<p>If as a sophomore...</p>
<p>3.5 undergraduate gpa
poli sci/english double major- 3.7/3.6 GPAs in the major
will have filled all recs except one
@ Wisconsin-Madison
letter of rec from employer and TA</p>
<p>HS:</p>
<p>3.6 GPA
top 20%
27 ACT
National/State awards</p>
<p>But... I guess it won't matter about HS</p>
<p>Applying to:</p>
<p>University of Southern California
University of Michigan
Northwestern University
Macalester College
Tufts University
University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>oh, and I'm involved with several clubs with leadership</p>
<p>I have just about the same stats as you, for both high school and college (3.5 GPA college). I'm a sophomore at Southwestern University in Georgetown TX, and I'm applying as a Fall '05 transfer to UT-Austin (McCombs Business), and NYU (Stern Business). I've already been accepted to Syracuse University (Newhouse).</p>
<p>I'd say your chances are good at U-Mich, Macalester, USC, and Tufts. UPenn and Northwestern will be more of a long shot. Depending on how good your essay is, and your reasons for transferring, they could still be possibilities (especially at Northwestern, where essay plays a huge role in admissions decisions). </p>
<p>For transfer admission concerning these elite schols, I've found that 3.5-3.6 college GPA is borderline usually - it's not going to help, or hurt. Therefore, tremendous weight will come down to our recs and essays. I'm confident in mine, so that's the primary thing I'm riding on for my top choice (NYU Stern).</p>
<p>Wisconsin-Madison is a more well-known school, however, than mine. That could help things. If you're looking at transferring to the U-Mich business school, it could make things a lot tougher... business schools are usually much more competitive. And if you're applying to Wharton at UPenn...I'd say it's a far reach. Good luck with everything!</p>
<p>HS will matter to an extent for UPenn at least, but not nearly as much as college will. as i understand they use it to track either consistent superb performance, or dramatic or gradual increases in academic ability or involvement, in order to give a better picture of the candidate.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the GPA averages for transfers accepted into the schools I listed?</p>
<p>anyone?....</p>
<p>I don't think he's applying to the business schools KJ. Anyways, I think with a 3.5 at Wis, you are probably at least considered a competitive applicant at the arts and science departments of those schools (which is what I'm guessing you are applying to based on your majors). Good ECs, recs, and essays would probably help a lot in your admissions. Of course this is all speculation, since I'm just a student and have no connections to any adcoms. </p>
<p>Out of curiosity, why do you want to leave Wis? I mean, Penn, Michigan, and Northwestern are all better schools, but are USC and Tufts really that much better (if better at all) than Wis? I mean I guess if you want to be closer to a big city like LA or Boston those make sense. I really don't know that much about McC other than it's a good LAC. And honestly, I don't know how the poli-sci or english departments compare for any of these schools to Wis. So maybe that has something to do with your decision?</p>
<p>To be quite honest, I'm more then likely NOT transfering, but for hypothetical sake... I just want to know. I like it here a lot, but sometimes I often wonder... what if.</p>
<p>However, if I were accepted at some of these places, how does financial aid work as a transfer?</p>
<p>Thank you all for the responses</p>