<p>Hi I'm a rising sophomore at Emory University with a 3.6 average majoring in International Studies. I'm looking to transfer closer to home in the Northeast for a number of personal reasons. I did well on my SATs (690 CR 710 Math 730 WR) and very well on my SAT IIs (800 US History 770 World History and 730 Math I). </p>
<p>I applied to both Columbia and Dartmouth as a senior in HS but was rejected. I had a lot of extracurriculars then, including sports, community service and academic clubs but have since bolstered the quality of my ECs. I am very involved with the Model UN at Emory and am vice-president of another Political Science group. This summer I've been interning for my Congressman. </p>
<p>I'm hopng that my GPA and ECs put me in but I feel like its a crapshoot. Do I have a good shot or am I not gonna make the cut in a very competitive group of applicants?</p>
<p>Dartmouth is extremely difficult to get into, and Columbia and Brown are not much easier (I plan to try to transfer to all of those too as a 3.74 gpa from Cornell and am not liking my chances at all). But, I think you have some good things going, so I would go for it.</p>
<p>Thanks CornellPerson, good luck to ya. Does anyone know of ways to become a more attractive candidate for these schools in particular? What exactly do they want, aside from grades, for transfer students to have?</p>
<p>awesome essays are what will make you stick out</p>
<p>I think its going to be tough with a 3.6. The Ivies are incredibly hard to transfer into. If you are willing to think outside of the northeast, Northwestern and WashU seem to save more transfer spots.</p>
<p>Thanks for your honesty slipper1234, what would you think about some of the liberal arts schools in the Northeaast for me then, like Wesleyan, Williams or Amherst?
Thank you all for your help.</p>
<p>hi yankee77
first i wanna say good luck from my research dartmouth lets in like 20 transfers a year and second i want to say that im really excited about finally finding someone who is looking to transfer into dartmouth as a junior too :)</p>
<p>i think the LACs would be even harder to transfer into, as they don’t really have room for newcomers and are small to begin with.</p>
<p>Hi,
I was class of 2013 at Emory too, and am transferring out to other school.</p>
<p>If you are applying as a Junior, your high school records, including SAT and SAT2 don’t matter that much.</p>
<p>If you work on your GPA and have a decent essay, you have a shot</p>