@Tooprettyforthismess IIRC, you were also comparing your admissions to those of your friends. That is not worth doing. Your acceptances to Bates and Davidson are impressive.
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Yes, I am thinking of graduate and professional schools, but also selective employers like certain government offices, career-track business and finance positions, and so on. Of course I don’t know about every single next-step gatekeeper, but over the years I have conversed with some, played a little role myself, seen various statistics, and so on. I am quite confident about the general proposition that in those circles, Bates and Davidson and Georgetown and Notre Dame (and of course others) are all seen as rough peers, in the sense that people in these positions typically know they are all very selective, know they can provide a very good education, know that people who do well at these places are promising candidates for relevant positions, and so on.
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OP: Transferring is a mission requiring seriousness of purpose in order to be able to transfer. It is fine to enter one school with the intention of transferring as this should result in a disciplined, serious approach to your academic endeavors as well as invoke a seriousness of purpose to any other activities undertaken by you during your first year of college.
No, I did not agree with the statement because it was overly broad and did not offer specifics regarding that poster’s reasons behind his assertion.
Guaranteed transfers are not an option for this student. Please move on and direct your answers to the OP. TIA
OP - here’s the other things about transfers.
Every year, there is someone who got into their dream school - could be Princeton, Davidson, Bates, UNC, Penn State, Ole Miss - whatever that kid’s dream school is.
And guess what, every year, there are kids who got into said dream school and transfer out. We see only a small fraction of kids on this website - and yet we get lots of those “dream school’“ didn’t work out transfers.
Sometimes it’s they didn’t make friends or weren’t challenged or were homesick or had a bad roommate or money. Whatever it is.
You’re stuck on a name for pedigree. That doesn’t give you day to day happiness. 99%+ of kids would dream to have an opportunity at Davidson or Bates. For some, it won’t work out. Sometimes it’s the student is simply not able to or mature enough to adapt.
But for those - whether Princeton, Davidson or Bates - there’s going to be so many great successes - but that’s up to you.
Yes, there will be kids at Princeton that leave Princeton - so there’s never an assurance - forgetting that you didn’t get in so likely won’t next year either.
You have a huge gift - take advantage and don’t just attend but engage and involve at D or B - and have four years that you’ll never forget.
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