<p>Sophomore transfer, linguistics major </p>
<p>College: Baylor University (honors)
GPA: 4.0
Credits: 36 (taking max credit hours, 18, each semester)
College ECs: campaign manager for a county commissioner election, private tutor, few clubs etc.</p>
<p>High School Stats
GPA: 3.95 W (3.7 UW)
ACT: 33, retaking on saturday though
ECs: courthouse volunteer plus other random volunteering, sports, clubs other generic stuff</p>
<p>Hooks: not applying for financial aid, legacy at vandy
I have a compelling reason to transfer so essays should be pretty good.</p>
<p>Chance at: Brown, UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell, Duke, Rice, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, UMich</p>
<p>What do you guys think? Also suggestions for any other schools to apply to?</p>
<p>I’m not an expert on admissions so I couldn’t tell you if you will get in, but I can say that Duke only accepts 14 transfer credits.</p>
<p>all of those schools are pretty much toss-ups, as they are for anyone. if you’re intent on transferring from your school, you should apply to schools that you would have a high chance of being admitted to.
are you sure that you have done research on these schools? for example, there is a huge difference between brown and northwestern or upenn. admissions committees are pretty good at identifying people who don’t know very much about the school and are applying simply for the prestige or high ranking. your GPA and high school stats are fine, but your ECs seem weak and will probably be a detriment in being admitted to most of those schools</p>
<p>@perfect36
Thanks for the reply. I’m instate for Umich, and they do accept quite a few transfers, so they’re my default school if I’m not accepted to any others. I have done a good bit of research into the schools, and I think my supplementals will reflect that, so it shouldn’t be a problem. As far as ECs go, campaign managing and tutoring have been my primary ones so far this semester, do you have any ideas of additional ECs that would be good to add? Thanks again.</p>
<p>I think you would probably get into Vandy…their transfer acceptance rate is ridiculously high in comparison to the first-year acceptance rate. To be honest with you, I think Penn might be unlikely with a 3.7 UW in high school. A good rule of thumb to follow is that if you weren’t a competitive candidate to whatever university in high school, you won’t be as a first-year college student transferring into a sophomore class either. If you’re happy with Vandy, then definitely go for it, but if you’d like to go to Penn, then you might want to wait another year and continue to maintain your strong GPA. I’m not saying don’t apply this year, just don’t be surprised if you don’t get in.</p>
<p>And just a quick question regarding your GPA: how do you have a 4.0? The semester hasn’t even ended yet…lol. I’ll just assume that you’re projecting what you think you’ll get based on your current performance.</p>
<p>You might also want to consider adding Georgetown to your list. They are really known for their language program. I think you have a good shot of getting in there.</p>
<p>@hoya
Yeah my hs gpa isn’t great but I should still have some chance right? </p>
<p>Haha yes the semester isn’t over yet but I have above a 95 in every class so Im pretty confident ill be able to maintain it.</p>
<p>Yeah, you definitely have a shot, and it’s good that you’re doing so well now. What do you think about adding Georgetown to your list?</p>
<p>I’m interested definitely, but, assuming I get into UMich, it would be hard to justify the extra 20 or 30 grand a year for out of state tuition you know.</p>