<p>Those are some ridiculous ec's dhh, why didn't you apply to U Chicago?</p>
<p>its ok dhh, u can always apply as a junior again</p>
<p>Why bother?</p>
<p>Current Institution- community college</p>
<p>hs gpa 3.0 +/- .2</p>
<p>Applied H y cornell penn duke Jhu Umcp umbc wash u rice smith </p>
<p>rejections h (after an interview request but my interviewer never contacted me. the adcom said oh well) y penn jhu </p>
<p>waitlist duke</p>
<p>accepted umbc smith cornell</p>
<p>? rice umcp wash u</p>
<p>Ecs: Tons/ probably wayy to many:
-trustee at my college
-research with now head of vaccine research @ fda
-oral presentation at abrcms (grad level conference)
-usa today all academic 1st team
-vp ptk
-volunteer intern@ local art gallery
-lived on my own worked 30+ hr/week</p>
<p>Tips:
- find a few things you love and do them extremely well
- don't procrastinate
- focus on your goals esp for cc students where we are usually working etc because sometimes you have to remember your basic goal during this time is to GET INTO COLLEGE try to think of that and make everything in your life move in that direction.</p>
<p>I can not wait for the fall!!!!</p>
<p>any cornell people ... see u in ithaca... email me
<a href="mailto:vanessaaishacoleman@yahoo.com">vanessaaishacoleman@yahoo.com</a></p>
<p>ill be in human ecology and ill live in the hasbrouck transfer program this year . maybe next year I will do hans bethe </p>
<p>I'm so happy I got into cornell! I finally feel like I'm going to become a doctor now as long as I can do well in my courses up there!</p>
<p>I also wanted to add that I feel very lucky to have reached this point. there are a few people who look at this forum in hs ( I was one). I had a REALLY hard time in hs bc of family and personal issues that dominated my life at the time. I think you just have to be reslient and keep trying to get there... you will!</p>
<p>College Resume</p>
<ul>
<li>George Washington University</li>
<li>Majors: Finance & International Business</li>
<li>GPA: 3.45 with a junior-level schedule</li>
<li>Prof recommendation called me her best student in any of her classes</li>
<li>Wrote great essays</li>
</ul>
<p>High School Resume</p>
<ul>
<li>2,060 SAT</li>
<li>31 ACT</li>
<li>GPA: 3.3 uw, 4.8 w, top 50 school</li>
<li>11 AP courses, 4+ on nine of them, also took 5 Honors courses</li>
<li>Editor of an award-winning newspaper</li>
<li>Nationally recognized for my journalism</li>
<li>Community service, job, and internship</li>
</ul>
<p>Results</p>
<p>Accepted...X
Pending...Notre Dame
Rejected...Georgetown, Cornell, Washington-St. Louis</p>
<p>^ </p>
<ul>
<li>By junior-level schedule I mean that I was a freshman taking classes almost exclusively for juniors.<br></li>
<li>Economics major everywhere but GU (finance)</li>
<li>White male</li>
</ul>
<p>Current School: Texas State University
Entering as: Junior
High School GPA: 3.9/6.0
College GPA: 4.0
SAT/ACT Scores: 640v 500m
SAT II Scores: n/a
Significant ECs: President of History Club (raised over $6000 for a WWI memorial on campus), Vice President of a volunteer organization (over 100 hours in Mexico), SI leader in History, several positions in ROTC (school and national awards), athlete, lots of other stuff
..</p>
<p>Applied to: Emory, Wash U, Wake Forest, Brandeis, The University of Texas-Austin
Accepted: Emory, Wake, Brandeis, UT
Waitlisted:
Rejected: Wash U</p>
<p>Attending: Emory</p>
<p>Suggestions: To those who did poorly in high school and on the SAT, be sure that you demonstrate trough your college coursework that youve matured, and that your previous mediocre performances arent representative of your ability to perform above standard in upper level courses. I happened to have the highest grade in several of my math/science courses this last semester, and was fortunate enough that my professors could vouch for my exam scores while providing the class averages for comparison. I believe these grades, and taking heavy course loads (19hrs) with mostly challenging courses helped me seal the deal at Emory, Wake, and Brandeis. </p>
