Transfer for a friend?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>I’m going to Creighton next year and can’t wait! My friend on the other hand (who is also going to Creighton) has his heart set on Yale. He wants to transfer out of Creighton and try for Yale for his sophomore year. I’ve already told him to try our school first, but he won’t listen. He asked me to post his stats and ask about his chances.</p>

<p>I know that the college GPA and the essay matter a lot, but here are his high school stats:</p>

<p>GPA:3.7 (mostly honors and AP classes)
ACT: 27 (retook and got the same score again) 10 on writing
EC’s: Religious classes, band, jazz band, politics club, french club, spanish club, NHS, lots of volunteering</p>

<p>He is concerned that the ACT isn’t high enough or that his medicore high school record will hurt him.</p>

<p>If he does well in the first year, how are his chances (slim, i know, but maybe some feedback would shut him up…lol)?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>r-e,
You sound like a true friend. Rather than dream (I believe) an impossible dream, your friend should enjoy Creighton and have the best college experience possible. </p>

<p>Tell your friend that he will be applying for a transfer after only completing one sem/qt at Creighton, so his HS record and test scores will be more important than what he has done in college. He is correct, his HS gpa and ACT scores were not particularly competitive for even freshman admissions, and add to that the fact that the acceptance rate for transfer admissions is even lower (3-5%):</p>

<p>[Transfer</a> Student Program | Transfer & Other Programs | Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/admit/other/transfer/index.html]Transfer”>http://www.yale.edu/admit/other/transfer/index.html)</p>

<p>18 out of about 800 applicants were accepted this year (2%); 24 were accepted last year.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback!
I’ll be sure to pass it along.</p>

<p>Any other comments?</p>

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<p>Like entomom said: your friend’s metrics make him a very likely reject from the Freshman admissions. Anecdotally, people who do get accepted for transfers were roundly strong in ultra-selective schools admissions in general – i.e. the were accepted by one or more top-level colleges as Freshman. Your friend has, IMHO, zero chance of being accepted for transfer.</p>