<p>I have around a 3.62 at BU. I'm planning on applying for a junior trasnfer to Harvard, NYU Stern, UPenn CAS, Brown, and Georgetown. I am an economics major by the way.</p>
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<li>3.62 GPA with 52 credits</li>
<li>Secretary, Alpha Phi Omega (community service club)- lots and lots of volunteer hours</li>
<li>Writer, Economics Association Newsletter</li>
<li>Member, Allocations Board: we allocate money to give to different clubs at BU</li>
<li>Economics research with a professor</li>
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<p>Jobs:
- Interned during summer at Grameen Bank (Kosovo)
- Interned during summer at JP Morgan Chase</p>
<p>HS:
3.65 GPA
1380 SAT (700V, 680M)</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are percent wise. I have really strong recs from 2 professors, the dean, and my econ advisor.</p>
<p>ure really pushing it with all those schools and your chances at harvard are real slim. unless ure content with BU, id invest in some safer prospects like Tufts</p>
<p>I'm not really serious about Harvard and I mean i just added that but probably won't apply.</p>
<p>However, I am serious about Brown (1st choice), UPenn, I forgot about Cornell, and Gtown.</p>
<p>I organized on my own 2different community service events: a fashion show that raised funds for breast cancer and a project to collect old clothes.</p>
<p>I'm a junior trasnfer also so are my SATs going to play just a significant role.
The responses so far have been disappointing but I'm going to try anyway.</p>
<p>None of us can be sure about transfer to these schools, but I can say that it is highly likely that the competition is increasing at all of them. BU is a great school and known for grade deflation. A 3.6 is a great GPA. I agree that your SAT will not play as significant of a role. </p>
<p>Harvard is of course a reach. Brown and UPenn are both hot schools in terms of students wanting to go there. According to the College Board, for transfers, 686 applied and 189 were accepted, and for UPenn 1534 applied and 265 were accepted. Both of these will probably be a reach but give it a shot. </p>
<p>I bet Cornell and Georgetown are a good shot. </p>
<p>Remember, and most transfer students forget this, that MANY of your classes may not transfer. Let me give you an example. At UPenn they assess your transcripts AFTER you are enrolled, and they are known for NOT giving credit for many classes taken at other institutions. Thus, be prepared that you may not end up with the same standing at a school that you transfer to.</p>
<p>B/c I came to BU with the intention of transferring. The econ program isn't has strong as i would like. Brown has a specific program im interested in. I waited to transfer as a junior becase i wanted my HS record to diminish in value during the application process since it isnt very strong. </p>
<p>I'll be able to bring my GPA up to a 3.65 max. I don't know but I don't think admission officers will eliminate me right away because of that. I have 3 really strong recommendation letters that show different aspects of my personality from my different ECs to internships and research.</p>
<p>I'm trying to show i took a lot of initiatives at BU. I also don't need fin aid which is a plus for BU. i just didn't realize that I wasn't competitive enough. But it's worth a try.</p>
<p>I agree with KONO. I transferred into Penn last year. I had 27 credits and only 9 transferred into Penn...figure that one out. And, you have to complete one full semester before you even know which classes will transfer. Not to mention, you have to run around to each department and have them sign off on each class that will transfer. If you don't mind the work and the risk of having 3/4 of your courses NOT transferring, I say go for Penn. For me, it was worth it.</p>
<p>after one full year at cornell, i will have completed 14 (first semester) + 18 (second semester) = 32 credits, but 31 for grade (one is pass/fail). This is with courses being worth 3 or 4 credits. At Cornell, u need 15 each semester to acculumate 120 for graduation. At Penn, my 32 credits is the equivalent of 9 courses, but there is also bio lab and bio lecture in that 9, so at penn, it might be 9 and half courses. I do not know. The only class that I have taken that is not generic and may not transfer is this modern middle east course I am taking, i have no idea if other schools offer b/c cornell has a near eastern studies department</p>
<p>I am aware a lot of my credits might not transfer out.</p>
<p>However back to my GPA. Is a 3.65 not competitive out of Boston Univ. It is know for grade deflation... do you think admissions will be aware about that? Idk I'm new to this process so honest, helpful answers are welcome.</p>
<p>yeah bball is right...schools like Penn and Duke would be happy to take kids with 3.6s from Cornell because Cornell is a peer college</p>
<p>BU isnt and even if it has grade deflation it really wont make that much of a difference because there are TONS of kids transferring out of BU with 3.6+. You do, however, have a terrific GPA so dont sulk...apply to schools like Tufts, Emory, Gtown, Hopkins, Vandy (obviously if you like the atmosphere), and some LACs if you are interested in them (Bowdoin takes a fair number and is just as reputable as Cornell/Brown/Penn)</p>
<p>How exactly do you know there's "TONS" of kids trasnferring out of BU with a 3.6+. Where did you pull that out from... I think that's an assumption.</p>
<p>boston college had 12 or more applications (the most from any college actually) from BU and the median gpa was 3.55 for fall admission. You have a 3.6 so you would be competitive for BC...but schools at schools like Harvard, chances are slim.</p>
<p>whats ure class rank? im just saying that BU is a big schools that produces plenty of kids with 3.6+...i suppose the BC example is the best i can do right now, i believe i saw it on the some other viewbook as well.</p>
<p>the whole point is that you are very competitive but going to BU isnt going to help you.</p>
<p>Hey gnrgurl, please apply to all of the schools, as it is often hard to predict who gets in and who doesn't. I don't think anyone here is saying don't apply, it is just that many people want to transfer to an IVY after a couple of years, so the competition is tough. As I mentioned in a post above, if we had to guess, the competition will be even tougher this year as the number of apps is rising. High achieving people don't expect to succeed all of the time because they know the goals are hard to achieve. </p>
<p>If transferring was your plan, did you try to transfer last year? Good luck.</p>
<p>this is all a joke, on the other page, there is this kid with a 3.9 from a rinky dinky school Arizona State, and everyone is like yeah, ur chances at brown are 75 percent</p>
<p>one semester a 3.9 from a school ranked not even in the top 100 in this country....but yet, this dude has no chance according to ppl, really funny</p>