<p>Hi, I am going crazy at my current institution (U of Arizona) and need to leave. I need a college more focused on academia and research. To that end, I am tryng to transfer:</p>
<p>STATs:</p>
<p>HS GPA: ~4.27
SAT: 2160, SAT II: 790 Math II 760 USH
College GPA: 4.0 so far for my first semester, and I took two honors courses if it means anything
Extracirriculars: Tons of community service and band and choir regionals and state are my big high school ec's, and in college I still do choir and have volunteered 20 hours at a Children's Clinic
I should have good recs because I really got to know my professors and one that is writing my rec is a Columbia alum, so maybe that will help me there.</p>
<p>Lastly, I may be able to secure a supplemental rec from someone from the Yale Board of Directors. Could that maybe put me over the top there?</p>
<p>SCHOOLS:</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
UPenn
Chicago
Brown
Dartmouth
Cornell CALS (yes I will actually have completed their gigantic transfer requirements list) <---- top choice
Columbia
NYU CAS</p>
<p>Thank you for all input!! Mainly, I'm curious about my chances and whether or not I can do anything to improve those.</p>
<p>The Yale rec sounds like it would help alot.</p>
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Cornell CALS (yes I will actually have completed their gigantic transfer requirements list)
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<p>lol right. </p>
<p>You've got an ok shot. If this is just your first semester at UofA they're going to be using your high school GPA and test scores as well - which are good too. I'd guess you're in at NYU CAS and who knows about Cornell CALS...it says 50% acceptance rate but I can't really figure out if that's for real. Chicago is possible if your high school courseload was strong as well. I'd say the rest are reaches for anyone, but your recs for Columbia and Yale may help. Good luck.</p>
<p>I can't imagine they would think otherwise. I took a pretty standard first year courseload - honors first-year comp, general chemistry, honors calculus II.</p>
<p>yeah those classes shouldn't be any trouble to transfer. But since you've only got 3 classes in college so far, heavy emphasis will be placed on your high school stats and test scores. The mid-semester progress report will also be very important.</p>
<p>In a sense, it's almost like you're applying to Harvard/Yale/etc. as high school senior again because your college grades, being based only on 3 classes, will have very little impact. If I were you, I would consider taking 4 or maybe 5 classes next semester so when you send in the mid-semester reports, they'll give your college work more weight.</p>
<p>wait, so if I want to apply to CALS as a transfer, that means I hafta do two semesters of bio, 2 sems of writing, etc???? these are a lot of courses, are they expecting that all the courses I will be taking in my one year at colege before I transfer will be fulfilling the requirements for Cornell CALS transfer? I don't understand, I thought we applied to a colleged liek CALS, not by major. but here on the website it has different requriemnts? can someone please explain all this to me, thanks</p>
<p>You have the numbers to get into UChicago, and they take a reasonably good percentage of transfer applicants. But you'd have to write great essays and convince the adcoms that you really want to go.</p>
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<p>The fact that he is only taking three classes will be a negative in itself. Even if you include a lab, that makes it four classes – most of his competition will have taken five classes or more per semester.</p>
<p>Harvard does not want just to see numbers; they want to see you working hard. You need to show that you are exhausting the resources at your current institution (either socially or academically, but preferably the latter), and that Harvard would be of great use to you in that area where your current institution is lacking.</p>
<p>Hmm...I've been lookin at my schedule, and it's actually been pretty weak in terms of hours taken per semester but is gradually improving:</p>
<p>Fall 06:
History I
Government I
Calculus I
=10 credits</p>
<p>Spring 07:
History II
Government II
Calculus II
Economics I
=13 credits</p>
<p>Summer 06:
Calculus III
English I
Business Speech
Accounting I
=14 credits</p>
<p>Fall 06:
Accounting II
English II Honors
Economics II
Biology I
Chamber Singers
=15 credits</p>
<p>Planned Spring 07:
Biology II
Differential Equations
Statistics
Physics
BCIS
Psychology
=21 credits</p>
<p>Will that progression make up for the beginning? I also had Accounting I planned for my first semester (Fall 05) but it was an online course and I withdrew. What's a normal number of hours to take per semester and does it matter that I had fewer classes in the beginning if I will end with 73 credits after 2 years?</p>
<p>guys, I took more than 3 classes. I had a lab, an honors freshman colloqium, and a choir class. 12 units, 19 units next semester. Does that change anything?</p>
<p>Also, I joined a couple clubs here - pre medical and choir.</p>