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Grades Needed to Transfer from Top 14 to Harvard/Columbia?
Just wondering
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jmjones
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Re: Grades Needed to Transfer from Top 14 to Harvard/Columbia?
Bump. Also, is there advantage to URMs? Top 25% at t14 targeting HYS for academia
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Re: Grades Needed to Transfer from Top 14 to Harvard/Columbia?
No URM bump to my knowledge (it is technically factored in because you are attending a better school or getting a larger scholarship already). Not sure if xferring for academia is worth it (probably giving up LR and if your note does get published it probably won't be in as "prestigious" a journal, though not sure how much this matters) but I'm not really that knowledgeable.
I think top 25% is unlikely. Probably need closer top 10% to have a good shot (and even then SLS/YLS will likely be a crapshoot). There are lots of threads on this and people's results. Use the search.
I think top 25% is unlikely. Probably need closer top 10% to have a good shot (and even then SLS/YLS will likely be a crapshoot). There are lots of threads on this and people's results. Use the search.
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Re: Grades Needed to Transfer from Top 14 to Harvard/Columbia?
The searches don't turn up anything.bk187 wrote:No URM bump to my knowledge (it is technically factored in because you are attending a better school or getting a larger scholarship already). Not sure if xferring for academia is worth it (probably giving up LR and if your note does get published it probably won't be in as "prestigious" a journal, though not sure how much this matters) but I'm not really that knowledgeable.
I think top 25% is unlikely. Probably need closer top 10% to have a good shot (and even then SLS/YLS will likely be a crapshoot). There are lots of threads on this and people's results. Use the search.
They say anything from Top 50% at MVPB to Top 10% for Columbia.
They say anywhere from top 5%-top 33% at H from MVPB.
These are huge distinctions. We're talking 100-200 spots in ranking. If the odds are low, it isn't worth it to go through the process not because of money or time but the awkwardness of it all.
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Re: Grades Needed to Transfer from Top 14 to Harvard/Columbia?
Search for people's actual results. Not the "what does it take" threads.
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