Any help or advice will be appreciated for a desperate student..

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello all,
I am an international student from south Korea.
My mother passed away last year,
and she has been ill during my junior year in high school(I lived in Chile for 9 years and my SAT score was 1940 - Math 660 Reading 640) until she passed away.
Because of all the circumstances, I did poorly during my Freshman year in college
(3.5 first semester, 3.2 second semester but I took 20 credits with 1 300 lever course
and 1 400 level course).
Then I took a year off because I wanted to spend my time with my mother and family.
Things have been difficult for my family but I came book to school on Fall 2012 since life must go on, and I pulled out a 3.85 (2 As and 2 A-s).</p>

<p>I am attending a state school (top 100 us news ranking)
, and my current GPA is 3.46.
Will there be any top universities out there willing to take me as a transfer student?
Also, will there be any financial aid available for me?
My family spent a lot of our savings on my mom, and my sister will be going to college next year. </p>

<p>I am majoring in Political Science and the schools that I want to apply are Stanford, UPenn, Tufts, and Georgetown. </p>

<p>For extracurricular activities, I have interpreted for many companies from Spanish to Korean
and vice versa (I've also interpreted in high governmental meeting one of them being a private business meeting between Korean investors and the president of a South American country). </p>

<p>Also, I have received the minister of foreign relations and trade of Korea last year for winning the grand prize in a debate competition organized by the ministry of foreign relations of Korea. </p>

<p>Any help or insights will be appreciated..</p>

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<p>Why do you want to transfer? Are you unhappy at your current school or are you just chasing someone else’s idea of “prestige” names?</p>

<p>None of those four schools accept many transfer students. Your eligibility for financial aid would depend on your family’s financial ability to pay, as determined by a review of their finances.</p>

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<p>Thank u for ur comment. I want to transfer because my school does not have an international relations department. It has political science department but its focus on ir is not that great in my opinion. I want to transfer to a school were proper emphasis is placed on ir.</p>

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<p>Also, two of my best friends transferred while I was taking a year off to Columbia and unc and they seem pretty happy about it. I may be wrong but I want to go to a more prestigious school and learn face to face from professors that I only met through
Their books.</p>

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<p>bump… anyone please?</p>