does transferring from a lesser known school help you? (literally unknown)

GodricGryffindor
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:36:27 +0000

I had a similar question some time ago, though I found my answer through calling all the schools on my list and asking if applying from a relatively unknown school would hurt me. They said no, but that it would become even more important for me to take the hardest courses that are offered at the school.

I’m not going to post a list of schools that said this, as I do not know the true accuracy of this statement, or even if that policy has changed since the Spring.

If you have solid grades, ECs, LOR, and the like — I don’t think you’ll be penalized because you’re coming from an unknown school.

I do have a question for you, though. When you say “unknown”, do you also mean “unranked”? I mean, is there any ranking for the school to speak of? (i.e. US News, etc)