<p>How selective is transfer admissions, compared to freshman admissions? What are the biggest factors in transfer admissions; do they place a strong emphasis on high school stats?</p>
<p>Depends.</p>
<p>If you’re a soph transfer then there is more emphasis on HS. If you’re a jun. transfer then less.</p>
<p>Transfer admissions selectivity varies from school to school.</p>
<p>Biggest factors are college GPA, course load, prof recs and REASON for transfer.</p>
<p>dearsiryes summed it up pretty well.</p>
<p>People will probably argue with me, but I think it’s easier to transfer into a school than it is to get in as a freshman. This certainly holds true at the state level, where students at my CC that do the ‘bare minimum’ and get a 3.5 are able to transfer into UT-Austin - a very good school. In the case of top public universities, I know UMich/UVA/UCLA/Cal are a bit more generous to their CC applicants as well. As for top private unis, some are about the same as freshman admissions while some are easier…</p>
<p>There are obviously exceptions to this generality such as Yale, Caltech, Princeton, Middlebury, etc., but most schools I’ve seen are easier to transfer into than to get in as a freshman, both in terms of percentage of applicants admitted and the quality of the applicants.</p>
<p>I think brand_182 is on the right track. I also think transfer applicants are much more informed/realistic as to where they apply vs freshmen applicants. However, at some of the top schools the percentage admits vs applicants is lower then the freshmen stats.</p>
<p>like others have said, it depends school to school…some state universities have agreements with CCs, some universities take an overall higher percentage, and some don’t take transfers at all (princeton)…your GPA, course load, recs/essays, and if you’re a soph. transfer then your HS GPA/SAT, matter the most</p>