accepted as a freshman?

Transfer Students
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<p>I saw a post about “waitlisted as a freshman” and thought that I had a similar question. I got accepted to Cornell Engineerin, UPenn Engineering, and Northwestern Engineering for this fall. But I decided to go to Brown. Now I just feel that I really want to pursue a degree in industrial engineering which Brown doesn’t offer. So, if I apply as a transfer for fall 2009 to Cornell, Penn, and Northwestern, will I have better chance getting in? Thank you very much!</p>

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<p>Justification for rejecting those schools?</p>

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<p>I think you would have an edge if you were already accepted as a freshman.</p>

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<p>i don’t think penn has industrial engineering.</p>

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<p>well, i applied for systems engineering</p>

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<p>oh, and I forgot to send those schools “not attending” letter…</p>

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<p>WOW…the not sending the letter could not be good.</p>

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<p>oh can i send them now??? i am writing letter to thank every school I applied, but plan to send when I get back to USA. (I’m in Thailand now)</p>

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<p>from what I understand, it’s harder to get in (obviously - just look at the admission rates :frowning: ), but if you have a legitimate reason for transferring (which you seem to do), it can definitely happen. Entomom’s daughter was accepted to yale frosh cycle, went somewhere else, got a 4.0 and will now be entering yale as a soph. however, the reverse can also be true… there was a poster who was accepted to H, Y, and more, went to H got a 3.3 and was declined soph transfer to yale. there’s not much else to do other than go to your school with an open mind, try your hardest (seems like successful transfers to elite privates all have 3.8+), and then go from there.</p>

<p>also, my personal opinion is that they wouldn’t about whether you sent a letter or not when you turned them down, but i suppose it couldn’t hurt.</p>

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<p>xalapao, do you mind giving us more information in the situation. Have you attended Brown yet? If not then why do you have to send the “I dont accept admission” letters back and then plan on transferring? What pieces of the puzzle am I missing here?</p>