<p>So ill try and make this as short as possible.. basically I am a sophomore who already attempted to transfer as a freshman and is now looking to try again. I would appreciate any school suggestions as I am trying to find just one reach school and one safety to apply to this time.</p>
<p>My first transfer attempt I was rejected from UChicago, Penn, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon, but I applied as an Econ/business major and that is not at all what I want to do (its also a pretty hard major to transfer into). My apps were also done last minute and my essays sounded way too elitest.</p>
<p>Now I have decided on a major and am interested in cognitive and computational neuroscience and am looking for top undergrad schools in this area (i plan to pursue a PhD). Im not looking specifically for ivies or prestige but im certainly open to any good program.</p>
<p>I'm currently looking at MIT, brown, northwestern, emory, duke, and amherst as the possible reach, but no safeties in mind yet.</p>
<p>My stats are pretty good with one exception, an F my 2nd semester fresh year in a honors topical course (I didnt finish a paper that was necessary to pass because i was stressed out about transfer stuff) I am currently retaking a course that will replace that grade (although a different topic) and have an A. my other stats are as follows:</p>
<p>High School
GPA: ~3.35 UW, ~3.65 W
ACT: 34 (not superscore)</p>
<p>Internship with a lawyer summer after graduation, turned into a paid position as a paralegal.</p>
<p>College:
GPA (with F replaced): 3.97
79 credit hours
public university, in honors program with 16 honors credit hours</p>
<p>ECs:
president and founder of a chinese club
honors council committee
SGA committee
a few international programs
honors current events discussion group
3 honors societies</p>
<p>Other:
studied abroad in China summer of fresh year for 10 credit hours in chinese
conversant in chinese
amazing rec letter from lawyer i worked for
tutor underprivileged elementary school kids 3 hours a week
50+ community service hours (not including above)</p>
<p>Negatives:
NO research experience
curriculum so far has been very diverse and liberal artsy, not a strong science focus, but next semester will be all science/math courses (although i have taken through calc 2)
F still appears on transcript even though not in GPA (working on getting it retroactively dropped)</p>
<p>SO, any suggestions on schools strong in cognitive neuroscience/mathematics that seem to be a fit for me? Both reach schools and safeties. Any input would be greatly appreciated. thanks.</p>