<p>White male
St. Louis Univ.
3.8+ college GPA
Junior transfer
College ECs: Director of citywide organization in St. Louis (highly demanding)
VP of student organization at SLU</p>
<p>26 ACT (high school)
about 3.0 HS GPA, most rigorous curriculum, top 25% of class
HS ECs: newspaper columnist; voted "most interesting" student in graduating class
HS awards/recognition: national finalist in essay competition, tv appearance, newspaper coverage, voted one of 50 promising young people in the city</p>
<p>I applied only to SLU out of HS because I didn't care about college much back then.</p>
<p>As far as colleges go, I like: interesting, down-to-earth students, good-looking girls who aren't conceited a plus (hey, might as well find a mate in college), strong econ + anthro departments. </p>
<p>Chances + other suggestions please. thanks much.</p>
<p>Emory, Rice, WashU, Northwestern, Duke</p>
<p>If you retake that ACT/SAT, I think you have a chance at all the schools. However, Duke will probably be the most difficult. If I recall correctly, the acceptance rate was 6% last year and wouldn't be surprised if it gets lower every year.</p>
<p>what score is reasonable to aim for to have competitive chances? my weakest score is math, but I could attribute this to learning next to nothing in my HS math classes. science is second weakest.</p>
<p>I am not too sure about this one. You should check each school to see ACT ranges. Personally, I feel like anything above 30 is pretty good, 32+ would be competitive. 32 was the median of most of the schools I applied to.</p>
<p>The best part about math and science portions of the ACT is that you can prepare for them through practice. So, if you are serious about increasing your score, go get the official prep guide and practice. For science, a good tip is to not even read the passage and to go back only for the specific info that you need. For math, the ACT is not tricky, so just go through and review your math up to Algebra II (there is usually one or two questions on trig, but I wouldn't worry too much about it)</p>
<p>um, my act was a 26 and i got into emory; but my college gpa was higher.</p>
<p>In terms of difficulty for transferring, I'd say it's about like this (easiest to hardest, though none are easy):</p>
<p>Emory, Northwestern/WashU/Rice, Duke</p>
<p>As of now, I think you might get into Emory b/c you have a good college GPA and are a male. I don't think you'll get into NU/WashU/Rice with a 26 ACT and am 99% sure Duke won't happen.</p>
<p>any of those schools would be fine by me, as in I have no preference for one school in particular. would it be wise to just go to the one that accepts me for spring 2007? I understand that Emory, WashU, and Northwestern admit spring transfers. Rice and Duke would be nice but wouldn't I be at the bottom of those schools anyway if I get in?</p>
<p>My reading ACT is 28, English 30, English/writing combined 31 (11/12 on essay). so i take it that the best strategy is to try to focus on math/science? Do you think it's doable to get a 30 on both if I take it again this year, if I got a 26 when I took it spring of junior year in HS?</p>
<p>Yes. If you really want to do well on the math section, I'd recommend looking over Barrons. I used it and improved my overall score from a 30 in HS to a 34 in college. Math and science are also my weak points and I scored a 34 and 32 respectively. For science, I'd recommend just getting a well-known all around ACT prep book and practicing a lot. You definitely have to get your own method for beating the science section.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you re-take the ACT. </p>
<p>Since you're applying as a sophomore in college, your HS GPA won't hurt you as badly as it would had if you had applied this past year.</p>
<p>With current stats:</p>
<p>Emory - match
WashU- low reach/reach
NU- low reach/
Rice- low reach/
Duke- very high reach</p>
<p>Other suggestions: Vanderbilt.. because it seems to fit your description of the type of student body that you're looking for. Plus, it's not especially far away from St. Louis, if that's worth anything.</p>
<p>I'm looking at some of those schools as well but also considering UPenn.</p>
<p>ugh standardized testing. how important is it for junior transfers?</p>
<p>So how positive are you, blaze, that Emory would take me given my stats now? because I would love to go there.</p>
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<p>Transferring into Emory is not particularly hard, especially when you are a male. The transfer acceptance rate for males has been over 50% in recent years, while that for females is below 25%. That is a pretty darn big difference. And I don't think it's a result of the females being any less qualified than the males. In fact, if anything, I would think that it would be the other way around.</p>
<p>See for yourself:
<a href="http://www.emory.edu/PROVOST/IPR/CDS2005_2006.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.emory.edu/PROVOST/IPR/CDS2005_2006.pdf</a></p>
<p>I know of a male applicant accepted to Emory for transfer who had a 3.6 from a community college. With a 3.8 from a respectable university like SLU and male-status, I think your odds are good and that's why I think you're a match. That, of course, assumes you keep doing as well as you did last year.</p>
<p>Like I said before, your ACTs/high school grades won't help you, but since you're applying for junior transfer, they become much less important in the eyes of admissions officers.</p>
<p>'tisthetruth, wouldn't UPenn be too far of a reach?</p>
<p>Blaze, I will apply to Emory for sure then.</p>
<p>but so is Duke, so if you end up liking Penn also, why not go for it?</p>