3rd Berkeley ---> East Coast

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello Everyone,</p>

<p>I will be a 3rd year Economics, Public Policy student at Berkeley this fall and would like to transfer to a smaller private east coast school, but I would still like to attend a big name prestigious university. I have spent the first and second jumping from architecture into civil engineering into economics, and I am pretty sure I will stick with economics. I would like to pursue a more mathematical study of economics, maybe a PHD post undergrad. Anyways, I would like to know what the situation is like for 3rd year transfers, and whether they take 3rd years or not, whether I should try or not. </p>

<p>my reasons for transfering: I would like to be on the east coast and would like a small private institution that focuses more on me and is less competitive. I know I can do better than I am at Cal if the classes were smaller, and I were in the dorms with my peers. </p>

<p>Institutions I would like to attend: MIT, Columbia, Brown, Yale, Cornell, Darthmouth, Harvard.</p>

<p>Here are my stats, be honest and spare not my emotions, just bring the facts or your honest opinions, thanks in advance.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.3, but can bring up to 3.8 in 2 semesters. ( lets assume i will do it )
-Lots of work in various courses
-I finished 1 yr sequence of Calculus
-Finished intermediate micro/macro theory
EC: Mentoring, tutoring, modeling, designing the set for a culture show, UCB democrats, mock trial.</p>

<p>Its hard to discribe, but growing up in LA all my life, I always wanted to go see the rest of the US and in particular, the east coast, and live and learn there. NY is a diverse and vibrant place. Obviously, Berkeley is a great institution and is big on the west coast, east coast, and internationally, but I think education goes beyond prestige and academics , location and people are important too.</p>

<p>If you feel that I am looking at the wrong schools for what I want, please recommend some schools that would be a better fit. Appreciate all comments and tips.</p>

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<p>I believe most (if not all) of the schools you mentioned require the last two years be completed there.</p>

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<p>^ I second above comment.</p>

<p>Dude, why don't you just finish up at Cal and go to the east coast for grad school?</p>

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<p>well if you switched majors 3 times then in theory you could by allmeans still have 2 more years to go in order to complete that major and some general courses if you have not finished them yet.</p>

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<p>Cornell is the biggest school in the ivy league. Maybe there are fewer students than Berkeley, but Cornell is a BIG school. It's not what you want if you are looking for a small private east coast school.</p>

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<p><em>bump</em></p>

<p>Anyone else out there with some relevant information? Appreciate it.</p>

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<p>sorry to break it to you buddy</p>

<p>GPA: 3.3??</p>

<p>that's not gonna cut it (i think?). I had about .4-.5 above that at an ivy and didnt get into my reach schools (other ivies basically). Good luck</p>

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<p>I think your chances would be best if you didn't enroll at Berkeley this fall. You'll have too many units to be considered at nearly every school. You could find something meaningful to do in the meantime which could help you out, but then your GPA would stay where it is.</p>

<p>My advice: stick it out at Cal. It's only undergrad, after all.</p>

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<p>I'm not sure about the admissions part, but if you want more of the East Coast feel I highly recommend you look at the school type rather than just the name. Check out some LAC's like Amherst, Wesleyen, Trinity, Bowdoin.</p>

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<p>Easycoast1986, I had a question for you. Are you taking Public Policy as a minor??? I hear they don't have Public Policy as a major at Cal, only for graduate school?? Is this true??</p>

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<p>"I would like to be on the east coast and would like a small private institution that focuses more on me and is less competitive. I know I can do better than I am at Cal if the classes were smaller, and I were in the dorms with my peers."</p>

<p>I will help name a few schools that fit this description: Caltech, Harvey Mudd, Rice, Olin, UChicago, Swarthmore. I doubt that you can transfer if you are already a 3rd year though.</p>

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<p>melgomez1299, the public policy is an undergraduate minor only. </p>

<p>But people, what If I apply for a double major? Economics and Public Policy, I wouldn't have enough units and would not have been too far along. What if I demonstrate that I could truely contribute to the school and am basically willing to leave everything behind. Also assume that I can get my GPA up this year please. that 3.3 will increase hopefully.</p>

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<p>It never hurts to try. What about all the friends, relationships you have built, are you okay with leaving all of that behind for 2 years on the east coast?</p>