Admissions Insights & Resources
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August 21, 2026
UCLA's Transfer Rate Is 2.5x Its Freshman Rate
UCLA admitted 23.4% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants versus 9.41% of freshmen, the same entering class. Here's what that gap means if you're at a community college.
August 21, 2026
UCSB's Transfer Rate Hits 59%, Highest Among UCs
UCSB admitted 59% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants versus 38.2% of freshmen, and offers UC's Transfer Admission Guarantee. Here's how it works.
August 21, 2026
UCSD's Transfer Rate Is Nearly Double Its Freshman Rate
UCSD admitted 52.76% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants versus 28.56% of freshmen, the same class. Over half of transfer applicants got in. Here's why.
August 21, 2026
UF Transfer Acceptance Rate Is Double the Freshman Rate
UF admitted 40.5% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants, versus 20.3% of freshman applicants. Same cohort, same CDS, a 2x gap worth understanding.
August 21, 2026
UIUC Transfer Acceptance Rate: 43.4% vs. 36.6%
UIUC admitted 43.41% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants, versus 36.59% freshman. The gap is real, but so is a major-specific catch.
August 21, 2026
USC Transfer Acceptance Rate: 27.05% vs 11.19%
USC's transfer acceptance rate is 27.05%, more than double the 11.19% freshman rate for the same Fall 2025 cohort. Here is why, and what it requires.
August 21, 2026
UT Austin Transfer Rate: Not Easier Than Freshman
UT Austin admitted 21.96% of Fall 2025 transfer applicants versus 22.22% freshman. Unlike most flagships, transfer isn't the easier door.
August 21, 2026
Vanderbilt's Transfer Acceptance Rate Is 4.9x Higher
Vanderbilt admitted 26.16% of transfer applicants for Fall 2025, versus 5.38% of freshman applicants in the same cycle, per its own Common Data Set.
August 21, 2026
Amherst's Two Acceptance Rates, Explained
Amherst admitted 22.25% of Early Decision applicants and 6.78% of everyone else for the Class of 2029. The math, straight from its Common Data Set.
August 21, 2026
Bowdoin's Real Acceptance Rate: ED vs. RD
Bowdoin admitted 14.91% of Early Decision applicants and 5.48% of everyone else for the Class of 2029. The math, straight from its Common Data Set.
August 21, 2026
Case Western Is the Exception to the ED Rule
At Case Western, Early Decision admitted at 24.98%, lower than the 35.60% non-ED rate, reversing the pattern seen at most schools.
August 21, 2026
Colgate's ED Rate Is 1.5x the Non-ED Rate
Colgate admitted 19.5% of Early Decision applicants and 13.1% outside that round for the Class of 2028, per its own Common Data Set.
