (Weighted): 4.1
College GPA: 3.95
SAT: 2170 (Math 700, Reading 730, Writing 740)
1st Decile of a High School Class of 600 (somewhere within the top 10, I believe, although that was never released)
President of Junior Classical League and Choir Council; Assistant Director of several plays
Winner of several awards senior year
Accomplished baritone soloist and choir member

wayward_trojan · 01-29-2008, 12:30 AM

Northwestern, NYU, and Cornell accept a relatively high number of transfers and are thus more transfer-friendly than most top universities. You should consider other top schools as well, as your record is very solid.

savoyard1217 · 01-30-2008, 10:09 PM

I'm trying to keep close to home, so I'm looking in New England, New York, and New Jersey, ruling out Northwestern. I hadn't seriously considered Cornell before, but it certainly seems to be an appropriate school for me.

Right now I'm considering applying to Cornell, Vassar, Williams, Tufts, and Brandeis. I have a friend of the family who has connections at Williams and is willing to help me on that front and my high school has had a good history with Vassar. Chances anyone?

Woman.Of.Troy · 01-30-2008, 11:14 PM

fairly good, so long as you didn't fail any courses once you dropped out.

colegePLEASE · 01-31-2008, 01:53 AM

If you're a guy. I think you have a good shot at Vassar. The others are more competitive.

bostonbene23 · 01-31-2008, 04:23 PM

here are the acceptance rates for the top 130 National Universities:
1. Princeton 0%
2. Harvard 8.1%
3. Yale 3.9%
4. Stanford 5.1%
5. U-Penn 12.4%
6. Cal Tech 9.2%
7. MIT 6.3%
8. Duke 7.9%
9. Columbia 6.3%
10. U-Chicago 25.9%
11. Dartmouth12.6%
12. Washington-U St. Louis 24.6%
13. Cornell 27%
14. Brown 3%
15. Northwestern 22.7%
16. Johns Hopkins 15%
17. Rice 27.4%
18. Emory 36%
19. Vanderbilt 33.9%
20. Notre Dame 35.9%
21. Cal Berkeley 29.1%
22. Carnegie Mellon 13%
23. U-VA 37.2%
24. Georgetown 24.7%
25. UCLA 40.7%
26. Michigan- Ann Arbor 39.9%
27. USC 26.6%
28. UNC-Chapel Hill 41.2%
29. Tufts 14.1%
30. Wake Forest 39.3%
31. Lehigh 51.2%
32. Brandeis 48.2%
33. William and Mary 52%
34. NYU 31.8%
35. Rochester 28%
36. Georgia Tech 40.9%
37. BC 10.5%
38. UCSD 64.3%
39. Wisconsin-Madison 51.3%
40. Illinois Urbana Champaign 70.8%
41. Case Western Reserve 38.9%
42. Washington 54.4%
43. UCD 69.7%
44. RPI 63.3%
45. Texas-Austin 41.5%
46. UCSB 70.4%
47. UCI 70.1%
48. Penn State 47.7%
49. Florida 40.4%
50. Syracuse 51%
51. Tulane 82%
52. Yeshiva 74%
53. U-Miami 3.9%
54. Pepperdine 22.1%
55. George Washington 41%
56. Maryland 61.1%
57. Ohio State 81.1%
58. BU 31.4%
59. Rutgers 35.9%
60. Pittsburgh 46.1%
61. Geogia 53.9%
62. Texas A&M 64%
63. WPI 53.5%
64. UConn 62.8%
65. Purdue 59.8%
66. Iowa 71.1%
67. Fordham 37.7%
68. Miami-U 61.1%
69. Clemson 70.4%
70. SMU 66.3%
71. Minnesota 32.2%
72. VA Tech 50.2%
73. Delaware 40%
74. Michigan State 46.2%
75. Stevens Institute of Technology 42.6%
76. Baylor 43.2%
77. Colorado School of Mines 84.8%
78. Indiana 65.5%
79. BYU 49.4%
80. UCSC 68.9%
81. Colorado 63.3%
82. St. Louis 44.2%
83. SUNY- Binghamton 48.7%
84. Marquette 52.6%
85. SUNY College of Environmental Science 71.7%
86. NC State 35.4%
87. Denver 76.4%
88. American 61%
89. Iowa State 79.4%
90. Kansas 74.3%
91. Alabama 58.3%
92. Missouri 79.2%
93. Nebraska 71.2%
94. Tulsa 62.3%
95. Clark 59.4%
96. Auburn 59.4%
97. SUNY- Stony Brook 53%
98. Tennessee 70.1%
99. UVM 58.2%
100. Arizona 66.3%
101. Pacific 60.9
102. UCR 72.2%
103. Howard 39.6
104. Illinois Institute of Technology 50.1%
105. Northeastern 47.2%
106. UMass 66.9%
107. USD 59.4%
108. UNH 60.7%
109. Texas Christian 71.5%
110. Drexel N/A
111. Oklahoma 76.2%
112. South Carolina 61.5%
113. Oregon 75.5%
114. Loyola Chicago 74.1%
115. Dayton 33.1%
116. Florida State 48.6%
117. Ohio U 72.7%
118. Missouri 77%
119. Samford 60.8%
120. Washington State 82.6%
121. Buffalo SUNY 61.3%
122. Kentucky N/A
123. Catholic 39.4%
124. NJ Institute of Tech 53%
125. Clarkson 76.3%
126. Colorado State 85.2%
127. Arkansas 55.8%
128. Michigan Technological 69.2%
129. Kansas State81.2%
130. Arizona State 89.2%

menloparkmom · 01-31-2008, 05:39 PM

Bostonbene
FYI- those #'s are from acceptances 2 years ago. The % accepted at the most selective colleges have decreased a lot in the last 2 years. Ly Stanford accepted less that 1.5% of transfer applicants, Harvard was not much higher, and so it went down the list.

jeffmaiden26 · 01-31-2008, 08:54 PM

the claremont colleges aren't included in this list?

bostonbene23 · 02-01-2008, 07:59 AM

the claremont colleges are technically liberal arts. while this might be slightly outdated, you still get a pretty good feel for chances. collegeboard has not released anything more recent than these.