Are the chances of being accepted to an Ivy League College or Stanford bigger if someone applies to them with good grades right after highschool or after "Undergraduating" from smaller colleges or local colleges?
2006-12-21 05:12:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
My question is like when is it more probable to get accepted to a big university after Highschool or after udergraduating?
2006-12-21 05:21:18 · update #1
The top private schools take very few transfer students. I think Harvard had 75 last year, and that was twice their usual rate. When they do accept a transfer student, it is usually someone who is already going to a great school who can't get the degree he wants at that school. For example, if someone is at a top liberal arts college and decides he wants to study engineering, he would have to transfer.
So -- since very few people are accepted to Ivy League colleges from another university, the answer to your questions is that the chances are greater right out of high school.
2006-12-21 05:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
4.0, key club, class president, etc. basically is like everyone else applying to Harvard, etc. Why do you want to go to Harvard so much? Forget Ivy League stereotypes and focus on the INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS with the best rankings. If you're wanting to be a lawyer, look at the best pre-law programs. Ivy or not doesn't mean jack crap if you have to go into insane debt for it, and if their pre-law program is less than ideal. It also doesn't matter if you don't have the work experience, the leadership experience, and talent. You don't need Ivy to be a successful lawyer. Get the good grades. Get a full ride to the best pre-law program you can find.. without getting any student loans. Study your butt off in college, and apply to the top law schools. You say you want to help people. So DON'T go to an Ivy League school. Instead, that that $120,000+ in tuition money and help develop sustainable farming and employement in third-world countries. You don't have to go to an Ivy league school-- or any school-- to help people. That's a load of crap. You can take interesting classes at any college, be it an Ivy or community college. You need to work on lessening your naivete and understanding how reality really works. Ivy or not is one of the LEAST important things in life.
2016-03-29 02:44:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With some exceptions, the Ivy League doesn't like transfers. Even when they allow transfers, they often don't take much of the credit students have accumulated. You'd be better off either going there right out of college or going to a less exclusive (but equally good) college elsewhere.
2006-12-21 05:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by dmb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Top schools take very few transfers -- they don't have space! If you check the websites you notice that for top schools 97% or 98% of the Freshmen come back the next year.. so there are no spaces for anyone coming from another school. A friend of mine is Dean at one of these schools and he said they took only three transfer students last year. So, you would have to be pretty special to be able to transfer, and probably they would take transfers from some other great school.
The admissions percentages for the top schools are very scary! Over 90% rejections at some of them... and that's from a pool or really well qualified applicants. You have to really do your homework and research if you intend to get into one of these schools.
2006-12-21 06:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds bad but you could have your parents buy you a spot into the college.
2006-12-21 05:21:02 · answer #5 · answered by Sassy n' Sweet 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i guess......try maintaning a 4.0+ GPA, w/ a 1800+ SAT score.....
me?...i scored low on my SAT...and still won't GET in bec. yeah......even though my GPA is quite OK.... 3.958.
2006-12-21 05:18:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