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<li><p>Transferring to Yale is a wonderful thing that happens to some people, but it’s not anything like a plan. Do not plan to transfer to Yale.</p></li>
<li><p>There’s a huge difference between being a lock for Michigan (lots of people are) and acing it for two years. Michigan deserves its prestige. It has a wider range of students than Harvard or Yale, but included among its students are some for whom Harvard and Yale were NOT big reaches. And I personally know at least one kid who was a complete high school star and went to Michigan on its fanciest full-ride merit scholarship, and he was completely eaten up, struggled to pass his courses freshman year. Don’t count your chickens before you take a midterm.</p></li>
<li><p>It’s interesting that 1/12 of Yale’s transfers a few years ago came from Michigan, because, frankly, I would think there would have to be a hell of a justification for a student transferring from Michigan to Yale. Unlike a lot of places people transfer to Yale from, Michigan has strong, deep departments in almost everything. There’s really no limit to what you can do academically at Michigan.</p></li>
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