Tufts is a private research university in Medford, Massachusetts, and you can read more about their transfer requirements . We’re breaking down the prompt that is required of every Tufts transfer applicant below. However, additional questions will populate after you’ve chosen what school and program you’re applying to. Because we don’t know your life and/or what program our blog readers are interested in, we’re only going over the question that everyone will be asked. Don’t forget to check for the other questions once you’ve written this one.

Williams, a small liberal arts school in Massachusetts, has a transfer acceptance rate that rivals the Ivy League. It is difficult to find statistics online that came directly from Williams, but it has been reported that their transfer acceptance rate is 3%. We’ll break down their supplements below, but be sure to check their website for additional requirements.

We all know how hard it is to get into Harvard as a freshman. Anyone who went there will be sure to tell you twice! And getting in as a transfer is basically impossible. We don’t tell you this to break your spirit, we tell you this because if you’re going to apply, you should go into the process knowing that you have a 1% chance of getting in. There have been years when they don’t let anyone in.  

If you’re considering applying to Yale as a transfer, you’ve come to the right place. This blog post will go over the writing supplements, but make sure that you’re checking for any additional requirements in place for specific programs. We would be remiss not to mention that Yale’s transfer acceptance rates are tragically low because very few students leave Yale (aka a high retention rate) so they aren’t accepting many new students. Yale’s transfer acceptance rate has been below 2.5% for the past few years. If you’re up for the challenge, keep reading.

Columbia, the Ivy League school in New York City, is known for many things. It’s competitive, intense, and a hot spot for renowned professors and scholars. All of this means that it’s a great school, but the transfer acceptance rate is around 6%. Before you begin, make sure you’re within range and accepting of the fact that your chances of getting in are quite low. Let’s break down their supplement:

We’ve written a lot about the creative process as it relates to writing college essays. You have to ask yourself hard-hitting questions, get vulnerable, and show a side of yourself you might not initially feel comfortable broadcasting to a team of admissions counselors. This advice applies to all essays, but there’s an additional task at hand when it comes to writing a transfer essay. Along with all of the above, you must also make a case for yourself as to WHY you want to transfer, and why the school you’re applying to is the only place in the world where you can find what you need.

We have written a lot about the process of deciding whether or not you should transfer. The truth is that you might have a million reasons for wanting to transfer, but only some of them are worth writing about in your transfer application. This blog post will go into the process of transferring once you’ve decided that you want to leave your current school. We've broken the process out into three steps:

This time of year, we get a lot of messages from students who know they want to transfer but aren’t sure where they want to apply. Here are our four steps to making your transfer list:

Deciding to apply to transfer feels like a big deal, but it’s actually way more common than many people think. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, over a third of students transfer colleges, and nearly half of those who transfer will do so more than once.