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Transfer Acceptance Rates and Top Tips

Top Tier Admissions

You know you want to transfer, and why—now it’s helpful to see where you’ll have the best odds of being admitted. Transfer acceptance rates vary widely and sometimes unexpectedly. Knowing which colleges are more transfer-friendly can help you narrow down your list and target the right schools. 29% Columbia 3.7% 13% Cornell 7.3%

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Second Time’s the Charm: Understanding the Transfer Process

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For community college students, transferring is often already built into the plan, but many other students will choose to transfer from one four-year college to another before graduation ( about 15% of all college students are transfers ). Timeline : You may not need to wait an entire year to apply to transfer.

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How to Transfer to Oberlin

The Koppelman Group

If you’re transferring to Oberlin, it’s good to know the stats, so here they are. Oberlin has a first-year acceptance rate of ~30ish percent each year, but their transfer acceptance rate is in the low 20s. Don’t fret though, if you want to transfer – it’s not impossible! Get Really Good Grades You need to get good grades!

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How to Transfer to Middlebury

The Koppelman Group

Middlebury’s first-year acceptance rate is around 14%, and their transfer acceptance rate is around 9%, so very challenging on both accounts. Remember, when you’re transferring, you’re applying for the spots of students who have already left, which probably signals that a lot of people really like being at Middlebury.

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How to Transfer to Barnard

The Koppelman Group

Transferring to Barnard is challenging – it’s essentially an Ivy League school, but the stats are promising. In 2023, the acceptance rate for first-year students was 6.5%, and for transfers it was 24.8%. If you want to transfer to Barnard, you need to have excellent grades and scores, robust extracurriculars, and great essays.

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How to Transfer to Hamilton

The Koppelman Group

First-year acceptance rates hover in the low 10s, and the transfer acceptance rate last cycle was 8%. To break that down, out of the 321 people who applied to transfer to Hamilton, only 26 were accepted. Don’t freak out though, because that doesn’t mean applying to transfer to Hamilton is a lost cause. Like, maybe too many?

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Start Your Transfer Journey: Resources and Deadlines

Top Tier Admissions

As college students return to campus for a new semester, some are considering what it would take to transfer to a new school. In fact, as we’ve noted before , almost one-third of students will transfer at some point during their college career. Unsurprisingly, the more selective the school, the tougher it is to transfer in.