I have a family member who was just accepted as a Soph->Junior transfer (coming from a T40 State Flagship) at a T10 school that rejected him as a high school applicant. He has a crazy high college GPA, unique ECs and a very compelling academic reason to transfer. His essays were much more genuine (and edgy) than the safe essays he wrote as a high school applicant. He also didn’t need any financial aid, which helps. With all of that, he was rejected by every other school he applied to as a transfer (I think there were 6 or 7 others). Not even waitlisted. One of the schools that rejected him was Columbia. The point I am trying to make with all of this is you can have a terrific profile as a transfer applicant and the odds are still very much against you. There is nothing wrong with taking a shot but go into it knowing you are likely to stay at WashU (which is an incredible school).
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