<p>Hey guys,
I’m a high school senior and will be attending the UVa this fall (fall 2011); I am looking to transfer to Brown University in 2012, for the class of 2015. Just wanted to know what I could do in my first year of college to boost the strength of my transfer app and my chances of transfer.</p>
<p>Oh and also how the various factors are weighted (i.e College GPA, College ECs, High School GPA, High school ECs, SAT Is, SAT IIs, essay…)</p>
<p>I was rejected this year from Brown University as during my senior year, my cousin passed away and my GPA and all took a plunge-its always been my dream to attend Brown University and any help would be greatly appreciated</p>
<p>Oh and I’ll be studying economics in college, looking to enter the business world :)</p>
<p>Unless you are an Echols Scholar at UVA, you will be having to take some distribution requirement classes this year at UVA. See if your classes can line up as much as possible with classes you would be taking at Brown. If you are taking an econ class, try to find ones that cover the same material as Brown classes, (Brown is very selective about transferring classes to meet concentration requirements). Take the most rigorous curriculum you can and make straight As since you have to prove your senior year grades were an anomaly. If that was the ONLY part of your application that was weak, you may have a shot.</p>
<p>Depends on the department. The people in charge of transfer credit in each department have a fair amount of leeway when it comes to this. </p>
<p>I was in your position of knowing that I wanted to transfer beforehand. What I did was ignore requirements and take classes I knew I would get As in.
Bear in mind that if you need a good amount of FA, it will be harder to transfer as transfer admissions is need-aware.</p>