3.91 college GPA at Top 30 LAC- Looking to transfer

Transfer Students
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Hello!
I am currently in my freshman year at a top 30 LAC in the northeast. My first semester (unweighted) GPA was a 3.91 (all As and one A-), and I am hoping to get the same GPA or higher for this semester. I got a 29 on my ACT in high school, and a 3.95 GPA weighted in high school (So I have a big upswing for college). I consider myself a good writer, and I know that my recommendation is really favorable.
I am applying to Tulane, UNC (out of state), UVA (in-state), Emory University, Santa Clara University, and then Vanderbilt and Duke as my reaches. My criteria for new schools is warm(ish), bigger than 4,000 students, has a public health/human health program, and high levels of student extracurricular participation.
Does anyone have any insight into whether or not I will be accepted to these schools as a transfer? Or perhaps other schools I should be considering?
Thanks!

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Sure. Pretty good chance you’ll get in somewhere, I’d say.

Transferring for a major?

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Yes, transferring to find a public health program (and escape the bitter northeast winters that I thought wouldn’t bother me!)

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Its been an exceptionally cold winter in the NE, although one might surmise that has been a contributing factor to your excellent GPA.

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The only school I’m familiar with is SCU and your GPA far exceeds expectations so I think you’re good there.

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UNC as a female non-resident might be tough.

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@Publisher, though UNC doesn’t have OOS caps on transfers, at least.

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@Publisher I could be wrong, but I don’t think they take state residency into account for transfers

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UNC’s transfer application page certainly requires additional forms regarding residency. Whether or not it is just for tuition purposes or for both admission & tuition is unclear.

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Agree that the odds are good for SCU.

For a freshman transfer applicant, SCU will want to see test scores, in addition to college GPA. The public health program is in the College of Arts & Sciences, which has an ACT range of 27-31 (lower than the Colleges of Business or Engineering). So an ACT of 29 should be OK, especially when accompanied by a high college GPA.
https://www.scu.edu/admission/undergraduate/choosing-scu/class-profile/

For Fall 2017, the overall SCU transfer acceptance rate was 48%.

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All of the schools on your list (except from SCU) are universities in the southeast. In that case, how about University of Miami? They have a BSPH program.
https://bsph.sonhs.miami.edu/index.html