<p>Hey guys, I am currently in UCSD trying to transfer to UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Cornell University, University of Chicago, and Harvey Mudd College.</p>
<p>My profile:</p>
<p>Major: Physics and Mathematics</p>
<p>GPA: 3.92</p>
<p>Community Service:
Tutor for the community
Tutor at a high school
Assistance Kumdo student</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activity:
Key Club
LAN Club(Programming and analyzing)
Revelle College Assembly
American Red Cross
Science Alliance</p>
<p>Awards:
Provost Honors
2 Awards as Kumdo Representative in USA (3rd place)
State Representative for Kumdo
Diligent Student Award</p>
<p>Working experience:
Physics TA for 1BL (7 hours per week)</p>
<p>SAT I:
2210
800 Math
740 Reading
670 Writing</p>
<p>SAT II:
770 Math 2C
790 Korean</p>
<p>AP:
3 on Calculus AB
4 on Statistic</p>
<p>I am trying to transfer out of place that has better Physics program than UCSD.</p>
<p>My questions:
1) What are my chances of getting into those colleges?
2) What other colleges do you recommend me to apply?</p>
<p>Undergraduate school is almost meaningless. You are better off being at the top
at UCSD. Concentrate on getting the best graduate school admission. I also note that
MIT is missing. It would be one of my top choices for graduate school. You also have not stated what you hope to do in the future.</p>
<p>Hi scidoc. I am actually trying to get out of UCSD because of the sun. I have allergic reaction to sunlight and I am trying to get out of UCSD… Harvey Mudd is just for fun. MIT is missing because I refuse to take Physics SAT II. Also, I hope to be a professor in the future. What would you say about my chance of getting into any of these colleges?</p>
<p>UC Berkeley might be too difficult due to the low priority they give to inter-UC transfers. Standford takes virtually no transfers, so I’d be surprised, and I’d assume offhand that Cornell is similar in that regard. U of Chicago is probably your best bet.</p>
<p>Where are you in your training presently? At UCSD? What year? I am a bit confused.
The 3 in calculus AB sticks out like a sore thumb in the context of such high SAT scores.
I would hide it if you could. A 5 in calc BC or AB would cover for previous weak scores;
a 3 in AB softens your strong scores. </p>
<p>Serious scientists desire to do research. Is it your goal to do research? If not, then your goal is to teach; possibly at the college level. Please clarify.</p>
<p>I would be able to chance you better if you removed the high school work/extracurriculars. Admission officers aren’t really looking for high school work on the application. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Cumulative GPA : 3.92
Major GPA: 3.97
Major: Physics
Goal: Professor
SAT I: 2210. Math: 800 Reading: 740 Writing: 670
SAT II: Math IIC 770, Korean 790
Essay: good
EC: decent
Work experience: Physics TA in UCSD.
Additional information: Sunlight allergic reaction.</p>
<p>I say it’s a pretty good chance for UC Berkeley. The privates are a reach because they mainly only accept transfers who have a 4.0. They RARELY accept transfers. period. But your stats look very promising! Good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah but it’s not a significant number. It is pretty significant compared to the top tiered schools like MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, etc. though. Just saying transferring to a private is a whole different ballgame. The transfer criteria is so different.</p>
<p>Although the UCs give priority in admissions to transfer students from CCCs over other UCs, your UCSD GPA is high enough that you would have a good chance of acceptance there. UC Berkeley does not care what your SAT or AP scores were since those are high school related and the UCs only are interested in your college GPA when you are applying as a transfer. </p>
<p>Unlike the UCs and CSUs which are required by the state to maintain a ratio of 60% upper division students to 40% lower division students to insure there will be a significant number of transfer opportunities to four year schools for CCC students, private colleges and universities have no such requirement. Generally, the only reason they would be able to accept a transfer student is to replace freshmen and sophomores lost to attrition. The problem with trying to transfer to highly selective private schools like Stanford and Cornell is that their lower division attrition rates are very low. Since students who get into those schools as freshmen have little incentive to transfer out and these schools rarely accept students who are not capable of doing college level work so very few flunk out or drop out, the number of positions they are likely to have available for transfer students is very small.</p>
<p>Stanford yes because it is primarily a grad school. It’s been a slow process of the undergraduate students and members of the faculty to push for expanding undergraduate studies.
Cornell on the other hand is one of the larger transfer ivy schools because of the way its structured. They don’t discriminate against transfers because have realized that the majority are just as strong academically as frosh. </p>
<p>Many people make way too big a deal out of getting into ivies and who they accept and what type of people attend. There is a huge misperception about these issues. Because they have a brand name, that many can’t see beyond or know anything about the institution beyond, nearly every snob and their pet poodle applies. Yes they are very selective but it’s certainly not impossible, and not even that big of a deal you’d realize once were there. The majority of students who don’t get in to most competitive schools just don’t have the proper preparation.</p>