CHANCE ME PLEASE. Yet another annoying desperate college kid trying to tranfer...

Transfer Students
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<p>Brief stats:
Citizenship: International student
SAT:1960
GPA: 3.0 (college) 4.25 (high school)</p>

<p>To briefly explain my situation, I’m a freshman at the College of William and Mary, and I’m trying to transfer mostly due to financial issue.</p>

<p>School that I’m applying: (total 6)</p>

<p>Dartmouth College
McGill University
UNC-Chapel Hill
Wellesley College
Amherst College
Middlebury College</p>

<p>I can’t afford most of them if I don’t get a financial aid. I’m just worried that it will be a total waste of time filling out all the applications.
I didn’t have time to retake SAT, but I was also wondering if it’s a good idea to take a gap semester (fall of 2009) and retake SAT, and shoot for transferring on spring of 2010. So that way, I can have time to boost up my SAT score and the chances of getting into those competitive schools.
Plan B for me is to go to step down schools, such as SUNY-Bing, etc, but I know I won’t be satisfied.</p>

<p>If you guys have any advice, criticism, or other school options, please let me know.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>what’s with the college gpa? At this point, that’s what matters most in a transfer. Any situations worth mentioning?</p>

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<p>if your applying for spring '10, then you only have one semesters more worth of grades to boost your gpa…you may want to postpone transferring even farther than that if you want to get into those schools</p>

<p>all of those schools are way out of reach for you at this point, you need to be more realistic with your situation…colleges of those caliber arent about accept a student who just got a 3.0 during his first semester at college…if you really want out, your going to have to accept that your going to be going to a lesser school</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>Financial aid is scant at best for transfers. I second what dugglebagjesus said regarding your GPA being too low.</p>

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<p>James Madison University is REALLY cheap, and you wouldn’t have to leave VA. I don’t think any of the schools you’d like to go to would give you financial aid.</p>

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<p>if u are transferring for financial reasons…Why are u applying to schools which almost all twice as expensive as WM?</p>

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<p>those schools give fantastic financial aid…</p>

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<p>I’d save money by not applying to Middlebury, Amherst or Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>I’m also a freshman at William & Mary and am applying for fall 2009 transfer because of the cost. Even though it is a public school, there is almost no financial aid and due to the present state of the country my college fund has also disappeared, forcing me to apply to schools that might give me financial aid as well.</p>

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<p>Vassar College gives priority aid to international students, if that’s up your alley.</p>