<p>Hello, I am currently a freshman at a top 20 small liberal arts college. I find the campus extremely isolating and am looking to transfer to a larger school in a better location. I also am looking for a wider course selection.</p>
<p>Here are my statistics:
Highschool GPA 4.01/4.6 (A/A+)
6 AP classes, all 4s or 5s
SAT 2120: CR 690, M 680, W 750
SAT II: Bio (E) 700, World History 760
Lots of extracurriculars, community service, academic awards, and volunteering abroad. </p>
<p>College GPA: 3.67
I really thought I would end up with a higher GPA this semester, but somehow ended up with a B in one of my classes... I am hoping that wont hurt my chances.</p>
<p>I currently have an extremely ambitious list with a lot of far reaches. But just out of curiosity, what do you all think my chances are? Also, I am looking for more realistic options... any suggestions for schools similar to the ones on my list? Thank you so much for your help. Here they are:</p>
<p>Brown, Barnard, Stanford, UChicago, Northwestern, Wisconsin</p>
<p>Barnard and Wisco look doable, maybe NU. For the others if you couldn’t have gotten in as a freshmen, soph transfer is unlikely.</p>
<p>You’d have a good shot at NYU, BC, BU, Wellesley if female.</p>
<p>Thank you for the tips! I will look into those schools…</p>
<p>Yeah, I only applied to one school last year (ED), so I never really reached for all of those ivys. Only now am I regretting never giving them a shot… but it’s true, if they were a reach then, they would be nearly impossible now. Oh well… May as well try.</p>
<p>Or try as a junior transfer when scores count less and you’ve accomplished more in college. For ivies you’ll need great grades and great accomplishments outside of the classroom. You also need to have some sustained relationships with profs for strong recs.</p>
<p>Not to be melodramatic, but I don’t know if I can wait till junior year. I’ve been super unhappy… Anyway, maybe after this semester things will be better and I will find I don’t urgently need to leave. Actually, I was really interested in UCBerkeley, but they only accept junior transfers. So I will keep that in mind. </p>
<p>I think I have strong recommendations. I have a really good relationship with a professor in my major (Biology) and got an A in his class. I got A’s in every class except the one where I had a terrible relationship with the prof (100% my fault). </p>
<p>I guess the reason I’m reaching for such good schools is because I have been spoiled with the individual academic attention in a small LAC. However, I am totally fine having bigger lecture classes… but it’s really important to me to have brilliant professors. I just want more course options and a better environment. So I’ve ended up with this star-studded impossible list… I wish I wasn’t so picky…</p>
<p>I’m at Wisconsin right now, and I can almost guarantee that you can get in here as long as you’re able to write decent essays and get good recs. The professors here are brilliant, and for the past 3 semesters, all my professors had either done undergrad at an IVY or Caltech or MIT or grad school there, and they’re all very distinguished in their field. Last semester, my teachers came from Yale, MIT, Harvard, and Caltech.</p>
<p>Thanks, Smithsonian! That’s great to hear. I would probably apply to the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences and potentially do wildlife conservation and biology. One question about Wisconsin-- is it easy to take classes from other schools? I would still want to form a kind of liberal arts schedule with literature, history, and such.</p>