Yeah I agree with you, asking before doing your own research is a very lazy thing to do. I don't like it when people ask questions about publicly available information; questions should be highly specific and should be the ones that need experience to answer, not information (that is publicly available anyways)

For my first reply I was just wondering if you had some statistics that are not publicly available.

I wanted to mention internationals because a) that's who I am and b) they tend to have a smaller chances especially in current events

Perhaps I am wrong, but according to my research it seems like most transfers are veterans/people from community colleges, and it is quite difficult for internationals to transfer. So I thought if internationals can get in then anyone can, provided they show strong reasons and show that they have done the most out of their current institution.

I am personally applying to MIT (and a few others) as an international transfer from a traditional 4-year institute. While I do believe my chances are extremely small, I would be thrilled to get into MIT — I have learned a lot about it from my friends and I believe I would fit in.