<p>Wesleyan (10 char)</p>
<p>actually brand, I called WashU to speak with an admissions advisor about a few things and the kindness they showed really made me re-evaluate them. I think I will be applying and I am still iffy on Swarthmore and Haverford but I plan on visiting them in a few weeks. have you visited WUSTL brand?</p>
<p>The staff at WashU was definitely the nicest I've dealt with out of all schools. Unfortunately, I didn't get to visit the school.</p>
<p>I was told by an admissions counselor at a top LAC that with tranfers, it's the rigor of the freshman courses taken that is the first thing they look at, then it's the grades in those courses, then it's the transfer essay, THEN, if they MUST, they look at old SAT scores. You really need to choose strong courses freshman year to show you are challenging yourself and not trying to cruise through college now that you got in. They know that there can be a huge jump in maturity and whatnot from senior year high school to mid-freshman year of college, and don't necessarily view the SATs that intensely. She basically said that if you got over 600 on each portion the first time around, don't bother taking them again.</p>
<p>not that great of a gpa and pretty good SAT's(2090)</p>
<p>St. Josephs in Philly
Vanillanova in Philly
Notre Dame
BC(maybe this is gonna come off)
Fordham(Not sure if Lincoln center or Rose Hill)
G-TOWN
Holy Cross in Worcester</p>
<p>NYU was on my list but now I realized I cant survive in liberal/most non-catholic schools.</p>
<p>English major at Northern Virginia CC, applying to the following, plus more that I haven't thought of probably:</p>
<p>NYU
UVA
Carnegie Mellon
Fordham
American
Georgetown
John Hopkins
G.Wash
UCLA
UC Berkeley
Oberlin
Kenyon
Haverford</p>
<p>High school GPA: 3.5 weighted, 6 honors and 6 APs; SAT: 1250 (out of 1600...will retake.); SAT II: U.S. History- 730, will take Literature and Spanish tests this year.</p>
<p>College GPA (projected): 3.2-3.3 from the University of Mary Washington, 4.0 from NVCC, 3.7-3.8 cumulative. </p>
<p>Member of Phi Beta Kappa, part of the school honors program (will have taken 6-7 honors courses by transfer time), possible editorial position on college paper, decent amount of community service and clubs.</p>
<p>I am applying to:</p>
<p>College & Transfer Rate</p>
<p>USC 27%
Brown 8.5%
Vassar 21%
Oberlin 30%
NYU – Gallatin 32%
Columbia 6%</p>
<p>If I have some extra time, I will apply to:</p>
<p>Yale 4%</p>
<p>Oh, and I am applying for sophmore year. Although, I am still debating on whether I will wait another year. I might just wait and apply for junior year admission. </p>
<p>HS: 3.37
ACT: need to retake</p>
<p>My problem is self-motivation. I NEED to STUDY for that ACT, yet I am easily distracted. For instance, I am writing this post when I could be studying...</p>
<p>eeeeps! you're all so fast! i'm still halfway thru researching on schools to transfer to! so far my rough list looks something like this:</p>
<p>cornell
emory
claremont mckenna
tufts
smfa (museum school)
washington & lee
syracuse
whitman college
occidental college</p>
<p>i have no idea what's a realistic match, but i feel (and kinda know) they're all reaches :(</p>
<p>basically i'm an anthropology major at national taiwan university (hardest school in the country and possibly top 5 in the region) and i'm an international student here. for my whole freshman yr, i've been struggling with most of my classes cos they're all taught in chinese. but i've managed to jump halfway up the class rankings in just one semester. and while my gpa still isn't great, it's a HUGE improvement and i'm pretty confident i'll do even better next semester. </p>
<p>but here's the thing: i'm an international student seeking fin aid. that just killed my chances, doesn't it?</p>
<p>Transfer from C.C, Going for:
BC
PC
Tulane
Villanova
Penn State
UT-Austin
BU
Purdue
American (DC)
Embry Riddle (AF-ROTC)</p>
<p>Sats: 3.9 gpa... 60 credits @ C.C.
1210 SAT/ 26 ACT
A.A.S. degree from Air Force
Great EC's (PTK, President of Psi Beta Honor Society, Cathloic Club, Psyc. Club (Officer), Vol. work with MDA)
Military Awards
Work Full time as Firefighter in city (42hrs/wk).</p>
<p>Right on, another PTK chapter President.</p>
<p>These are the schools I'm considering and I'm really looking forward to narrowing them down. I want to do History, Economics, or Slavic Studies (if available). The Ivy League schools I'm looking at, I may just wait until Fall 2009.</p>
<p>Bowdoin College
Brown University
College of William and Mary
Columbia University - CC
Cornell University - CAS
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Northwestern University IL
University of Chicago
UNC Chapel Hill
UPenn - CAS</p>
<p>I just updated my list- took off carnegie, cornell and johns hopkins and added rice</p>
<p>Stanford
Upenn
Columbia
Northwestern
Rice</p>
<p>Nothing as elaborate or fancy as the rest of you but as of now: i HOPE TO MAJOR IN Poli Sci or English literature.
