[82lsju]

Agree.  But my understanding is that Stanford takes very few transfers under any circumstances. Am I correct?

You are 

In 2019-20 there were 2,466 transfer applicants, 24 accepted (so 1% admit rate), 20 enrolled

see page 17 here (page 17 of the document, page 19 of the PDF)

https://ucomm.stanford.edu/wp-content/up...s-2019.pdf

way back when I transferred in (1979) Stanford took on the order of 150 transfers (combined number of sophomores and juniors) a year and as I recall the transfer admit rate was ~10%.  At my last reunion we compiled a list of people we think were transfers and for our class (1982) it was ~180 people or ~10% or my class.

[82lsju]

Agree.  But my understanding is that Stanford takes very few transfers under any circumstances. Am I correct?

You are 

In 2019-20 there were 2,466 transfer applicants, 24 accepted (so 1% admit rate), 20 enrolled

see page 17 here (page 17 of the document, page 19 of the PDF)

https://ucomm.stanford.edu/wp-content/up...s-2019.pdf

way back when I transferred in (1979) Stanford took on the order of 150 transfers (combined number of sophomores and juniors) a year and as I recall the transfer admit rate was ~10%.  At my last reunion we compiled a list of people we think were transfers and for our class (1982) it was ~180 people or ~10% or my class.