Doing the Ivy Hop

BombasticLove
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:18:01 +0000

I’m a rising sophomore at an Ivy and I absolutely love the academic offerings and curriculum available. Because of (personal) social reasons, I would like to transfer. I have loads of friends here, but I sometimes feel like many of them are superficial or “convienient” friendships. There is a bit more to my frustration, however, I do not feel comfortable going into too much detail as I am still discovering things about myself that I’m not completely able to verbalize. To put it simply, I’m a double minority who can’t relate to many people here; African American questioning gay male.

There’s only one Ivy that I would want to transfer to. I’ve heard that some schools (especially Ivies) prefer community college transfers when evaluating applications. I do admit though that at my school, we do have quite a bit of Cornell transfers, however, I have yet to meet a transfer from any other Ivy. Because I already go to a really good school (which I am very grateful for), would this be taken against me? The other school has (arguably) “better” academic opportunities than my current school, however, I crave a specific social environment offered by the school to which I wish to transfer. Because my main reason to transfer is not academic, will this be a problem?

I apologize if this seems like a superficial reason to transfer! Thanks for the help!