<p>I'm at a large state university in the South (famous for football, haha.)</p>
<p>HS GPA: 3.8/4.0
College GPA: 3.67/4.0 (I could get it up to 3.7 after this summer session, possibly)
Major GPA (Psychology): 3.8/4.0
SAT: 730/720/700 (CR/M/W)
SAT II: 790/760/720 (US History/Bio/Math2C)</p>
<p>ECs: just some clubs, no officer positions, some volunteer work
working as a research assisstant in a psych lab
university honors, trying to get into some other honors programs.</p>
<p>recs: will probably get them from the prof. I am working with now, and I also am on good terms with one of my other profs I took for an upper level class.</p>
<p>I will be a junior in the fall - anyone asking WHY I want to transfer, or saying that I should just go to grad school, please see my other post. I'm thinking of sticking with psychology, and I have no problem with staying at school a little longer.</p>
<p>Schools I am thinking of (not decided): Cornell, Duke, UPenn (got waitlisted before), Northwestern, UC Berkeley, U Michigan, Columbia (got rejected before), some LACs- Williams, Amherst and Swarthmore, and just wanting to try, Yale and Stanford (both were my dream schools, and then came the rejection letter)</p>
<p>I think you have a pretty good shot with your GPA and SAT scores for all those schools but definitely get that GPA above 3.7. The ECs aren’t that great but I don’t think it’ll make or break your chance at being accepted. Good luck.</p>
<p>Looking good for all except Yale, Stanford, Williams, Amherst and Columbia. Unlikely for Yale and Stanford and Williams, borderline at Amherst and Columbia. Lack of officer positions at clubs is killing your chances at most schools, along with the relatively low GPA compared to other transfers to the top schools (need a 3.8 minimum for Yale and Stanford)</p>
<p>why does everyone think swarthmore has such easy transfer admissions? they admit about 12% of transfer applicants and look for a certain je ne sais quoi and a real interest in the school, not just a “good student”. amherst admits 15%, by comparison. i didn’t apply because the school didn’t appeal to me, so i can’t comment on amherst’s admission with anything other than that statistic.
seriously.</p>
<p>Previous rejections/waitlists will hurt you, which is why I would not expect much from UPenn, Yale, Columbia, or Stanford. Othwerwise, you are in good shape for other schools. If you are going to be a junior, isn’t it too late to transfer, or are you taking a semester off?</p>