@monydad: I expect that transferring helps with the post-grad job search. They’ll still see your transcript, but you’ll have the degree from the better institution which may help offset. Those jobs will not, however, be biglaw jobs. Plus, transfers are viewed as a ready source of cash by schools and therefore have to pay full tuition. If the student was already paying full freight at the lower school then this does not change much. If not, then transferring has a massive debt attached to it. Transferring is mostly a scam and students should rarely do it.