<p>I'm going to roughly go through my stats and hopefully you guys can give me some good feedback. I'm a Sophomore looking to Transfer to the following:
1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. MIT
4. Cornell
5. UCB</p>
<p>Major: Computer Science
College: Top 5-7 CS college, and top 20 college overall
SAT: 2310 (M 800 CR 710 W 800)
SAT II: Phy 800 Chem 800 MII 800
College GPA: 4.0/4.0
Year: Sophomore
School GPA: (equivalent) 4.0/4.0
ISC - 97+%
ICSE - 96+%
Work Exp:
1. Interning at Facebook this Summer
2. Interned at a Startup last Summer
EC/Projects/Achievements/Relavant Details:
Heavy Open Source Contributor to some really important projects
Doing some really cool research with a prof
^First authored a Paper
Working on Second authoring another Academic Paper for the same
College ACM Programming Team
ICO (Indian Computing Olympiad)
INMO (Indian National Math Olympiad)
National Programming Contest, Finalist (organized by Computer Society India)
Bunch of lesser known Math/Science competitions that I did well in
A lot of proper CS projects (20-30)
NCC Cadet
International Chemistry Exchange Program in the UK
Went to feeder high school</p>
<p>Comments:
I'm unsure of what kind of applicants they accept due to lack of data.
Really underconfident and afraid of failure - I didn't give the IIT because I didn't think I had adequate preparation
Edit Also, by virtue of my underconfidence, I didn't apply to any of these places when I applied to college except UCB. I applied to Mich, CMU, UCB, UIUC, Purdue and GTech as far as I remember. I got in all. My SAT I score came out after I submitted these applications.
I want to transfer because my college prohibits certain academic opportunities and certain major combinations are not feasible.
I don't know if this counts as a legit transfer reason but my parents are unhappy my college name isn't an IIT/MIT/Stanford/Harvard - something the Indian masses recognize. My parents dissatisfaction affects me dearly.
I receive no financial aid as of now, and my financial status has deteriorated severely since I entered college. I can bear through, and am confident I'll get a great job that'll pay off the loans, but financial aid is desirable wherever I can get it (Harvard/MIT)
Edit 2: I'm also unsure of what I should write my essay on. The most "unique" thing about me is that I don't come off as a CS major. People find it hard to believe I get good grades, and that is cool. I wanted to incorporate this into my essay but I didn't know how this made me better than any other applicant. Maybe I should just talk about my research or something. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Any tips on what I can do to improve my chances? Or feedback? I've been directed to this site by a friend and he says the people here are incredibly accurate and have insane admission records. :)</p>