<p>Wash U makes early decisions, which I feel hurt my chances since I wasnt able to submit 19 more hours of As. However, I also found several grammatical errors in my Wash U essay, although my discovery of these flaws allowed me to correct additional mistakes I would have made on my other essays. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone in the upcoming cycles, and congrats to everyone who just finished! Hehe, I feel like we all graduated.</p>
<p>Current School: Virginia Tech (engineering)
Entering as: 2nd year (soph)
High School GPA: 3.67/4.0
College GPA: 3.2/4.0
SAT/ACT Scores: 690V 720M
SAT II Scores: took Math I/II, US History...got 680(I)/700(II) on math I/II and 710 on history
Significant ECs:
HS-tutored underpriveledged elem. school students for >200 hrs during high school on Saturday mornings, 2-season each year of high school (varsity as soph/junior/senior), officer of Key Club
College- member of Society of Women Engineers, Senator in VT SGA, raised $3000 for Avon 2-Day Breast Cancer walk</p>
<p>Applied to: UVA (instate) - engineering
Accepted: UVA</p>
<p>Attending: UVA - engineering</p>
<p>Suggestions: ESSAYS! DO WELL ON THEM! Take your time to do them, don't just knock them out in a night. I started jotting down ideas in Jan., started writing in Feb, and finished at the end of Feb. Whenever I felt bogged down at VT and wished I was at UVA, I switched over to write a bit in my essays. This way, my writing sounded more personal and reflected the true way I felt. I wrote about 2 pages (12pt, 1" margins) for each essay so I kept it short, but got to elaborate a bit. Concentrate on the reasons why you want to change, and focus on them. Mine was mainly curriculum reasons, yet I did mention the other good things about UVA. Don't slam your current school, but instead find the positives and explain why they don't fit you.
Also, take time to contact the school, especially if there are not an excessive amount of transfers. Contact the dean or assoc. dean in the department you want to enter and ask questions (email is the best), whether it's about the curriculum or what reasons you want to transfer for or how your credits will transfer, or just shoot the breeze. Then, when you write your essay, say "and I talked to ______ who pointed out that the program does _____ which fits me because _______". The adcoms give you a big gold star not only because it shows you're really interested (which means good yield rates for them), but that you took the time to see how you can fit into their school and do well. But use your essays to their best advantage. Hundreds of other applicants might have the same stats as you, but won't have your essay. Make yourself stand out, yet show how you'll fit into their school.</p>
<p>Oh and don't hesitate to send extra stuff. I sent in a resume (one of the essays asked about activities you've done, but I used that to talk about two passionate activities of mine) and then a "101 Reasons I Want to Attend UVA". I still laugh that I even did that, but hey, I go in didn't I? =P</p>
<p>And, GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Current School: William and Mary (linguistics
Entering as: Junior
High School GPA: 3.81/4.0
College GPA: 3.3/4.0
SAT/ACT Scores: 700V 710M
SAT II Scores: History (US) - 780, Spanish - 750, Math IIC - 690
Significant ECs:
HS-Crew, Rocketry, GSA,
College- Crew, </p>
<p>Applied to: Georgetown, UPenn
Accepted: Georgetown, UPenn</p>
<p>Attending: ?</p>
<p>Suggestions: Have faith. I was convinced I wasn't going to get into either one of these schools. DON'T worry about the caliber of the school that you're coming from - I thought WM was just another state school, but after recieving acceptance I realized that it must be something different than what I originally thought it was.</p>
<p>I'm deciding whether or not I want to transfer, actually haha. Maybe WM is a diamond in the rough...</p>
<p>hey azazello.. congrats!!
