<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Emory University Freshman</p>
<p>First semester: 3.93 GPA
1. Freshman Seminar: History of American Conservatism A-
2. Intro Microeconomics A
3. Intro Macroeconomics A
4. Linear Algebra A</p>
<p>Second (current semester): (expecting close to 4.0 GPA)
1. Intermediate Microecon.
2. Intermediate Macroecon.
3. Foundations of Mathematics Seminar
4. French: advanced writing skills</p>
<p>-Phi Eta Sigma Honors society
-research assistant for Economics faculty member
-wrote for student political journal
-participation in College Republicans</p>
<p>-potentially very good recommendations from the best history professor in the school and the econ. professor I'm volunteering for who also teaches one of my classes</p>
<p>High School: The Lawrenceville School
3.6 unweighted GPA, very hard courseload
AP Modern European History: 5
AP BC Calculus: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Biology: 5
AP U.S. History: 4
AP French Language: 5
AP English Literature: 5</p>
<p>SAT: 800 verbal, 750 math, 750 writing</p>
<p>I’ve debated with myself a lot, and I can’t figure out if I should transfer, and if so, to where. I didn’t put nearly enough thought into college admissions last year.</p>
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<li><p>I want to go to a good law school or to an economics Ph.D. program. I realize those are two entirely different paths. The econ. doctorate requires a lot of math experience, ideally a M.S., and as far as I can tell, Emory is seriously lacking in its math department. It’s graduate math program seems awful in that there are not enough professors who know what they’re doing, especially at the higher levels. As far as law school, I think I want to study English and history, not as a major, but take good classes. The English classes at Emory that I’ve tried out seem be poor. Again, there just aren’t enough good professors.</p></li>
<li><p>Also, Emory is relatively horrible. The school just seems to bring out the ugly side of humanity: greed, bitterness, manipulation of others. Maybe it just because I came from Lawrenceville where there were so many amazing people, and of course, I have met people at Emory I liked. I would tolerate the miserable tone of this place if offered good opportunities, but I think Emory doesn’t.</p></li>
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<p>The schools I want to try to transfer during my sophomore year are U.Chicago (my first choice), Georgetown (where I’m on a preferred transfer list), Berkeley (I live in California), Duke, and Barnard.
I would really appreciate it if anyone could advise me on any of these transfer applications or suggest another school.</p>
<p>Did you already apply?</p>
<p>No, I didn’t. I’m considering applying next year during my sophomore year. I kept debating with myself this year and decided it wasn’t worth it to transfer, and I now I’ve change my mind ( I want to transfer, but it’s too late this year). </p>
<p>Also, I’m hoping a better GPA over two years will stand out more than my lower GPA in high school.</p>
<p>You’d be a lock at all of those places, provided that you can keep our grades up. Honestly, you’d have a pretty decent shot at the Ivies, and MIT too. I mention MIT because they’ve got really good economics and math departments. Moreover, they’re actually surprisingly good at law school admissions; law schools respect it, and they like MIT students because they’re a change of pace from the normal humanities and social sciences majors who apply to law school. It’s also slightly easier for women to get into MIT than men because of the gender ratio imbalance. I’m not trying to sell you on it by any means; rather I’m just explaining why I brought it up. On the whole, you’d be a great candidate at the universities you’re looking at.</p>
<p>yeah you really have a good shot anywhere, even Harvard. Write good essays and I would not be surprised to see you get in</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses. I will definitely consider MIT. To be honest, I’m a little scared of their program because I’m not that that math-oriented, but it may be much better than Emory.<br>
Also, do you think applying to Stanford is worth the application fee for me? Their math and econ. programs seem amazing, but the programs are very exclusive to their students. Their Math M.S. is limited to their students, as is the Summer Research Assistant Program, and there’s not much in terms of transient study at Stanford. Do you think Stanford would be worth the tiny chance of admission?</p>
<p>^yes to be honest. with a 3.9+ gpa from a top 20, ALONG with good essays (crucial) you could get in anywhere in my opinion.</p>