<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>What's the deal with transfer admissions? I read a thread where someone with a 3.8 was deemed "solid" for Ivies, without really listing much else other than SAT.</p>
<p>Is transferring like this? In High School there is NO WAY that a 3.8 would make anyone solid for HYP.</p>
<p>ALSO WHAT IS THE EMPHASIS PLACED ON HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS (sat, ECs, etc) FOR JUNIOR TRANSFERS?</p>
<p>I'm undecided (maybe econ, haas or math) at UC Berkeley and my GPA is currently 3.8. I would much rather be at a few other schools as I have never really wanted to go here. My FA package is great (low income) but the experience is really not too amazing. I won't go into detail but I don't like the school or the area at all... Please understand!</p>
<p>With a 3.8 can I transfer into another school? Yale, Brown, and even Wharton since I'm seriously considering business/finance instead of econ/math. Please help!</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I’m also considering a transfer app… have you considered Duke? They might be more transfer-friendly.</p>
<p>Wharton might also be more transfer-friendly than the others (and I’m into Williams/Dartmouth…) but look at Wharton’s requirements for junior transfers… I don’t think we can fulfill that at Cal, can we?</p>
<p>I wish I knew more about transferring, but it does seem to be more stats-based</p>
<p>might have to scratch Wharton</p>
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<p>Much less emphasis placed on HS record for junior transfer. </p>
<p>Yale and Wharton aren’t going to happen. Brown maybe, but Brown isn’t known for being an econ powerhouse to my knowledge. </p>
<p>Duke’s transfer rate most years hovers around 7-9% if I remember correctly, but this year they overenrolled the Class of 2014 and they admitted just 1% of transfers. </p>
<p>I’ll put it this way: I attend an SEC school and applied to Duke, Georgetown, UVA, UNC, and Vanderbilt (applied to business or econ if the school didn’t offer undergrad business with a 3.9 in the Honors Program at my school after three semesters. Pretty good ECs from college: student government, fraternity leadership, etc. I went to an extremely competitive private school in HS and slacked, so I didn’t get great grades (~85 average, 4 APs). I did have a 32 ACT though and was very involved there as well. I was accepted at UNC, UVA, and Vanderbilt and was rejected from Duke (I am a multiple legacy as well) and Georgetown. I’m going to McIntire at UVA next year.</p>
<p>^ Why won’t Yale or Wharton happen? The OP only listed a GPA</p>
<p>^OK, Yale could happen. Acceptance rate is 2-5%. Wharton isn’t going to happen because I don’t think OP can fulfill all the requirements necessary for junior transfers.</p>