Chance me Harvard Transfer.

Transfer Students
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<p>Please chance me for Harvard! I will be applying for Fall 2012 for admission in as Junior and I would like your opinions. I am currently a sophomore at my local state university and I am thinking of transferring. </p>

<p>Undergraduate GPA: 4.0 (2 semesters) </p>

<p>High School Weighted GPA: 3.66</p>

<p>SAT 1: Math:800, Reading: 710, Writing: 770 (I retook it this summer from a previous 2020)
Total: 2280 </p>

<p>SAT 2 Subject Tests: Math 2: 800, Bio: 770, Chemistry: 660 (all from high school period) </p>

<p>EC's (Mainly from end of high school till now. Hours are close estimates)</p>

<p>Volunteering at nearby Elementary School: 50 hours
Volunteering in Indian Hospital in Marketing Dept (also got to tour and talk to doctors so it was a very enriching experience): 60 hours
Volunteering in nearby retirement home: 110 hours
Volunteering at my Universities Hospital (I worked in 2 different depts.): 160-170 hours
Shadowing an Indian Gynecologist: 20 hours
Shadowing a Pulmonologist, Cardiologist, Dermatological Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Neurosurgeon, Orthopedic Surgeon, and Endocrinologist: about 20-50 hours each.
Volunteering for an Orphanage during Winter Break: 100 hours
Volunteering as an EMT with local fire dept: 240 hours
Will be paid for EMT services this year so about another 250 hours by the end of sem.
Research at NIH in Cardiovascular Disease: 10 weeks about 400 hours
Research at my university (no publications): 1 semester done and will continue sophomore year (4 hours per week)
Founder and President of my College's Hematology Club: 100-120 hours
Member of College Premed Society: 50 hours
Member of College Global Medical Brigades: 50 hours
Judicial Officer Sophomore Year
Residential Assistant this Semester only
And for this winter I'll most likely Volunteer Abroad in Ecuador using the money I get as an EMT. </p>

<p>Im also applying as a transfer to: Brown, Yale, Stanford, Hopkins, Dartmouth, Upenn.
Also please chance me for spring transfer admission to Cornell (they allow transfers into the spring semester)
I would like some criticism. And I'd like to shine as an applicant among the thousands of qualified transfers. Please and thank you!</p>

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<p>Only 2% get accepted as transfer. Honestly you wont get in unless you are black or hispanic and it sounds like you’re indian. You’re just another over achieving asian to the ivy leagues. You have impressive extra curriculars but nothing that’s an actual hook.</p>

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<p>ah wow really? Thats so unfair :(. I hear about it all the time, but now im experiencing it (oh you’re an OVER represented minority) lol. Well what about the other schools? Could you rate my chances (Low/High Reach, Match, etc).</p>

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<p>Your GPA, EC’s, and SAT are all really solid! Definitely talk about the experiences you have had as a volunteer in a wide variety of medical fields. I think that would help you stand out especially if you’re planning on going pre-med. The whole domestic and international volunteering looks really cool. All of the schools you’re applying to are gonna be reaches though. I think your best chance would be Cornell, they are really keen on accepting transfer students compared to other top schools. Chance me? Thanks! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1197739-transferring-nyu-need-opinions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1197739-transferring-nyu-need-opinions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>They let kids shadow gynecologists? That sounds kinda weird.</p>

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<p>Apply to cornell human ec, i def think youl get in there no question… and penn i would say you have a pretty good shot… .all the other schoos have such low transfer rates… especially harvard yale and stanford… i dont see it happening…</p>

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<p>Why no Columbia? It’s an ivy and in New York City - Best place on earth for me.</p>

<p>Harvard last year accepted around 16 students from 16000 applicants, if I remember correctly.</p>

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<p>Haha, some of the information in this thread is funny. I was accepted as a transfer to Harvard this year, and I’m a normal, WASP-y male from Tennessee. In fact, most of the other transfers don’t belong to minority groups either, so I really don’t think ethnicity/race factors into the process as much as people believe.</p>

<p>If you want my honest opinion, I’d say that your credentials, while impressive on paper, will leave the admissions committee feeling as if you are just another grade-grubbing, extracurricular stat-whore (excuse the harsh language). It’s difficult to describe, but you have to demonstrate some sort of “soul” and depth of personality to the admissions committee. You have to prove to them that you have much more to offer to the school’s community rather than simply the ability to make perfect grades and join/create 1000 clubs.</p>

<p>Honestly, I would try to find a way to condense your medical volunteer work and shadowing experience into something that ties them all together. How would Harvard better suit your medical interests? For instance, I didn’t realize that I wanted to be a political science/government concentrator until after I had matriculated at my previous school. I talked about how Harvard, with its incredible resources in this field (thanks to the Kennedy School and the number of alumni in politics), would offer me better opportunities. I’ve only been here for a week, and what I said in my essay has already proven true; I actually just sent off an application to be a research assistant for David Gergen. Clearly, Harvard is a better fit for me. Is it a better fit for you? Well, only you know the answer, and it has to be genuine, or else the admissions committee will see right through you. Think about it. They read tens of thousands of applications a year.</p>

<p>On a side note, the number of hours is relatively pointless: for all they know, you could have been fetching coffee during that time.</p>

<p>Sorry if I came off as harsh. “Chance me” threads, especially for Harvard and similar schools, are pretty pointless. There is no “trick” to gaining admission. Do your best at what you love to do, do well in the classes you take, and be genuine in your application. My best piece of advice, however, is to try. Nothing’s stopping you from trying, and I don’t think anyone goes into the application process with any surety. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.</p>

<p>For those interested, The Crimson recently published an article on this year’s group of transfer:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/8/31/students-transfer-harvard-admissions/[/url]”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/8/31/students-transfer-harvard-admissions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Vanderbilt eh Waylay :slight_smile: congrats man</p>

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<p>/Agree with Harvard transfer</p>

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<p>@waylay, I didn’t mean to say all accepted transfers were black and hispanic, just meant to say that if the op were a minority, then he would be an impressive candidate. Also if you happen to read this thread again, could you post your stats. It would really be informative.</p>

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<p>Also according to the transfer 2011 thread, the general consensus about transferring to harvard is having the right connections, is this true?</p>

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<p>No it’s not. Please link to the statement(s) you are referring to on the 2011 H thread.</p>

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<p>@robertrulez: I’m not sure where you’re getting your info from. But most of it seems to be imagined out of thin air. I don’t know any of the current transfers, but Waylay00’s description/impression of the current/recent group(s) of transfers (himself included) matches that of my own cohort a few years ago. Out of some 40-70-ish transfers–they were more generous with numbers in the mid 2000s–so-called URM candidates certainly were not over-represented. It seemed a rather balanced mix–some were Jewish, some were WASP-y, a few were Catholic, a good chunk of Asians, a few internationals etc etc. </p>

<p>As to whether you needed ‘connections’ to get in, while there were a few faculty brats and a few legacies, many (most) were just hardworking and/or relatively intelligent students from other colleges. Granted, our cohort was probably skewed socioeconomically toward one end rather than the other, but that’s reflective of a larger problem in American society rather than something that’s Harvard-specific.</p>

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<p>@wind:</p>

<p>Thanks for your response. I apologize if my initial response came off as a little rude. I’ve been researching this forum extensively and from what I understand, top schools are a little byist against perfect asian students which is basically what I was trying to convey. And it’s sad to hear about the economic skew… blurs my dreams even further.</p>