This year I’ve accepted by Umass but due to financial difficulty I can’t study there. My family can pay up to 27000 per year. If I enroll one of the top 30 universities according to Times Higher education site, My government will pay my tuition and fees 100%. So Is it possible to transfer to those universities from ones which have average tuition? If so what characteristics matter most?
Yes. Transferring in to an American public on there is probably the easiest route. Many of those take a good number of transfers from community colleges in their state. At a CC, you would want to get good grades.
Did you apply to any of the American publics on that list or UToronto?
Is this the list you have to work with?
Yes, the top US universities (except for Princeton which does not accept transfers at all) do accept transfers from “ordinary” universities and from community colleges. However you need to have absolutely stellar grades and letters of recommendation in order to make that happen, and there is no guarantee that you would be admitted.
A better option for you would probably be to study at one of the community colleges that has a formal articulation (guaranteed transfer) agreement with one of these universities. Check each university’s website to find out whether they have any of these. Cornell University does, and I expect that the University of Michigan and University of Illinois would as well.
The first criteria for transfer admission to say Ivy plus schools (Ivy plus MIT, Uchicago and Stanford) is that you could have obtained admission as a freshmen applicant. Two, they offer a major or degree your current school does not have or offer. And three, almost perfect grades and scores during your time at your present university.
In short, the transfer admission rate is usually much more stringent than application for freshmen seats, as much of those seats are tethered to attrition. Most of these schools have attrition in the 1-5% range, and thus seats are extremely limited–making transfer admission uber difficult.
@boolaHI, note that the Times top 30 includes a fair number of publics.
However, what @boolaHI said would apply to all the American privates in the Times top 30 (not just the ones mentioned).
BTW, @happymomof1, the main Times ranking is this one:https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2015/world-ranking#/sort/0/direction/asc