Why does Rice have such a high transfer rate??

Colleges & Universities Rice University
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<p>Number of students applied: 348
Admitted: 104-5ish</p>

<p>I thought schools like UPenn admit 175 out of the other 2000 applicants who apply to it.</p>

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<p>The answer probably is revealed in the yield of transferees admitted.</p>

<p>With a 97% freshman retention rate–a bit off topic–Rice University is selecting students who are well matched with the school.</p>

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<p>30 percent isn’t obscenely high. It’s higher than a lot of transfer acceptance rates, but, you know…</p>

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<p>There’s not a lot of transfer OUT of Rice. If 104 is indeed the number of transfer acceptances, it may be that that is part of their plan to increase the size of the university. Or maybe transfer applicants apply to many schools, and so their yield is low. I don’t know… if their yield from transfer apps is 30%, then they can expect 31 or 32 students to actually attend. That sounds about right.</p>

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<p>Sometimes it gets around 102-103. Make that 28%, either way, as being one of the nation’s ivy league, it’s still high.</p>

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<p>Rice is not Ivy</p>

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<p>Doesn’t matter. Any school on the top 20 list has that kind of reputation.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure what your concern here is.</p>

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<p>probably because transfer applicants have really good sat’s and grades.</p>

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<p>I agree with anxiousmom-
I think perhaps they are trying to fill some of the upper level classes as they expand their enrollment. The yield is also an important aspect.</p>