Chance This Transfer!

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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>

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<p>Bump...Anyone?</p>

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<p>No transfer students were accepted for this year.</p>

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<p>Really? That's a pity, the rate seemed so high in 2006.</p>

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<p>Erm... What?</p>

<p>I happen to be a transfer student coming in this year, and the particular corner of the dorm that I'm in is all transfer students.</p>

<p>There are 22 or so of us (class of '10 transfers, one '09) running around the campus.</p>

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<p>If this guy doesnt get in, no one deserves to get in...</p>

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<p>I don't know if i'd go THAT far. I don't know exactly how competitive the transfer process is, but I do know that there aren't many transfer students (as Allorion said, 25ish a year). Good luck.</p>

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<p>I believe it was about 20'ish accepted out of 500-600 applicants this year. Not sure where I heard that number, though it was probably in the flurry of administrators' speeches to us during Orientation Week. I wouldn't absolutely lean on it as the pillar of truth though.</p>

<p>But from personal observation, the primary criteria is the necessity of the transfer and how well your goals mesh with the College.</p>

<p>If he can identify the reasons specifically why Dartmouth and Dartmouth alone (or among a very limited field of candidates) can serve his academic interests and passions, then he would have a pretty good chance.</p>