Accepted. Want to Attend. Can't. So transfer?

monydad
Mon, 03 May 2010 20:46:59 +0000

what I mean is, if a current student attempted to answer this question based on his experience with transfer students he knows, his conclusions would be suspect. Because:

1) One cannot diagnose preference just based on matriculants, one needs to see applicants as well. How does he know who was turned away?

2) He is not reviewing the complete qualifications of these people, he has no idea how qualified they are, beyond what school they attended.

To determine that a distinct preference exists for a group of schools, one would have to have data on multiple comparably qualified transfer candidates, but for school, and then see a clear pattern where the candidates from one group of schools were disproportionally selected. Holding everything else constant (test scores, GPA adjusted for school difficulty, extracurriculars, recommendations, etc). Probably nobody here has that data or has done this analysis.