Am I Ivy Material?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm a freshman at Tufts University right now and while all over campus faculty and students alike love to break out the "new ivy" buzzword, the reality is that Tufts is still not the Ivy League. I have gotten solid grades since getting here and aim to continue that. While I like Tufts just fine, I feel that I may have an opportunity to transfer into an Ivy or near Ivy school (top 15) and I do not want to pass up this opportunity. I will be looking to transfer either for the Spring of 2009 or the Fall of 2009. I am looking for an elite school in or very near a major city. I will most likely major in international relations, poli sci, or something similar. Having found out that Harvard will not be accepting any transfers for the next two years, currently I am looking at Georgetown, Columbia, and UPenn. Are these reasonable goals given my stats? Also, please give me some other suggestions for schools that could work for me. Please check out my stats and tell me what you think. Thanks in advance. </p>

<p>HS Stats
3.14 Unweighted GPA
SAT 1-2270
M-730
W-740
CR-800
SAT 2
Math 1-710
USH-720
Lit-790
AP's
US His-5
Euro His-5
Micro Econ-5
Macro Econ-5
Calc AB-3
Writing-3
A-Levels (British AP Equivelant)
Russian- A (= AP 5)
High School Activities/Awards
National Merrit Semifinalist
Rap and Produced Hip-Hop Music
Ran an online eBay business
People to People Student Ambassadors Summer before Soph Year
Worked all through Sophmore year and summer after
Worked up to assistant manager position at job during junior and senior year
CTY Civic Leadership Institute-Summer before Senior Year
Volunteer Trip to Peru Summer before Fresh Year of College</p>

<p>College Stats:
3.67 GPA (planning to keep it about there)
Write for Conservative Political Magazine and Finance Magazine
Part of a Fraternity
Dj at Radio Station
Volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters</p>

<p>Hooks:
Have lived in three different countries and moving to a fourth
fluent in Russian and learning french
great essays (my essay was chosen as one of the ones tufts posts on their site as examples)</p>

<p>Again, I really appreciate your advise and thanks in advance guys</p>

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<p>You should be able to get into a school better than tufts probably. Although, if you are doing international relations, why on earth would you transfer out?</p>

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<p>Ivies are so much harder to get into as a transfer I give you or anyone else very slim odds. You have the Fletcher School at Tufts and you can cross-register at Harvard. I did a Masters at Harvard and took a NE Asian IR seminar at Fletcher and found the prof and students top notch. And remember most importantly-- the Ivy League is just an athletic conference.</p>

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<p>You should be able to get into Georgetown, which is definitely your best bet in the field.</p>

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<p>What the-</p>

<p>Be happy. Jeez. You're at Tufts, for crying out loud. It's ivy-equivalent.</p>

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<p>UChicago? I don't know how good their International Relations program is but it meets some of your critera...</p>