Applying transfer to UCB, UCLA, UCSD, MIT, Harvey Mudd

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi. I am going to be a sophomore at University of California, Riverside. My current major is Chemical Engineering. My cumulative GPA after my first year (3 quarters) is a 4.0 (7A+'s and 5A's). During my first year I did Cross Country and Track at UCR, but got cut for not showing up (I wanted to quit). I realized that engineering and sports don't go together. I am in the Honors program at UCR and i am still in good standing. During the school year, I worked over 20 hours a week tutoring elementary and middle school students off campus under a company called alternatives unlimited. Right now, I am doing paid research working full time (40 hours/week) over the summer and most likely working during the incoming school year. I am also planning to continue tutoring over the weekends and during school breaks. I already made a poster of my research for a symposium I attended. I also wrote an abstract with the research I am doing. I kinda have an idea who to ask for recommendation letters. Actually, I have to write a letter of evaluation of my math professor because he is moving to a higher position. Only few students were selected to be able to write a letter of evaluation/recommendation. Some past achievements:</p>

<p>High school GPA: 4.182 unweighted, 3.5 weighted
SAT/ACT: 1830/28
SAT II: Math 2: 670, Chemistry: 650
Bilingual competency: Spanish (took spanish for 5 years, which includes middle school)
Community service award: 100+ hours of service
CSF
Academy of Science and Medicine award</p>

<p>What are my chances with the colleges I want to apply for transfer?</p>

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<p>How can your unweighted gpa be higher than 4.0 but your weighted is only a 3.5?</p>

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<p>Hi demoz. Sorry had them switched. 4.182 weighted, 3.5 unweighted.</p>

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<p>I’d say you have as good a chance as anyone for all of these schools, because it’s not like your gpa can be any higher and you have done significant research already. Although I’m gonna have to tell you that it’s going to be a crap shoot for MIT and Harvey Mudd since those are highly competitive schools and they will probably have absurdly competitive applicants applying from already prestigious universities.</p>

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<p>Yeah, MIT and Harvey Mudd are hard transfer schools. I really want to go to Cal. I want to try to apply to other prestigious colleges like Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, and Caltech, but I know all of them are hard to get in. How do you like Cal? What’s your major?</p>