<p>Hello CollegeConfidential, how do you think my sophomore transfer chances are at Stanford, UPenn, and Cornell for mathematics? I also applied to quite a few other places, but I am specifically interested in these.</p>
<p>University GPA: 3.8
Recs: Quite good I think. I got an A+ on the midterm immediately before my math professor wrote his recommendation, and my other professor wrote about how I participate in class and help other students. I know for sure that she gave me really high checkmarks on the common app form. She said that "Some of these are tough to evaluate. I'll just do my best and check off a box in this area" as she brushed her hand over top 5% and top 1% haha.
Activities: Founded a student group</p>
<p>Essays: I mostly rushed them. I was very specific about what I liked about their programs, and I had some creative stories, but I only spent a couple hours on each at most.</p>
<p>High school: Rank 1/316
SAT: 2200</p>
<p>Some volunteering at the hospital in the 11th grade
5 years martial arts
2 years basketball
10 years of an instrument
Private tutoring</p>
<p>Race/sex: White male</p>
<p>Guys, I have to at least get one answer after writing all of that… It’s surprising that 500 people viewed it and no one had anything to say.</p>
<p>your gpa is pretty decent, your high school rank is awesome, for the SAT, you should put what you got for each section, im not sure if highschool stuff matters though since your a college transfer.
Upenn-Low reach
Stanford-Reach
Cornell-High match
Goodluck!</p>
<p>Upenn and Cornell low reaches. Stanford reach</p>
<p>@Ships: I heard that high school is given more focus than college for sophomore transfers. Can anyone verify this? I think that my high school record is better than my college one, but I did take the hardest 1st year courses that the university has to offer.</p>
<p>@gameofwhateveryournameis um well you could be right, but I think they take more account on what you’ve done in college since its your most recent, colleges usually look at a student’s most recent stuff, I think you’ll get in to Cornell though, goodluck bro!</p>
<p>"Transfer applicants should be aware that transfer admission is considerably more competitive than freshman admission. In recent years, the admit rate for transfer students has been between 1-2%. Between 20 and 40 transfer student spaces are typically available each year, depending on our freshman to sophomore retention rate (usually 98%) and the number of freshman applicants who typically accept our offer of admission.</p>