Chance me please!! Schools closer to home

Transfer Students
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<p>I would really appreciate some feedback</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Highly competitive prep school (sends 30% of class to ivies each year)
GPA: 3.21
SAT: 2160 (M:760, CR: 710)
EC's: 4-year varsity lacrosse player, acapella leader, 10+ years of cello, model un, Russian Club President, etc.</p>

<p>Claremont McKenna, Major: Economics
Freshman year GPA: 3.65
Intro Econ, Marine Bio, Korean 1, Humanities Seminar (req), Literature (req), CalcII, Korean 2, Mechanical physics, Phsycology (Overloaded 2nd semester)
Predicted Sophomore GPA: 3.7 (Currently 3.8, but leaving room for error)
Micro, Macro, Philosophy, Korean
EC's: Virtually none in college other than various work-study jobs</p>

<p>Much of my courseload has been dictated by the general requirements at CMC.</p>

<p>Reasons for transferring:
1. Costs/Location: Being from the northeast, Claremont McKenna is on the opposite side of the country, and travel costs are adding up, especially since I am receiving less than desired financial aid currently.
2. Environment: Socially, I have had alot of trouble making friends and just being comforatble here. More so than anything, I'd like a chance a fresh start.</p>

<p>I am NOT looking to transfer because I wish to go to a "better school." I would be completely sastisfied graduating from claremont mckenna with the grades that i know i can get and therefore there are no 'safeties' on my list.</p>

<p>Schools I am thinking about in order of preference:
Yale
Amherst
UPenn
Dartmouth
Bowdoin
Middlebury</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>if you would be completely satisfied with graduating with the grades you have now, then why are you looking to transfer if not to get into a better school? i'm sure what you are saying is true, but im just fuzzy on the logic</p>

<p>the ivies on that list are waaaay out of your league...i would say that you are almost wasting your time applying to them, a 3.2 in college and a 3.65 are not even in the ballpark for them...same thing with duke</p>

<p>middlebury, amherst, and bowdoin (high retention rate) are very very high reaches, but maybe worth applying to</p>

<p>if you really are content where you are then your plan is fine...if you want to get out then you really need to lower your focus</p>

<p>gl</p>

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<p>I guess I am 'satisfied' with the school in that, yes, cmc is a great school.
I am having an awful time socially, and that is why i am curious about transferring.</p>

<p>Concerning my low high school GPA, i did attend a very respected private school. In the initial college process i was admitted to georgetown, usc, nyu, and wash u, just for a frame of reference.</p>

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<p>is there any particular reason you think that transferring will help your social life? as a starting point, transfers usually have some trouble immersing themselves in their envirionment and often times have problems socially...you don't want to transfer into a worse situation is what im saying</p>

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<p>Transferring can help when changing to a different type of social environment. The schools that you've listed however are very similar in their student body--homogeneous, preppy, wealthy, etc. If you want a change, you should consider a public university--where there is more diversity (economically, racially, backgrounds, etc.).</p>