I currently attend Texas A&M University-Commerce as a junior. I plan to transfer to standford or another Ivy League for my last two years of undergrad. I’m applying for the computer science and engineering deratment majoring in computer science. I recently changed my major to computer science so I’m gonna be in undergrad for 5 years now with 3 years at commerce and my last two(senior and super senior yr)at ivy leagues such as standford, etc,…if I get accepted. Here are my general stats
GPA- 3.68
BUT I have two bad grades. One is a c in history and one is d in business math 2,but I retook the class and got an A so it doesn’t count towards my gpa. But the D is still on my transcript . I ended up getting a D at first due to medical reasons ). The D happened my freshman yr. I’m sure the C won’t be too bad though. Other than the D that is an A now and the C , the rest of my grades are a vast majority of A’s. And some B’s.
Race: African-American
Low income
First generational college student
Extra activities : Fraternity member , NFTE ALUMI and mentor (a business organization for low income students), member of multiple programs , and a little volunteer experience
Hours : 74
I’m taking the required coursework in the fall so I’ll them done by the time I apply in January of 2018. But I would also have the second sequences of calculus 2 and Chem 2 in the spring(which is ok since I would have cal 1 and Chem 1 done) .
Can anyone let me know of my chances ?
I know I have some things going against me like applying somewhat late and my two bad grades but retook one and got A. Will they take reason for getting the D into consideration ? Do I have a chance of getting accepted ?
Please build a balanced transfer list of safeties, matches, and reaches no matter what any of the responses say.
Well, Stanford (sp.) is not in the Ivy League, so you may want to be more specific in terms of which colleges interest you.
You have not excelled academically at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Your chances of being accepted at Stanford or any top 20 university are miniscule to nonexistent.
As difficult as it is for a HS senior to get accepted to these schools, it’s that much harder for a transfer applicant. Acceptance rates are in the 1-2% range. Any applicant will only be accepted to one of these schools if they can present a valid explanation of what the desired school offers that the current school does not.
Personally, I think you need to expand your list of schools to ones that are less selective.
OP please expand you list, Vandy is a good option as there transfer rates are high. Also USC, UMich, UNC are great top tier options. Also Texas A&M may not be a top school but still has great cashé and relevance in pop culture.
No I don’t think you have any chance except at maybe Cornell which accepts a decent number of transfer students. Last time I checked the Ivies have extremely low transfer acceptance rates. Harvard’s was 1% and most were 1-6%
@Tiler2 On another thread you ask about your changes for Texas A&M University College Station. This to me looks quite hopeful and is probably a good goal.
In contrast, Stanford is very difficult to get into and seems like quite a long shot, although Stanford does care a lot about diversity and you have an advantage there. Most of the Ivy League to me is not strong enough in Computer Science to be worth transferring to. Cornell might be an exception but I think that it is also a long shot.
The “prestige” of where you attend is not important at all for computer science. There are a large number of very good computer science programs in the US (and elsewhere). I think that you could do very well at Texas A&M University College Station or a number of “not quite Ivy League” schools.
Cornell may be accepting more guaranteed transfer kids (from NY community colleges.) It also matters which school at Cornell.
The tippy tops don’t usually need many transfers, they have high retention rates. In general, they’ll go for a few true cream of the crop sorts - and often those are for underpopulated majors. Yes, tbe D and C are an issue. And a couple of college clubs isn’t anywhere near having the right CS experiences and accomplishments.
Sorry, but if you knew these targets, (another important component,) you’d know this is highly unlikely.
Brown and Cornell both take a fair amounts of transfer students.
@DadTwoGirls yes I agree with you that standford is a long shot, but I’m hopeful of College Station and I believe I have somewhat of a good chance . I’m planning to apply to ut Austin as well. Is that a stretch ?
Oh my god dude, it’s spelled “Stanford.”
@ThisOneKid seriously chill dude. I know how to spell it. It’s called a typo.
You’re low income. How will you pay?
Transfers get very minimal financial aid. Did you check the financial aid websites of the schools you hope to transfer to?
Get a list of safeties.
Look, @Tiler2. Stanford accepts transfer students to the tune of single digits depending on the year. And it’s not just a typo–your grammar and spelling are just bad. Sorry to tell you. But these schools reject HUNDREDS of 4.0 transfer students (often from other Ivy league schools). The students that do get accepted do so because they made a case to that specific school explaining why their institution is the only one that allows them to fully pursue their passions. You are clearly just applying for the prestige of the Ivy league, and yet you don’t even know who’s in the Ivy league. So, my question to you is…are you kidding me?
@ThisOneKid I mean I’m pretty sure it was a typo. But this isnt English class ,this is a forum. Clearly , you don’t understand that I clearly know Stanford is long reach and that I’m not applying . I asked Stanford for certain reasons. I’m actually just applying to tamu and ut.
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