Chance This Transfer!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>College GPA: 3.9
HS GPA: 3.8 UW
SAT: 2200 - 790 (CR) 670 (Math) 740 (W) 12 (Essay)
SAT II: 720 (US Hist) 620 (Math 1) 710 (Lit)</p>

<p>-Gender: Male
-Ethnicity: Puerto Rican</p>

<p>-Recommendations: Stellar. I was told by two professors that their recommendations would be glowing. (History and Music Theory professors.) Also sending in supplementary recommendation from music director/conductor of the Maryland Symphony.</p>

<p>-Statement: Very strong. I want a broader approach to my musical/intellectual education and have already exhausted my options at USC, as I have finished every undergraduate orchestral conducting and theory class offered here. I need more rigorous courses in said areas and want more interdisciplinary options. Very few music electives available.</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>-Cello. Played solo concerti with professional symphony orchestra and other various groups. Will send recording.
-State ranked choir Bassist in Arizona.
-President and Founder of my school's music club.
-Vice President of Literature club
-Secretary of Political Action Club
-Selected for LGBT leadership retreat, Univ. Southern California</p>

<p>Schools</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Cornell</p>

<p>Any suggestions, tips, or comments?</p>

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<p>Bump...</p>

<p>10 Char</p>

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<p>Strong GPA, great SAT, great ECs, URM status. You have a great shot at all of them, even Harvard.</p>

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<p>Bump...</p>

<p>10 Char</p>

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<p>Bump...Any other specific thoughts?</p>

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<p>Anyone......</p>

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<p>All but Cornell are super-reaches. Transfer admissions are several times more competitive then first-year admissions and the Ivies are scaling back, too.</p>