What Is The Easiest Ivy League School To Transfer Into? Find Out Here!

Are you interested in finding out the easiest Ivy League school to transfer into? Will you be transferring from community college or another university? Let me be the first one to tell you that transferring to any Ivy League university isn’t easy, but there are some that are significantly easier than others. For a list of Ivy League schools that accept transfer students, see this post.

Before I tell you which universities are easier or harder to get into, you should not let this effect your decision. The most important factor in your decision for transferring should be if the school is a good fit for you or not. That means, will that school help you fulfill your career goals? Will you thrive in the school culture? Will you be comfortable in a small town or large city? These are all factors that you should be making your decision based on, not just which university is easier to get into.

With the right steps, you can transfer to any university (regardless of the numbers). See this community college guide for proof.

The Hardest Universities to Transfer Into

As you might expect, transferring to Harvard University, Yale University and Brown University are of the hardest to get into. This is mainly because they openly state that transfer admissions is more competitive than freshman admissions, posting transfer acceptance rates as low as 1%. And they attribute this low acceptance rate to their high retention rates (meaning that students come back for their sophomore and junior years).

That being said, to find the easiest university to transfer into, you’ll want to look at the university with the most spots available to transfer students. The more spots available, the better chances you have.

The Easiest University to Transfer Into: Cornell University

Having a lower retention rate, Cornell University accepts the most transfer students out of all the Ivy League schools. Cornell is the easiest to get into because they have more spots available. However, Cornell is not the easiest Ivy League school to do well in. It’s very competitive and located in up-state New York, distant from major cities.

So just because Cornell University is the easiest Ivy League school to transfer into, that doesn’t mean you should only apply there. Research which schools are best for you. This way, you don’t have all your eggs in one baseket. Then, once you’re accepted into UPENN, Cornell and Dartmouth, you can decided on which school to transfer into.

Check out this community college transfer guide to learn how to get into any Ivy League university you want.