Chance me CC Transfer (Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Claremont McKenna, USC, Cornell, Stanford)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey everyone!

I’m a Southern California CC student. Technically, I entered as a Sophomore (AP credits)…so I was able to take a year off to pursue some more extra curricular activities and just some solid adventuring down before I have to go back to school.

Major: Political Science
Minor?: Creative Writing

HIGH SCHOOL

GPA: 3.7 weighted
AP Scores: 3.625 average on eight AP exams.

COLLEGE GRADES

First Semester (15 Units)-
American Government and Politics: A
Western Civilization 1: A
International Relations: A
Critical Thinking and Composition: A
Introduction to Theater: A

Second Semester (19 Units)-
Honors-Principles of Macroeconomics: A
Honors-Introduction to Statistics: A
Biological Anthropology: A
Comparative Politics: A
Social and Political Philosophy: A
History of Art: Renaissance-Modern: A

Summer (6 Units)
Business Law: A
Human Sexuality: A

College GPA: 4.0 (40 units)
Total Units Completed (w AP): 70

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

-(Summer 2014) Creative Writing Specialist at Jewish Summer Sleepaway Camp: 9 weeks long. Had to program for three different CW blocks. Had campers aged 8-16.
-(Fall 2014) Volunteer at the Ronald Reagan Library
-(Spring 2015) Volunteered with my Congresswoman
-(Summer 2015) Worked at Local Movie Theater as a Team member
-(Fall 2015) Interning in Washington DC with Congressman.
-(Spring 2016) Going to spend five months teaching English in Asia.
-(Summer 2016) I’m not sure, yet.

-I’ve written two screenplays: One’s about telepathy and past lives, the other is a raunchy high school spring break film…I’ve heard it’s hilarious).

CLUBS

Outdoors Club
Honors Society
Film Club

LETTERS OF REC

My profs loved me. I sat in the front in all of my classes, and often led discussions.

APPLYING TO:
-UC Berkeley
-UCLA
-UCSD
-USC
-Cornell
-Vanderbilt
-Stanford
-Claremont McKenna

Tagging into UCSB.

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You are a very strong candidate for all of them. Stanford and Claremont accept just a few transfers each year (like 30). I don’t know about Vanderbilt and Cornell. The others are competitive for everyone. You are wise to use TAG as a fall-back.

Great job so far and good luck with your applications!

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Thank you @NCalRent !!

I was wondering whether or not my low SAT score will significantly hurt me while applying to private schools as a transfer? Should I retake it? I got a 2120 on a practice SAT, but still.

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A 2120 is a very solid score. I’d let it stand.

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My bad, my bad @NCalRent . What I meant to say was that my original score was freakishly low (1650), but now I’m scoring in the mid/low 2100s.

In high school, I just assumed that I’d do really well on the SAT. All of my friends were scoring the the 22-2300s, so I just figured I’d get around the same score.

So basically, should I retake the SAT now that my score is much, much higher?

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I know UCs don’t look at the SAT of transfer applicants. Stanford and Claremont basically don’t take transfers. The others, I don’t know. If they look at SAT, then you’ll want to improve a 1650.