<p>Transfer as a rising junior from a top 10 lac
GPA 3.8, lots of upper level courses
NO SAT
GRE 680(V)+790(Q)+5.5</p>
<p>EC: research experience with a published paper, founder of a small international firm, etc.
Rec Letter: One from a one-to-one seminar Prof; one from an upper level course instructor
Reason to Transfer: Upper or graduate level courses; prestige on the street.
No or little FA needed.</p>
<p>School list:
Williams
Swarthmore
Pomona
Harvard (If it accepts transfer students next year)
Yale
Stanford
Dartmouth
MIT
Chicago
Columbia College
Caltech</p>
<p>Please give me some advice on chance, school list, and how to improve myself. THANKS</p>
<p>Most of the colleges you’re hoping to transfer to have extremely low acceptance rates. Plus you have to factor in your SAT score and your high school academic record because those are required and reviewed harshly for transfer admissions along with your college record. In my opinion since you’ve taken upperdivision courses (are non-transferrable and might not be computed for transfer review GPA) for your major and I guess your planning on applying when you’re a junior to the colleges. Then chances are just going to get lower. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Dartmouth, MIT, Caltech, Columbia College (if you are referring to Columbia University), and possibly Chicago can all be ruled out. The rest of the colleges you might have a chance at them especially Pomona.</p>
<p>Thank you MakeBank24.
My HS GPA is near 4 unweighted, with 5 AP’s scored 5, 1 AP scored 4.(My High School doesn’t count AP scores into GPA)
My SAT is about to expire. I can retake it if it is extremely important, otherwise, I hope to substitute with my GRE score.
I am going to transfer as a sophomore, so that I will be an incoming junior in the new colloege.</p>
<p>UChicago ENROLLS a solid 50 transfer students every year (meaning they admit more, though I’m not sure how many). The LAC’s ADMIT far fewer, some <10 certain years. I’m not sure why you would assume they’re easier to get into, because you really need to be at the top of the pack with very, very convincing essays to get in regardless.</p>
<p>why not just apply everywhere, if you can afford it? i don’t think you should rule out any of these options out just because it’s unlikely. none of them are particularly LIKELY for any candidate, but your gpa certainly seems to be good enough to be considered in the pile at any of these schools. </p>
<p>for the lac’s, focus on your essays. make yourself seem unique. tell them why you’re leaving your institution and why you’re interested in theirs specifically. no one wants to hear that you’re leaving just because you want more prestige. </p>
<p>i can’t comment on the larger universities because i don’t know much about their transfer admissions processes (wasn’t interested and didn’t apply to any).</p>