Chance an overambitious college student for Fall 2010

Transfer Students
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<p>Current College: Washington University in St Louis
GPA: 3.90 (All As -- whether they are A+,A,or A-)
Extracurriculars
-Undergrad Researcher in Chemistry since Jan 2009 (continued through the summer)
- Member of Public Health Club
-Exec Board Position on International Relations Club
- attend national conferences
- host own Model United Nations Conference
- Tutor for local Middle School Students
- Treasurer of a student-union organization
-dealt with creating budget and maintaining lines of communication with SU Treasury (no easy task, I may add!)
- **Hired by Chemistry Department to help teach Gen Chem I and II to students who didn't score highly on the chemistry diagnostic test</p>

<p>Major: Chemistry</p>

<p>High School - Very Competitive Public</p>

<p>SAT Score:
730 Math
740 Critical Reading
740 Writing
2210 Total</p>

<p>GPA: 3.77
WGPA: 4.44
ECs: Very involved
-Shadow at Hospitals
-Active Model UN Club member (won many awards)
-Research over 2 summers
- taken college classes since freshman year of HS over the summers</p>

<p>Out of High School I was accepted to:
1. Uchicago
2. Johns Hopkins
3. WashU
4. Northwestern
5. State School Honors Program</p>

<p>What are my chances at:
1. Northwestern
2. UPenn
3. Georgetown
4. Cornell
5. Columbia
6. Stanford
7. Yale</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Very good.</p>

<p>Stanford, Yale, and to some extend Columbia are a crapshoot- ~2% admission rates make it tough to say.</p>

<p>But at the rest you have a very good shot.</p>

<p>I’d say into all of them except Stanford and maybe not Yale either.</p>

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<p>^ What that person said. :stuck_out_tongue: Good luck, you have amazing stats!</p>

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<p>The big question will likely come down to: why do you want to transfer?</p>

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<p>thanks for your input guys! any other takers?</p>

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<p>no more takers? :(</p>

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<p>Great chance at everything however, can’t be certain for stanford or yale. I know I’m just mirroring what other responses have been. I really wouldn’t worry too much about it because it seems that you are both an intelligent and motivated student. Regardless of what top university you attend, you will be successful following your under grad education.</p>

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<p>just curious, are you entering as a sophomore or junior?</p>

<p>i agree w/ what everyone else said, Yale and Stanford are going to be tough just because they have a ridiculously low acceptance rate.</p>

<p>goodluck!</p>

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<p>thanks guys! I’m actually really leaning towards UPenn. I spent a summer there and absolutely loved it, yet was too afraid to apply to it out of high school. Also there is a mistake in my stats! I actually got a 640 in writing instead of 740l, how does that change things?</p>

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<p>As a transfer, many schools do not even ask for your SAT II’s where others simply ask you to report them. I don’t think it will have much if any effect.</p>

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<p>whew, that’s a relief – but that’s a SAT I score (writing section,) not an SAT II</p>

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<p>the emphasis on SATs is far lower when you apply as a transfer. While they may have been a make-or-break sort of fact when applying as a senior in high school, I’ve found that they aren’t the same as a transfer.</p>

<p>your grades are strong, which is great but one of the MOST important thing when applying as a transfer is strong, concrete and unique essays. you need to be able to pinpoint why you want to transfer, why you want to go to upenn (for example) from washu.</p>

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<p>Hey, just out of curiosity, why are you wanting to transfer away from Wash U? Your reason for wanting to transfer will be a very important factor in whether you get accepted anywhere (at least at schools like Cornell, Yale, Stanford, and so forth).</p>

<p>Also, I’m wanting to transfer to Wash U, so I’m curious as to why you want to leave. :D</p>