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<p>Have you looked at the Y website about transfer applications? It’s all there:</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Student Program | Transfer & Other Programs | Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/admit/other/transfer/index.html]Transfer”>http://www.yale.edu/admit/other/transfer/index.html)</p>
<p>Except that is, for the actual numbers: out of about 800 transfer applicants each year, Y accepted 24 for fall 2008 and 18 for fall 2009.</p>
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<p>Not just good; get outstanding grades, have top test scores, get excellent LORs, take a difficult course load, and have a very strong reason for why you want to transfer. ECs are necessary, but second tier IMO compared to academic considerations.</p>
<p>Remember that when you apply to transfer for soph year, you will have only completed 1 sem/qt at MH, so your HS record (gpa and rigor of coursework) and test scores will carry the most weight. As rare as it is to get in as a transfer in general, it is even rarer to get in as a soph transfer if you weren’t a competitive candidate during freshman admissions.</p>