<p>The transfer admissions rate for Harvard and other selective colleges in the US is much lower than regular admissions – less than 2%.</p>
<p>See: [Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Transfer Program](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/transfer/evaluation.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/transfer/evaluation.html)</p>
<p>Evaluation of Candidates
In evaluating transfer candidates, the Committee seeks students with clearly developing academic interests that can be well served by Harvard. Students preparing to apply as transfer candidates should take challenging, liberal arts programs, including mathematics, science, and a foreign language, if they are not already proficient in these areas. The Committee also looks for strong preparation in the student’s expected field of specialization.</p>
<p>In regard to standardized test scores, most successful applicants have verbal and math SAT I scores of 600 or above and, for foreign applicants who submit a TOEFL result, a score of 600 or above on the paper test, or 250 or above on the computer test, or 100 or better on the iBT version. For those using the ACT as an alternative, the composite score is usually 30 or above.</p>
<p>Though good grades, strong programs, and test scores are important in determining the academic potential of a candidate, the Committee also looks beyond these for such qualities as creativity, resiliency, tenacity, intellectual curiosity, and independent thinking.</p>
<p>Other factors weighed in the evaluation of transfer candidates include significant non-academic talents and personal qualities such as a capacity for leadership, energy, enthusiasm, motivation and a sense of responsibility.</p>
<p>In each of the past two years, Harvard has been able to enroll twelve transfer students from applicant pools of over six hundred and nearly fifteen hundred. The number of well-qualified candidates far exceeds the number of students admitted. It is therefore recommended that students who wish to transfer from their current colleges explore a variety of options.</p>