What do top colleges have against transfer students?

ucbalumnus
Sun, 05 Aug 2018 04:15:40 +0000

mjr2013:

I transferred to Stanford, and in my class only two of the 27 accepted transfers were recruited athletes. It’s hard to say exactly what it is they’re looking for, and you’re not wrong that people shouldn’t have high hopes to transfer to a Princeton or Stanford, but it’s not just athletes.

Both Stanford’s and Princeton’s public statements about transfer students and admissions suggest that they are mainly looking for (a very few) non-traditional students.

This may be different from what other super-selective universities are looking for in transfer students.