What type of students get into the top universities as transfers?

Like Columbia, Yale, Cornell, and MIT. I know from statistics that they accept transfers but what type of students get in?





If you can give examples that would be grade. Could someone who could not get in as a high school student get in as a transfer student (say someone finished high school with a 3.4 GPA)|||Well transferring from a community college etc to an ivy league will be hard. It's more competitive i heard.





But basically your looking at the same type of stats you would need as a high school student if you were applying to an ivy league as such.





For example:


3.7+ GPA


SAT 1900+


ACT 30+





Great EC's such as colunteering, community service etc.


Great personal statement.


Leadership roles in any organizations/clubs/honor society


Played in sports.





The sad thing is, you can have all this and still not get accepted....because there are so many people applying to those schools that are all the same and they have to reject many even tho there not that different from the one who got accepted. They can't accept everyone.





that's the thing with Ivy league's, even if your the best, you still might not get in.|||Mark is absolutely correct. Transfer admissions to Ivies and other top schools are usually more competitive than freshman admissions. The people who were admitted were usually close to getting in out of high school and have outstanding college records that prove they can do college-level work. Absent extraordinary circumstances, it's highly unlikely that anyone with an average or slightly above high school record (3.4, 1800 SAT, whatever) would be accepted, even with a 4.0 in college. There are too many people who want to transfer in, some of whom have 4.0s both in college and high school, 2300+ SATs, excellent resumes, etc.|||Both other answers are correct.





Please keep in mind that there are sometimes exceptions to the rules. Colleges look for special circumstances. For example, my son had an excellent record in high school but was admitted to Yale as a Ph.D student with an even better record after winning a Mellon Foundation scholarship and receiving a bachelors and master degree within four years. Yale did not





What I am stating is that it pays for your to apply since you really have nothing to loose.





Good luck./|||The way to get into a name school is to excel in your undergraduate school, get great LSAT GRE GMAT or what have you scores, and go to the name school for your grad or professional degree.





Nobody cares where you went to undergrad.





A number of writers in this category followed the same path - excel in the low-ranked undergrad school, get great test scores, and go to a top program.