What less expensive college would be the ideal pick for transfer to an Ivy League?

Some ivies have special programs or mature students doing undergrad. Specifically inform yourself on that.

I doubt it matters very much which school you attend as admittance will be based on many factors not just the school. Probably and good state school would pass muster as for being judged "legitimate".

You cannot get financial aid for a professional master unless you are a desired minority.

You might get financial aid as an undergrad. So "less expensive" is a ignorant idea of yours because the Ivy League can be very cheap to almost tuition free, if you are poor, as they have billions in endowment.

They hate that.

They want you for the whole time, r2?

Depends what the masters is in right? Some programs are more competitive than others?

Any flagship state university

If you are interested in doing a bachelor as a mature student, I'm just suggesting you apply outright to some ivies, because you never know, you might get in, and they have a lot of money so it might not be as "expensive" as the state school, which does not have a lot of money. It depends on what you have to offer. I know Yale is now doing a program to prepare convicts for college, and one assumes they are going to accept some of them, if they do well. Also, prestige universities do consider life achievements and exceptional circumstances - as a way to enrich their campus body. So if, say, you're a Syrian refugee now established in the US and have founded a business and shown community involvement, you get IMMENSE brownie points. If you're just a schlub white male shop bottom who wants a new adventure, then you'd have to prove yourself capable of advanced studies. But really, you need to have an admirable "gimmick" if you hope to get in to an Ivy at your age. I speak from experience, having been in the admissions racket briefly.

I'm confused, do you want to transfer to an Ivy, or go to one for graduate school? Or both?

It sounds like the day dreams of someone who has never attended college but would like to.

And if you transfer as an undergrad, you must do at least 2 years. A dean will meet you, after you are accepted, and try to apply your earned credits to one of their degrees. So 2 years minimum, but it might be 2.5 years, maybe even 3, it depends how many credits they can accept.

University of Phoenix, online sounds like a good fit for you, OP.

I transferred to UPenn after 2 years at another school OP. But that was undergrad.

Get in and out with your BA from wherever as soon as you can and then get into the best grad program that will take you. You're not getting funding for an MA unless you're absolutely spectacular in some way and you're probably not.

Kayleigh McTreighlerTrash went to U Miami law school and then transferred to Harvard for her last year (last two years?)

But she was already a talking head on CNN at that point, Conservative Millennial Barbie, which no doubt was why she got in.

I've heard that Dartmouth and Penn are community college transfer friendly. Someone in my class at Notre Dame transferred to Yale, but ND isn't a "less expensive college." In fact, the only other people I knew that transferred out had to for financial reasons, and ended up at state schools.

My sister has an MA in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth. She got her BA from Hollins, which has a excellent placement record for graduate/law/med school, but it's a women's college, and I assume that the OP is a man.

OP-If it's for undergrad look for transfer friendly colleges. If you're looking at graduate programs, look at the profiles of current students in the programs you want to apply to and see where they went.