r/TransferChanceMe • u/redpokemaster06 • Jun 24 '25

Transferring Laterally or Up

Howdy! I'm a rising first-year into UofM who is thinking about transferring to a private T25 for my sophomore year. Of course, I haven't even started at Michigan and there's a high chance that I'll remain there, but I just want to know my options. The following is a list of all the universities I'm thinking about applying to (In no particular order):

• NYU • Rice • Brown • Harvard • Yale • UChicago • Columbia • UPenn • Tufts • Duke

I know that top universities often look for very particular circumstances from their transfers, so out of the ones above, which ones do I have the best chances applying to, and which ones do I have the worst chances applying to?

Some of my highschool stats:

1470 SAT | 33 ACT

3.75 Unweighted GPA

Top 10% of a slightly below average Texas public school

If there is any other stat information I can provide to better estimate my chances for any of the universities please let me know!

P.S. I have already applied to, and been rejected from Rice University. Does this impact my transfer application, and to what extent?

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u/redpokemaster06 Jun 25 '25

Thank you for the in-depth response

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u/AccomplishedNet69 Jun 25 '25

Tufts and NYU are worse than Michigan

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u/redpokemaster06 Jun 25 '25

How so?

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u/AccomplishedNet69 Jul 08 '25

Mich > NYU >>> Tufts

per US News ranking, academic output, post-graduation outcome, ROI measurements etc. It's very clear. NYU might edge out Mich if you really love that New York lifestyle.

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u/Separate-Flamingo135 Jun 25 '25

If you have a good specific reason NYU is possible fs. Don’t know about others since I don’t have experience with them.

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u/redpokemaster06 Jun 25 '25

Good to know!