Does the school you transfer from matter?

Transfer Students
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<p>I got rejected from my first choice colleges and I’m thinking about applying for a transfer after my first year. I got accepted to UB, UCLA and NYU. Which college will increase my chances of transferring later on? </p>

<p>One more thing, does the state matter too? Like if I want to transfer to Berkeley, would going to UCLA increase my chances? Or NYU for Cornell? </p>

<p>Help me please, I only have a month left to decide and I’m so confusedd! :frowning: </p>

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<p>It would help if we knew which school you were applying to transfer to. For UCs, preference for transfers go to california community college students and other UC students, but for private colleges, the state of your current college won’t matter. For the most part, doing well in your first year as well as showing a defined need to transfer will help your case.</p>

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<p>I’m thinking some Ivy League. My first choice is Berkeley though. I know transferring to Ivys is really difficult, but I want to try anyway. It’s always been a dream of mine to study at one of those schools. Yes, I’m grateful for the acceptances I’ve gotten from great school, but I like aiming high. </p>

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<p>Well, you don’t even know if you like your college yet and you should focus your energy on deciding which college you like most out of the ones you are accepted too. I think you are thinking way too far ahead of yourself right now because based on your initial post I don’t think you fully understand how difficult it is to transfer from one college to another. It’s just about getting, it’s also about if your credits transfer and your high school records would be up used a deciding factor in your decision as well as your college work. I’m telling you upfront now that it’s hard to transfer from UCLA to UCB since preference is given to community college students. Most of your questions depend on your major, the specific reasons why you are (or planning on) transferring, You should tell us your major and make a list of valid reasons of why you want to attend Ivy League colleges besides the prestige. </p>

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<p>If you want to transfer to Berkeley, going to a California Community College would increase your chances greatly because they give priority CC transfers.
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If you wan to transfer to Cornell going to UCLA or NYU would increase your chances because they don’t give priority to CC transfers. </p>

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<p>Transferring from a UC to a UC is not easy, they give first priority to transfers from CC’s then state schools and finally from other UCs. It definitely depends on your major though. And I agree with the previous comment, you are thinking way too far ahead. You should focus on picking a school now that you will enjoy, you might end up staying there for the full 4 years.</p>

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<p>“If you wan to transfer to Cornell going to UCLA or NYU would increase your chances because they don’t give priority to CC transfers.”</p>

<p>That is not accurate actually because that depends on certain colleges within Cornell ie CALS</p>

<p><a href=“http://cals.cornell.edu/admissions/apply/transfer/transfer-agreements/”>http://cals.cornell.edu/admissions/apply/transfer/transfer-agreements/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;