UCLA (I am not intrested in cal since I live like 10 mins away)
SDSU
Pepperdine
LMU
Valpariso (a small lib arts school in Indiana)
Iowa
UCI
CSU LB or Cal Poly
UCSC
and one other undecided public out of state school</p>
<p>I am only applying to one school.</p>
<p>University of Wisconsin :)</p>
<p>Stats?</p>
<p>HSED: 3070/4000</p>
<p>what is that?</p>
<p>I'm an international too. I'm currently enrolled in Yonsei University in S. Korea, and I'm Korean through and through. I write poetry in Korean and all that icky stuff. </p>
<p>My reasons for transfer are ridiculously convoluted... first of all, I prepared throughout my high school years to study abroad in a U.S. college. Then my high school got pulled into this scandal, and that endangered freshman applications. Following my advisor's advice, I applied to this one Korean university - Yonsei, practically the Princeton of Korea - with lots of esteem and good vibes and stuff. </p>
<p>There was only one way I could apply to a domestic (Korean) university without taking the nationally endorsed, notoriously difficult, multi-topic Korean Scholastic Aptitude Test that I had not prepared at all for. That was to apply to an "international college" that took SAT's and AP's into consideration. </p>
<p>So I applied, and I got in, and I had no idea how miserable it would be here in this "international college". The one comfort here is my Korean literature club, which is peopled by Yonsei students from different colleges. My current educational environment is not stimulating at all, and it is doing next to nothing for me, academically and/or otherwise - apart from the one amazing club. </p>
<p>Er... yeah. So my reasons for transfer are 1. I don't like it here and 2. I can do better than this.</p>
<p>Mainly, prospective schools are:</p>
<p>Yale College
Columbia
Cornell</p>
<p>The reason it's more or less all reach is that, though I'm unhappy here, there are always other nice little options available - the Korean bar exam, for instance. Besides, my literature club is so amazing that I wouldn't break its bonds for anything beneath this tier.</p>
<p>The one school I really want to focus on is Yale. I fell in love with the place when I visited for YaleMUN several years ago, and I'm also immensely attracted by the fact that they offer Physics and Philosophy as a major. ;) I'd better hurry, since they only allow a limited number of credits to pile up before I apply to transfer. I'm new to the transfer thing, so my terminology's not quite there yet, but I'll be mailing in the applications that are due by March 1st of 2008.</p>
<p>My GPA for this first semester (Korean semesters start in March) is 3.78. My high school grade and all that stuff is good to go. My favorite color is lavender. Good luck to us all!</p>
<p>I'm going to be a freshman at Duke University. Applying to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Columbia.</p>
<p>I know I should give Duke a chance and everything blah blah, and I will, I plan on having a great time. Still, I've always wanted to go to one of these schools. They all offer great locations and unique living arrangements that I don't think Duke would be able to match (Individual colleges, great cities, etc.)</p>
<p>The way I see it is that transferring has nearly the same requirements as getting into a good grad school: great reccs, EC's, and a great gpa. These are things I should be doing anyway, so I won't be going much out of my way to apply to transfer schools. The only thing that I'll be doing extra is studying for the ACT, since I don't think a 30 will cut it. </p>
<p>Anyways, I think I can make it. I know their acceptance rates are dismal, but still, I want to give it a try. Here are some basic stats. </p>
<p>4.2 HS GPA
30 ACT, retaking
770, 690 SAT 2, might retake
Ranked 6/535
Low income
Taking a tough schedule this fall</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>It wouldn't let me edit my post.</p>
<p>*HSED: 3070/4000 which according to the GED website and my transcript puts me at the top 10% of traditional high school graduates.</p>
<p>Racnna, A HSED is the same as a GED except you do a few more things to get it.</p>
<p>Right now I'm looking at Pratt as my top choice school. I'm currently attending a small community college for the year, and am hoping to transfer out next year.</p>
<p>Lazylazylazy, what do you mean study for ACT? Can you still take it as a college freshman?</p>
<p>I'm going to be a freshman at Emory University
ACT: 31; UW GPA 3.93 top 10%; W GPA 4.2 top 2%; SAT II Chinese: 800, Bio E 660
All-state orchestra, concertmaster, science fair awards, hospital volunteer.....etcetc
The list:
Dartmouth
Cornell
Northwestern
Brown
Columbia
Stanford</p>