To be honest, I'm a vet and got lucky on that. The best way to think about transfer to an elite school is that you can only disqualify yourself with academic wo

To be honest, I'm a vet and got lucky on that. The best way to think about transfer to an elite school is that you can only disqualify yourself with academic work. You should have a compelling essay about what you bring to their community, and apply to at least 4-5 schools. If you took time between high school and now, what did you do? If nothing, do you have a compelling reason to be back in school? If so, can you support this with evidence. Keep in mind that these schools see lots of essays about dreams. They prefer to see evidence of you having already moved the needle in that direction. I got denied from 4 schools, wait listed at 2, and into 2. TLDR; Academic performance is necessary but not sufficient. Figure out why you're unique, what you can bring to their student body that they might not have, and kill the essay.