Chance me and I'll give you five bucks! (transfer)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok I'm not really giving you five bucks, but I just wanted your attention!</p>

<p>Here's my stats:</p>

<p>Current University: UC Riverside
Transferring as: Sophomore, undeclared</p>

<p>First quarter GPA: 3.81 (I plan to maintain this or better for the duration of the year)
Note: I've taken a difficult course load, first quarter classes were: calculus, chemistry, english
High school GPA: Unweighted was about a 3.3 Weighted 3.68ish
SAT: 1900
Extra curricular: I've been in a band for the last year, and have been writing music my entire life. I lead this band: record all the music, produce, book shows, etc. My band has also seen great success this last year (we've been in talks with record labels, we receive about 1000 listens a day on the internet)
I was in theater, drama, and musicals in high school, and at the end of my senior year won the award of "Best comedic actor" out of the entire school. Hopefully I can also get involved in a play this next quarter at UCR (I auditioned first quarter but didn't fit the part)</p>

<p>I tutored some fellow calculus students this last year in calculus, and was a piano teacher (for pay) this last year.</p>

<p>Potential hook: The reason I chose UC Riverside in the first place was because my dad had been paralyzed from the waist down because of a bicycle accident. I had to stay close to home to help him recover. I'm going to try to effectively show them that this tragic experience actually changed my life around and my overall mentality regarding education (it's true). My improved college grades should back up this claim.
I'm also referencing me helping my dad as volunteer work, since I've put in countless hours aiding his recovery.</p>

<p>I know my high schools stats are a bit crappy, but I'm hoping my college grades and essay could balance these out. </p>

<p>Anyways, let me know what you think my chances are at these schools:</p>

<p>Brown University
University of Washington
College of William and Mary
University of Virginia
University of Michigan
Northwestern University</p>

<p>Thank you so much!</p>

<p>p.s-I also posted "chances" threads in specific forums for a few of these colleges..sorry about that, I don't want to be a spammer. I'll see if I can delete those.</p>

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<p>Also, I realize none of these schools can be considered safeties, but I don't feel the need to apply to safeties as a transfer. I'm not miserable where I am, but think that all these schools seem wonderful and would gladly enroll if I got accepted to any.</p>

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<p>Am I not getting responses because this should be in the transfer forum?</p>

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<p>probly but ur GPA is solid, id say yes to Wash. and Mich. not sure about others</p>

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<p>I wish you could just move threads...ok, well I'll start this in the transfer thread.</p>

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<p>You've got a very good college GPA and an interesting story. I think you have a reasonable chance at the public universities. Probably not at Brown.</p>

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<p>Bumped for a few more opinions</p>

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<p>Your good, so long as they dont care about your SAT...</p>

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<p>haha, they probably will though, won't they? Worth noting that I took the sats over a year and a half ago, would that make a difference? I'm pretty sure they get to see the date I took them.</p>

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<p>Any opinions on University of Michigan?</p>

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<p>Well, as with any public school, you have to remember that they're not very accepting of out-of-staters. Plus, since they're Michigan (yuck), they can pretty much handpick kids, especially the many OOS kids that apply for a very limited number of spots. What do you want to major in anyway? If it's not engineering, it might not be worth the price even if you do get in.</p>

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<p>I'm applying undecided to the humanities and arts. I'm thinking I would probably get a good financial aid package IF accepted, since my family's income bracket is <20,000. If they didn't give me a good package though, I wouldn't go.</p>