3.5 at Chicago enough for Brown, Penn, Columbia?

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm a sophomore at Chicago, and though I respect it as an intense academic experience, I've realized that the social atmosphere (or lack thereof) is making me very unhappy. My classes are sufficiently interesting; I think I'm getting a damn good education, but the fact that I feel like I don't have any real close friends, and am missing out on social life despite trying my best to make the effort, I want to transfer. At the moment I have a 3.42, although I feel that the way things are going this quarter I will be able to bring up my gpa after first quarter to ~3.5 and then second quarter to a ~3.5-3.6.</p>

<p>Is it worth my time to try applying to Brown, Penn, Columbia, Stanford?</p>

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<p>english...do u have aim..i would like to talk to you. I am at Cornell, got accepted to the U of Chicago, but am thinking about transfering back.</p>

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<p>Definitely worth your time to apply. If you don't apply, after all, you have no chance whatsoever. I believe you have a great shot at Brown and Penn--particularly if you get your GPA up into the 3.5-3.6 range. Brown and Penn both accept a relatively (that is the operative word here) high number of transfers per annum. Columbia and Stanford, however, will prove much more of a challange; both schools are quite difficult to transfer into. I would suggest improving your GPA, and crafting a wonderful and compelling "why transfer" essay. With a superlative application, you should have a chance at both institutions.</p>

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<p>Of course you have a chance, and I think you should apply. A 3.42 at Uchicago is nothing to sneeze at...</p>

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<p>Penn's average transfer GPA from what the transfer admissions staff rep told me is 3.7. But if you have a good app it might be worth a try. I mean it's U of C, so it's pretty hard to get good grades there.</p>

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<p>bball87, what's wrong with Chicago? Weren't you the one encouraging me to stay there?</p>

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<p>escape, if u read my post, i said I was thinking about transfering back to Chicago, i am at Cornell now.</p>

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<p>transfering back? ... you didnt go there in the first place moron.</p>

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<p>i meant that i got accepted, so like transfering back implies transfering somewhere you were accepted to "moron"</p>

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<p>transfering back sounds like 'transfering back' to a place you originally went to. Especially here on the 'transfer board.' Word choice!!</p>

<p>I'll break it down so it's easy for you to understand:</p>

<p>"you went to chicago" ----> "you transfered to cornell" ----> now you want to "transfer back" to chicago .... but this isn't the case!</p>

<p>Come on 1480 SAT, get with the program!</p>

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<p>its actually 1450 SAT, thanks though</p>

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<p>sorry, thought you did better than what you really did.</p>

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<p>actually, correct grammer, it should be thought you did better than what you really had done.</p>

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<p>it's grammar. Stealthy move chief.</p>

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<p>HA! The village-idiot has been identified.</p>

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<p>ouch bball87, ouch</p>

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<p>Is the social scene at UChicago really that bad English08? I'm thinking of applying there even though I'm a pretty social person. Should I scratch it off my list of prospective schools?</p>

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<p>My personal impression was that if you're a preppy social person, you'll find frat parties and social people. If you're a non-preppy social person, you may have some trouble finding a social crowd.</p>

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<p>What Ecape said is pretty much on the mark. Also, it doesn't help that the school has residence halls everywhere, there are no real groupings of dorms, some people live at the north end of campus, some people live on the quad, others live way up north off campus in a random residence hall, then there is the shoreland which is a mile away from campus, and BJ, which is south of the midway and Breckenridge with is far east of campus.</p>

<p>The school attracts a certain type of individual, classes are very challenging academically, but yeah, I'm unhappy socially. There are the jocks/groupies of the jocks/ frat boys that seem to have a lot of fun (and also pretending that this place is Illinois or something) so if you're into that scene you'll probably have a decent time. If not, its going to take being very proactive to find real friends, and even if you make them, the time that either you or they'll be able to make for you is limited.</p>

<p>That said, its a good school academically.</p>