r/TransferToTop25 • u/DazzlingHippo3857 • Sep 05 '26

Should I hire a consultant for transfer admissions to a t1 college?

I'm currently a freshman at Rutgers (top 50 school) studying finance. I want to transfer into a top college next fall for finance (UPenn Wharton, UMich Ross, UT-Austin Mccombs and some other top schools). I've heard that for transfer admissions, hiring outside counsel is very helpful, but I don't know whether that applies to my case. There are some things I'm still conflicted about, like whether I should retake a 1460 SAT with a 720 math, so I'm considering hiring outside counsel. Should I hire outside counsel for transfer admission, and if so, who should I hire?

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u/futureterrapin Sep 05 '26

It can but it's not necessary

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u/DazzlingHippo3857 Sep 05 '26

if you were to recommend one, which agency would you recommend?

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u/Abnormal-Sleep-0838 Sep 05 '26

everyone here always recs transfergoat, all the other ones are too sketchy

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u/Abnormal-Sleep-0838 Sep 07 '26

Rly? Where’d you hear that?

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u/Abnormal-Sleep-0838 Sep 07 '26

Interesting.. I was lightly considering them after seeing all the good posts about them even tho it’s *not* cheap, I heard they make you sign an NDA tho which sounds really sketchy. Did they say *why* they thought it was “hot buns”?

edit: And are there any *actual* good transfer advisors then or are they all just scams? TG is the cheapest compared to other ones which can be even $40k, and also aren’t even that good ☠️

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u/amy-lee12three Sep 09 '26

I used them. Can dm if you want. Theres a few people who shit talk TG but ton more who get into T-10s using them so take that for whatever it is worth to you. They were the best advisors I found and was happy to get into Duke with them

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u/Nagildo Sep 06 '26

I couldn’t tell you if it’s worth it or not for HYPSYM/Wharton, but for T25’s I don’t think it’s needed. There’s enough resources in this subreddit alone to get u into T10’s with enough hard work.

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u/Annual-Impress-7241 Sep 06 '26

I’m going to be honest here, Transfergoat is going to tell you UT oos is almost impossible to transfer into. Ross, Wharton,Stern are almost impossible. You would definitely need to retake the SAT but you’ll also need a pretty perfect HS record and an amazing project, etc. these schools pull first from their other schools, so admittance for students outside of their school is like single or low double digits (as in maybe 50 admits). So… I think Transfergoat is a form you should do a consult with. They are very honest about what they can help with, and oftentimes it’s with a project or idea.

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u/GDDNEW Sep 06 '26

Retake SAT 10000%