Chance a Hopeful Transfer?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a freshman at the University of Illinois. I'd like to be a sophomore, junior, and senior somewhere else, namely: Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Boston College, or Boston University. I didn't get in to Northwestern as a freshman, and UofI was basically my only safety school. </p>

<p>Here are some pertinent stats:</p>

<p>College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College GPA: 4.0/4.0
Major: Currently Undeclared, would be economics upon transfer
High School GPA: 5.03/4 (weighted), upward trend, etc
ACT: 33
APs: US History (4), English Literature (4), Psychology (4), Calculus AB (5)
ECs: [ul][li]Illini Mentoring Program - Mentor and Fundraising Committee Member. Year-long weekly mentoring at an elementary school. Also on the fundraising committee, which makes sure the club has money to continue existing. This includes volunteering at events, etc.[/li][li]Illinois Student Senate - Subcommittee on Student Rights Member. Weekly meetings with other subcommittee members, discussing and working on changes to the student code and other issues regarding students' rights.[/li][li]1867 Society (Philanthropy) - Recruitment Committee Member and Applications Lead. Working on refining the 1867 Society application to ensure that the best members are selected to the group. [/li][li]Office Job. Worked in a real estate office with 70+ agents, coordinating sales, showings, and marketing, inputting listings and orders, and dealing with buyers and sellers as well as their agents.[/li][li]Restaurant Job. Busboy promoted to runner after a few weeks. Did busboy and runner things. It was a restaurant. You know.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Extras:[ul]
[<em>]AP Scholar With Honor
[</em>]Illinois State Scholar
[<em>]Certified Peer Tutor
[</em>]Alpha Lambda Delta (Honors Society) Member
[<em>]Column in my high school newspaper
[</em>]Volunteered at the library for two summers
[<em>]Honors Program Nominee (not official until May)
[</em>]I've visited BC and talked to people in transfer admissions before.
[<em>]French Club in high school; German club in high school
[</em>]High Schools Against Cancer
[<em>]All-around nice guy
[</em>]In the College Report, my advisor put "top 1%" for everything and described me as "intelligent." He's an all-around nice guy too
[<em>]Read a pretty significant portion of Infinite Jest; hasn't yet given up
[</em>]Knows almost every word to every song on Kanye West's The College Dropout
[li]Sorry I'm done disregard everything after "High Schools Against Cancer"[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>I'm hoping I'm able to get out of UIUC after this year. Does it look doable for me? </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Boston University- In
Boston College- They accept so few transfers, but your stats look impressive, I would not rule it out
Northwestern- Same as boston college
Vanderbilt- In, their transfer rate is pretty high</p>

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<p>I appreciate the quick feedback. To be honest, BC is my first choice, followed by NU, BU, and Vanderbilt. BCs acceptance rate is pretty low, but their average college GPA and ACT scores are too, so here’s to being one of the 16%.</p>

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<p>You seem to like the boston area, I would try for Northeastern also, you have a decent shot of getting in there. Good luck in wherever you go, 4.0 gpa for college is impressive, as is your act.</p>

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<p>My problem with Northeastern is that I feel like it would be a step down, academics wise, and I would have a hard time justifying that to myself or my parents. BU, while just about as good as UIUC, has a very good econ program.</p>

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<p>Help a brother out two weeks later?</p>