<p>Though it's still a bit early to get the tranfer decisions, we are glad to see some people on this forum have already gotten their decisions at the moment. It's being a tough period from preparing to transfer to waiting for the admission decisions, especially when you share the excitement or sorrow with high school seniors who mostly got their good/bad news. Since not all the schools has the same notification date, I believe there will be a lot of people hearing their decisions before mid-May.</p>
<p>Now let's start and hope for the best!</p>
<h2>The following I copied from Columbia forum and made some changes. and btw, I dont know if there is any waitlist rule in the transfer application, so I will leave it with accepted/rejected.</h2>
<p>College stats:
** College GPA (4.0 scale): **3.7 College Credits: 65
**College Extracurriculars: **Phi Theta Kappa, Digital Filmmaking club, Newspaper, Magazine, student government, volunteering at film festivals, u.s. student ambassador(australia), Activist (Save Darfur Organization) Essays(simple comments): Why I am passionate about film, my life experiences, etc.
Professor’s Recommendation: 4, film professor, literature professor, screenwriting professor, phi theta Kappa honors advisor</p>
<p>Other
** State (if domestic applicant): New York college: Suffolk community college
** Ethnicity: African American Gender: Female</p>
<p>Accepted:
Arizona State University (film & journalism)
University of Hawaii-Manoa (general arts and sciences)
Stony Brook University (journalism)
UMASS-Amherst(journalism)
Long Island University-C.W. Post(film)- $9,000 academic scholarship
Hawaii Pacific University(multimedia)- 50 % off tuition phi theta kappa scholarship
University of Arizona(international journalism and film)</p>
<p>Still Waiting for my top choices:
University of Southern California (comparative literature and film)
UCLA (film)
Florida State University (film)</p>
<p>College stats:
College GPA (4.0 scale): 3.96
College Credits: 60
College Extracurriculars: Editor of school paper, PTK, Coca-Cola Scholar, All-State Academic Team, math tutor, College Democrats, etc etc
Essays(simple comments): Focused on journalistic work experience and immigrant status influencing my interest in sociology.
Professor’s Recommendation: Both were glowing and referred to me as being in the top 1% of students.
Interview(if applicable): No interview offered.</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant):<br>
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>
<p>Strengths: ECs, standardized test scores, rec letters, essay
Weaknesses: High school transcript. One word: yikes!</p>
<p>Pick one from your decisions: Decision: Accepted: University of Kansas Decision: Waitlisted: None Decision: Rejected: University of Illinois Decision: Pending: Shimer College, Northern Illinois University, Grand Valley State University, Cleveland State, UW-Green Bay</p>
<p>[ul]** HS backgroud:**
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Not Taken
[</em>] ACT: 24 in 2007
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] HS GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 50%
[</em>] HS Extracurriculars:Wrestling, Concert Band, Pep Band, Marching Band, Speech Competition.
[/ul]</p>
<p>[ul]College stats:
[<em>] College GPA (4.0 scale):3.0
[</em>] College Credits:28
[<em>] College Extracurriculars:Intramural sports, Concert Band, Marching Band
[</em>] Essays(simple comments): I had 3 strong essays written for Grand Valley. Used a paper from Sociology class to supplement other apps.<br>
[<em>] Professor’s Recommendation:Clarinet Professor. I didn’t read it. I had it directly mailed.
[</em>] Interview(if applicable):Shimer interview coming up soon!
[/ul]</p>
<p>[ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type:Saint Xavier University; Private Liberal Arts. Music Program drew me to this school.
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):My music would be my hook.
[/ul]</p>
<p>[ul]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths:Music and Writing (my ACT writing was an 11). I feel my essays are pretty strong. Strength of schedule in college.
[</em>] Weaknesses:GPA EC’s in college.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I was rejected from Illinois because of my lack of English and Language requirements. I thought I would try anyways. It was for the spring term, I had no chance. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>[ul]General Comments:
[li] These may not be very popular universities on CC but I was attracted to them each for a different reason. Maybe this will help someone.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>** HS backgroud:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): R550 M760 W550
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: math 2 770 physics 790 chemistry 800
[</em>] HS GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 uw
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):10%
[</em>] HS Extracurriculars: math club… nothing else
[li] IBs: math hl 6 physics hl 7 chemistry sl 6 English A2 5</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]College stats:[ list]
[<em>] College GPA (4.0 scale): 3.8
[</em>] College Credits:48
[<em>] College Extracurriculars: olympiad math coaching
[</em>] Essays(simple comments): done by the deadline… w some grammatical error… meh
[<em>] Professor’s Recommendation:no clue
[</em>] Interview(if applicable):</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):Chinese living in Ecuador
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): participated in IMO
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: math?
[<em>] Weaknesses: not well rounded
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! </p>
<p>Accepted: University of Michigan
Pending: Gatech, UIUC, Caltech, Duke, Purdue.</p>
<p>**College stats:**College GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
**College Credits: ** 30 credits
**College Extracurriculars: ** Numerous on campus groups and intramurals
**Essays(simple comments): ** Very good. Each essay was exactly one page, single spaced, approx. 750 words per essay I believe as long as you verbalize your reasons for transferring, in a conscise manner, you are set. Don’t bash your current school either.<br> Professor’s Recommendation: Had 2 recommendations, I believe they were strong recs. </p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>**State (if domestic applicant): ** MA
**College: ** Small, private university
**Ethnicity: ** White
**Gender: ** Male</p>
<p>Pick one from your decisions:
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted+School list[ /b][ /color]: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
[ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted+School list[ /b][ /color]
[ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected+School list[ /b][ /color]
[ color=blue][ b]Decision: Pending+School list[ /b][ /color] University of Virginia, Charlottesville</p>
<p>[ b] HS backgroud:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):DID NOT HAVE TO GIVE
[ *] ACT: DID NOT HAVE TO GIVE
[ *] SAT II: DID NOT HAVE TO GIVE
[ *] HS GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 Unweighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
[ *] HS Extracurriculars: Key Club, Chorus, Cancer-awareness club, drama, volunteer at counseling center, Jewish involvement, recreational sports leagues</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]College stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College GPA (4.0 scale): 3.56
[ *] College Credits: 43 (now), 58 (End of Semester)
[ *] College Extracurriculars: AEPi (Philanthropy chair), C4CA (Community Service Executive Board), Democrat Club (huge Obama volunteer), School-spirit organization, floor representative for dormitory, very involved w/ Hillel and other Jewish organizations, and internship at UBS Financial Services.
[ *] Essays(simple comments): STRONG
[ *] Professor’s Recommendation: None.
[ *] Interview(if applicable): None.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Cancer survivor</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: College GPA, Essay, HS GPA, College Extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores, first semester GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have showed extreme potential with my GPA which makes up for my low SAT scores.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b</p>
<p>[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted : Drexel university list[ /b][ /color]
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted : Washington University in St.Louis list[ /b][ /color]
[ b] HS backgroud:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):Math 800 Cr 640 writing 630
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: phy 800 chem 700 math level2 750
[ *] HS GPA (out of 4.0):Na
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):na
[ *] HS Extracurriculars:lots of social service and cricket</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]College stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College GPA (10.0 scale): 8.95
[ *] College Credits: 79
[ *] College Extracurriculars: same as above
[ *] Essays(simple comments): simple, from the heart
[ *] Professor’s Recommendation: from 2 very reputed PhD holders
[ *] Interview(if applicable):na</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): India
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Techical Knowledge !!
[ *] Weaknesses: lazy, poor vocabulary
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: coz of a project I did in Australia ( it was too technical for a junior but I pulled it off!!!)
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>
