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way back in pre-historic times my class ('82) had ~200 total transfers in, ~50% as sophomores (I was one of them) and ~50% as juniors which is ~12% of the class.  We generated a list of the ~200 likely transfers in with the SAA as part of our 35th reunion.  I have no idea if the transfers out for my class totaled ~200.  My vague recollection is that back then the transfers in were a planned net add to the class size

I don't know if it applied in '82, but I do know that back in the even more prehistoric times of the late 60s/early 70s the ability to have significantly larger transfer classes was created by attrition. It was possible to "flunk out" and a noticeable number of people in fact did. Today, that simply doesn't happen. Another form of attrition was people who just didn't like/could no longer afford Stanford. There were a significant number of people in these categories. One friend of mine transferred out, explaining himself as follows: "I am pre-med. I am fighting for grades against an elite student body to get into med school. My parents are paying a large pile of money for me to do so. My Stanford undergraduate degree will make no difference after I become an MD. It isn't worth the money. I can go to UCLA for much less, get better grades (and thus a higher rating for med school), and enjoy my college experience a lot more. It won't hurt my MCATs". He did exactly that.

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way back in pre-historic times my class ('82) had ~200 total transfers in, ~50% as sophomores (I was one of them) and ~50% as juniors which is ~12% of the class.  We generated a list of the ~200 likely transfers in with the SAA as part of our 35th reunion.  I have no idea if the transfers out for my class totaled ~200.  My vague recollection is that back then the transfers in were a planned net add to the class size

I don't know if it applied in '82, but I do know that back in the even more prehistoric times of the late 60s/early 70s the ability to have significantly larger transfer classes was created by attrition. It was possible to "flunk out" and a noticeable number of people in fact did. Today, that simply doesn't happen. Another form of attrition was people who just didn't like/could no longer afford Stanford. There were a significant number of people in these categories. One friend of mine transferred out, explaining himself as follows: "I am pre-med. I am fighting for grades against an elite student body to get into med school. My parents are paying a large pile of money for me to do so. My Stanford undergraduate degree will make no difference after I become an MD. It isn't worth the money. I can go to UCLA for much less, get better grades (and thus a higher rating for med school), and enjoy my college experience a lot more. It won't hurt my MCATs". He did exactly that.