those 2 are my dream universities..</p>
<p>i'm also tryin to transfer to a top tier university, any words of wisdom from u...</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Current School:Top 40 Liberal Arts college
Entering as:Sophmore
High School GPA: don't exactly remember (around 3.73 or 3.8 weighted).<br>
College GPA: 3.92 first semester, 3.88 second semester
SAT/ACT Scores:27
SAT II Scores:didn't submit
Significant ECs:extra community service trips, 7 years doing black and white photography, several photography awards and published recognitions, Deans High honors list in college. </p>
<p>Applied to:Tufts, Brown, Wesleyan, UPenn, Vassar, NYU (Gallatin), Kenyon, Northwestern
Accepted:Tufts, NYU (Gallatin), Kenyon, Northwestern
Waitlisted:n/a
Rejected:Brown, Upenn, Vassar, Wesleyan</p>
<p>Likely Attending: Northwestern</p>
<p>Current School: Carnegie Mellon
Entering as: Sophomore
High School GPA: 3.9/4.0
College GPA:3.3/4.0
SAT/ACT Scores: 610 V 720 M 660 W
SAT II Scores: 510 Spanish, 750 Math I, 720 Math II, 690 Chem
Significant ECs: HS Valedictorian, PA Governor's School, USNA Summer Seminar, etc.</p>
<p>Applied to: ND
Accepted: ND
Waitlisted: N/A
Rejected: N/A</p>
<p>Likely Attending: ND</p>
<p>Current School: Bowling Green State University
Entering as: Sophmore
High School GPA: 2.65/4.0
College GPA: 3.2/4.0
SAT/ACT Scores: 510 M 550 V 590 W 23 ACT</p>
<p>Significant ECs:
HS-Crew, school newspaper, school TV station
College- school newspaper, school TV station, School radio station, social action group
Applied to: Syracuse, Maryland, Northeastern, BU, Hofstra
Accepted: Maryland, Northeastern, Hofstra</p>
<p>Attending: Maryland</p>
<p>Suggestions: Make sure that you are transfering for the right reasons. If it is solely for presitge, then don't do it. Although prestige was one of the reasons that I am transfering, there are several other reasons as well.</p>
<p>Also, another thing to add is that in the end, even though I pretty much had my mind made up about transfering since about Thanksigivng or so, and I am attending my first choice school, it was tougher to leave my college then I had though.</p>
<p>now updating:</p>
<p>Current School: California Community College
Entering as: Junior
High School GPA: 4.6
College GPA: 3.95 (following Spring '07 semester)
SAT/ACT Scores: 2270
SAT II Scores: 800 MII, 750 LIT
Significant ECs: TONS!!! Too many to list.</p>
<p>Applied to: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Stanford, Brown, Northwestern, Duke, Rice, Chicago, Michigan Ann Arbor
Accepted: UC Davis, Michigan Ann Arbor
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: UC Berkeley, Stanford, Brown, Duke, Rice, Chicago, Northwestern</p>
<p>Attending: UC Davis</p>
<p>wow jna.. great stats, but i'm guessing SOMETHING was missing or lacking since you didn't even get into cal from a california cc.</p>
<p>did you have a relatively easy courseload? or maybe your essays and recs were weak?</p>
<p>no and no. international student status?? otherwise, i have no idea.</p>
<p>jna- ur international student? if yes, you had a huge amount of disadvantage for Cal..</p>
<p>Current School:San Diego State
Entering as: Junior
High School GPA: 3.4
College GPA: 3.7
SAT/ACT Scores: 1300
SAT II Scores:
Significant ECs:Dean's List, honors, volunteer work, Student government, club/organization founder and president</p>
<p>Applied to:NYU, Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, BC, BU, ND, USC, Cal, UCLA, Cal Poly
Accepted: BU, Cal Poly
Waitlisted:
Rejected:All the others, but I was ineligible at a few because I had too many units(124)</p>
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now updating:</p>
<p>Current School: California Community College
Entering as: Junior
High School GPA: 4.6
College GPA: 3.95 (following Spring '07 semester)
SAT/ACT Scores: 2270
SAT II Scores: 800 MII, 750 LIT
Significant ECs: TONS!!! Too many to list.</p>
<p>Applied to: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Stanford, Brown, Northwestern, Duke, Rice, Chicago, Michigan Ann Arbor
Accepted: UC Davis, Michigan Ann Arbor
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: UC Berkeley, Stanford, Brown, Duke, Rice, Chicago, Northwestern</p>
<p>Attending: UC Davis
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</p>
<p>wow...................</p>
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<p>Current School: McDaniel College
Entering as: sophomore
High School GPA: 3.67
College GPA: 3.47
SAT/ACT Scores: 1500/2400 (I have a learning disability & didn’t submit unless required)
SAT II Scores:
Significant ECs: Good Internships: TV Broadcasting (this summer at CBS 3 newsroom), Radio Broadcasting (KYW NewsStudies) Non-Profit (Komen Breast Cancer Found.) , Congressional campaign;
Multiple other Community Service, Sports </p>
<p>Applied to: American University, Catholic University
Accepted: American University, Catholic University
Waitlisted:
Rejected: none</p>
<p>Likely Attending: likely staying another year at McDaniel because the transfer financial aid packages offered have made transfer impossible (American offered 44% of need, CUA 68% of need), I'm trying to go to DC for poli sci and broadcasting. </p>
<p>Maybe others know of some good places for this dual major ;-)</p>
<p>VERY DISAPPOINTED in TRANSFER financial aid…. reading CC and student review.com seems transferring can be a tough reach for students dependent upon need-based aid. </p>
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