Harvard and which other schools rarely if ever accept transfer students

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Harvard University and Princeton University are among the elite institutions that rarely accept transfer students. Harvard recently implemented a policy to not accept transfers, while Princeton has maintained this stance for an extended period. These schools prioritize maintaining small class sizes and managing limited housing resources, which contributes to their reluctance to admit transfer students. The selective nature of their admissions processes ensures that the students they accept are highly qualified, minimizing the need for transfer admissions.

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Which other schools do not accept transfer students other than Harvard, or is it only Harvard that doesn't do this? If Harvard accepted transfer students would it over populate their school?
 
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Harvard only recently started not accepting transfers, but they aren't the only ones - Princeton hasn't taken transfer students for a long time. They can take the best of the best - the students they accept are unlikely to fail or drop out, even if they're not doing great. They'd have very few spots to fill if they did take transfers. They limit class sizes, and they can only offer so many dorm rooms.
 

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