chance me please

Transfer Students
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<p>I am currently a sophomore finance major in the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder . I'm applying to Vanderbilt for the Fall 2010 semester. I was wondering if it is possible for you to evaluate my chances at acceptance as well as what I might need to do to improve my chances. Vanderbilt is my 1# choice and I believe that would contribute a unique perspective to the student body. I would appreciate any information you could provide to help improve my chances for acceptance. </p>

<p>H.S. stats:
GPA-3.45UW-3.6W
ACT-27 (32 in english)
All conference Varisty LAX as junior and senior
All conference Varisty Tennis as a senior
Varisty team captain in lax 2 year and 1 year in tennis
Varsity XC 1 year
Academic All State-Honorable Mention 2008
Co-founder of the PeaceJam club
3 year senior member of the Kaiser Youth Advisory Council
100 hours community service
AP English 12
AP Gov
AP politics
AP Euro Hist
AP American Hist</p>

<p>College:
Leeds School of Business-Finance
GPA: 3.3+
(rising trend)
Finance Club
Itn’l Business Club
Investment Club
Position in Student Union Recycling program
Just finished at very competitive finance summer internship at George K. Baum & co., a large investment bank in Denver.</p>

<p>I am also on the Division I rugby which is currently ranked 8th</p>

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<p>Your HS Stats are pretty solid, but being a second year transfer they won’t carry much weight. Usually very selective schools look for transfer applicants to have 3.5+ (at least from what I’ve gotten from emailing with different schools). 3.3 is definitely in the ball park of that unofficial cut-off. Your EC’s are solid. Work hard on your essays and get some great professor recommendations and you’ll have a good shot. </p>

<p>According to Collegeboard.com, Vanderbilt admits 55% of transfer applicants (298/533).</p>

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<p>thats good to hear. i was hoping that the schools i’m applying to would realize that i play a D1 sport year round and have a part time job within the Student Union at CU. While this is no excuse for a lower GPA, it seems to me that it might help place me in the same boat as someone with a 3.5+. thanks for the response. Anyone else have any opinions on my situation?</p>