<p>Hey, I am looking at transferring to these schools, but I'm really not sure which ones are safeties, matches, reaches, etc. What are my chances? Feel free to be brutally honest.</p>
<p>Smith College (dream school...)
Mount Holyoke College
Wellesley College
Bryn Mawr College
Hampshire College
Haverford College
Sarah Lawrence College
Agnes Scott College (I really don't want to go here, so I might not even apply, but it is free and I think I'll probably get in...)</p>
<p>If it seems like I'm short on any one category, feel free to suggest other schools with the same feel that would be appropriate.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>White female from South Carolina
Family Income: low, $25-30K/year, with my own earnings included
Transferring as: a junior</p>
<p>College: small, virtually unheard of LAC in South Carolina (but it is a Tier 1 school)
Current year: sophomore
College GPA: 3.89 (should be about the same after the end of this semester)
Major: History
Minor: unsure, interested in Education, Psychology, and Political Science
Career goals: unsure, considering library science</p>
<p>Course load/Rigor of Courses Taken: I took 15 hours 1st semester frosh year, 16 2nd semester, 18 this semester, and I'm taking 15 next semester. I have taken almost all of my GenEd requirements for my current school, counting in 20 hours of AP credits. I have tried to taken more rigorous classes (i.e. Chinese for 3 semesters and 1 Maymester, and quite a few upper level classes from several different disciplines). This semester I took: History of the South (300 level, major elective), American History I (200 level, major requirement), Child Psychology (200 level), Introduction to Political Science (200 level), Introduction to Education (200 level), and Intermediate Chinese II (200 level). I am making at least a B+/A- in all, and A's in most.</p>
<p>College Awards: on full scholarship that covers tuition, room, and board (but not fees), statewide private scholarship that covers 1/2 of college expenses, Dean's List for the past two semesters</p>
<p>College EC's:<br>
College Democrats (president this year, secretary last year): worked very hard to register voters this year, planned events open to entire campus to watch
presidential/vice-presidential debates, worked with local area coordinator for the Obama campaign, weekly meetings before election, biweekly meetings afterward
Newspaper Staff (World Section Editor, Layout staff): write an article about once every two weeks, read over/edit articles for the World section, spend many long hours doing layout for each issue (average of 15 hrs/issue)
Students for Environmental Education (secretary, Recycling Committee): attend weekly meetings to discuss ideas to educate students on environmental issues and how to make the campus more green, spend 30 minutes a week collecting school's recycling from several dorms
Academic Affairs Committee: a student committee that meets with the provost, student voice in deciding various policies and changes the school would like to make, students can bring up issues of concern, committee has a role in hiring new professors
Spectrum: Gay/Straight Alliance, meet weekly-ish to discuss related issues, group plans monthly-ish events (films, speakers, etc.)
Chinese Scholar: took beginning and intermediate Chinese classes, studied abroad in China for 5 weeks last summer with a stipend from my college
Freshman Honors Seminar (last year): top 15 freshmen, met with the provost monthly, discussed international issues and two books
International Dorm resident: not sure if this counts as an EC, but I live with an international student, groups of residents are required to plan 3 events per year to educate the campus on international issues
Work study in the library: work a few hours a week at the circulation desk, work a couple hours for the reference desk doing various projects, shelf books</p>
<p>High School:
GPA: 3.9ish UW, 4.95 W
Rank: 2/275ish
SAT: 740 M, 670 V, 660 W
SAT II: 740 Math I, 640 US Hist
AP's: Junior year-3 English Lang (worst teacher EVER), 5 Calculus AB; Senior year-5 Biology, 4 English Lit (school only offered a few AP's)
Rigor of Curriculum: hardest possible, mostly honors with the few AP's my school had, a few CP classes required for diploma or for activities (Flagline and Yearbook), took French and Latin
High School Awards: nothing special, NM Commended, AP Scholar, Rotary Club Student of the Month, schoolwide academic honor society</p>
<p>High School EC's (I'm only going to put the ones from 11th and 12th because that's all the Common Application covers):
Yearbook Staff (Editor-in-chief, Student Life Editor the year before): worked around 15 hours a week all year, basically consumed my life
Student Government (Senate Member): met twice a month to discuss school-related issues
School Theater Production (cast member): played a small role in a school play, practiced for about 10-12 hours/week for about 6 weeks</p>
<p>Work Experience: worked at CVS Pharmacy for the past two summers as a cashier and photo lab technician</p>
<p>Essays: have no idea, will write over Christmas break, should be pretty good to excellent
Professor Recs: should be good, but I don't think they'll be exceptional; first one is from a History professor with whom I've taken 2 classes and I will take another next semester, made A's in both classes I've taken so far, participate often, get good grades on papers; not sure who I'll get the second one from though (too many choices, but they're all just ok options)</p>
<p>I'm mostly worried that my EC's are kind of scattery, and they're all on-campus activities. There's just not too much to do here though (few clubs and completely rundown town).</p>
<p>So what do you think?</p>
<p>(By the way, if you read all that, you deserve a prize. That was sooooo super long. Sorry.)</p>