That&#x27;s a classic &quot;all or nothing&quot; that the article complains about.  The more obscure the major the less likely Yale is the top anyway.  Say you want to go to the worlds best mining engineer school.  Going to Yale or transferring to Yale is not an option.<p>There&#x27;s also a classic misconception of assuming the general public is stupider than they actually are.  I looked up the transfer policies and talked to guidance counselors and got approval to transfer courses before I took my first class...  Everything turned out OK.  Other than the whole switching majors three times, and even that turned out OK in the end.