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<p>If you scroll through this year’s Brown transfer thread and last year’s, you’ll notice this year was quite nice whereas last year barely anyone was accepted. If the ratio is similar, it’s safe to assume that Brown 10% this year, but not too much more. Of course, no one will know for sure until the CDS is released, but if Brown really did take ~3% again this year, College Confidential has a considerable (and unlikely) number of successful applicants.</p>
<p>@the_aspirant - because of my SAT? i’ll be appearing for it again since that was my first shot anyway</p>
<p>@slipper1234 - wat if a student moves for grad school? like MBA in my case? does undergrad make a difference then?</p>
<p>@brand_182 - what abt the transfers into stanford?</p>
<p>so is it a better idea to drop an year now and apply as a freshman for fall 2008?
p.s. doesnt the fact that im an international student make a difference?</p>
<p>I strongly recommend that you DO NOT drop a year and reapply to the top schools as a freshman simply because you didn’t get in. It makes almost no sense (unless there is an exceptional or compelling circumstance or factor)</p>
<p>@windcloudultra - i’ll be opting for grad school anyway…so is that the reason? undergrad doesnt really make a difference?</p>
<p>btw i was waitlisted at penn…so wunt that be taken into consideration while transferring?</p>
<p>any stats about UCB and UCLAs OOS transfer rates?</p>
<p>Brand that sort of reasoning is called guesstimation not “safe to assume”</p>
<p>Well, I’m not going to argue a percentage that we don’t know. But I will state, again, that when 11 people are accepted in the Brown transfer thread and around 20 rejected, it’s pretty unlikely that there was a 3% acceptance rate again. Yale, for instance, had a 3% acceptance rate again: 1 person (to my knowledge) was accepted and everyone else (30 or more CC members) was rejected.</p>
<p>All of this is beside the fact that current Brown students said the administration would be accepting more transfers this year in light of last year’s 3%, which angered a lot of current students as they feel transfers add something to the class. But, the numbers will speak for themselves when released. I’m guessing it’s somewhere between 10 and 15%. And remember, this speculation is to help the OP get an idea of the competitiveness of Brown transfer admissions. I just don’t think it’s the brutal 3% anymore, and for the sake of the future applicants I’m hoping it will remain like this year or go back up to 20%.</p>
<p>@brand_182 - so guys should apply for again for sophomore if they get rejected for junior? dunt think two consecutive years should see a low acceptance rate?</p>
<p>Anshu,</p>
<p>I have a top 5 MBA and it seemed like 80% of the students at my program were from the t op 10-15 schools. Many were previously in finance or consulting. The truth is that a great undergrad school sets you up for a great job, which gets you into a great MBA program, etc. Most Ivy students don’t want to actually build a career in engineering, while at a place like Purdue that will appear to be the only option. Sure you can get into a top MBA program from a place like Purdue and going into actual engineering, but graduating from a higher ranked school with a lesser engineering program (example Duke, Dartmouth, Brown, whatever) will do a much better job of getting you a top finance or consulting job and you’ll be better equipped when applying to a top MBA program. Don’t focus on HY though, almost all of the top 10-15are great set-ups into consulting/ banking. That’s why I recommend checking out a place such as Northwestern as a transfer.</p>
<p>@slipper1234 -yeah… im aiming for a top 5 MBA too. And im not hoping for an engg job either…i want finance and consulting too. Its just that i screwed up my chances at the undergrad level by not applyin to other colls except for the ivies and MIT/Caltech/Purdue and screwing up my essays as well. [:(]
Yeah i will be applyin to northwestern and duke too… will keep a larger array of backup colls</p>
<p>btw how come the columbia fu coll has such a high acceptance rate?</p>