Top Universities vs. LACs

brand_182
Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:32:13 +0000

I’m kinda confused about this. There are some LACs that I really like and would prefer applying to instead of many top universities, but I’m under the impression that for LACs that seem to take a decent percentage

for example Swarthmore which has a/b 26% transfer rate

…the people accepted are generally from ivies or top universities. On the other hand, since more spots are available at most top universities, they are more accepting of CC/lower college students. So, in fact, top universities with lower transfer rates (i.e. Harvard 9%) would be a more practical choice for a CC student than Swarthmore, even though it has a considerably higher transfer rate.

Your thoughts?