Chances at Transfer to Stanford

Transfer Students
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<p>I finally completed my application (some stuff was missing), and now I am frankly getting really worried because I went to the U.S. News site- I am happy Stanford is #5, but it is very selective- I have heard 80 transfers are accepted from an applicant pool of 1000. So, tell me my chances!</p>

<p>College status: Freshman
SAT: 710 M, 750 CR, 630 W = 2090/ 2400
HS GPA: 4.76 W/4.0 Unweighted
APs: U.S. History (5), European History (5), World History (4), Calculus I (5), Calculus II (5), AP English Lit (3), Physics B (3)
Community Service in High School: 300+ hours
Excellent guidance counselor recommendation</p>

<p>Major by rank: Mathematics, Economics, or Chemistry (but I haven't taken any math classes in college yet- not sure how that is going to reflect)
College GPA- 3.8 (2 A's and 2 A-)- enrolled in the Honors Program
Extracurriculars
1. Journalist for the college site
2. Writing Consultant
3. Editor of Non-fiction section of literary magazine
4. Local Hospital
5. Mentor for local elementary</p>

<p>Awards/ Academic Achievement:
Fall semester: Dean's List
5/22-7/14/06: Summer Research-Protein denaturation
5/02-5/05: Florida Virtual School
2004- AP Scholar
2005- AP Scholar with Distinction
High School Diploma with Honors
Reviewer for Dr. Sege's papers on ethical dilemmas</p>

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<p>AS you said, Stanford is highly selective, and its anybody's guess whether you would be selected or not. Are you transferring after your freshman or sophomore year? If the former, then emphasis will be on your high school records, and if the latter, on your college record.
You do have a high enough GPA (Stanford asks for above 3.5) and SAT scores (again it strongly recommends every score to be above 650). On the positive side, you have good APs. On the negative, your ECs might not match Stanford's high standards.
But who am I to say anything?
Btw, where are you currently?</p>

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<p>I am transferring from Rollins College in Florida</p>

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<p>Actually Stanford accepted only 4.5% last year out of almost 1300 people. It's on their website.
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a6_profile.html#transfers%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a6_profile.html#transfers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Wasn't the deadline for completing the application April 17?</p>

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<p>u said u havent taken any math classes.....Schools like Stanford really wants their transfers to take available math classes....i guess they can be very picky in that since they have so many applicants....and yes, u should have taken math classes.</p>

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<p>To be honest, I am a biochem and econ. double major but now I can't change it on the application, so I let it be</p>

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<p>um, she doesnt need to take math classes. she just tested out of all her calculus requirements. and WOW good job on apush, i only got a 4 :-(</p>

<p>you have excellent chances, jassi. some of the best i've seen so far.</p>