chances at: utexas, cornell, umich,madison, stony brook, maryland, psu

Transfer Students
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<p>Didn't mean to make a new thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/741468-transfer-chances-cornell-u-michigan-u-madison-wisconsin-psu-duke-2.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/741468-transfer-chances-cornell-u-michigan-u-madison-wisconsin-psu-duke-2.html&lt;/a> but since I already made one here it is</p>

<p>UPDATE:</p>

<p>I wanted to know how favorably transfer admissions would look an applicant that was the founder of a research cluster, published a mathematical abstract, and earned top grades in honors undergraduate level math courses?
Next semester I am taking over 15 hours of honors undergraduate research based mathematic courses. I will do research that may lead to publication. My math GPA is high (over 3.5) and my overall GPA is ~3.4 (death in family, also this will change in the Fall). I had a 4.0 my first semester taking the hardest physics/math courses possible.</p>

<p>I'd like to get an update on my chances at: utexas, cornell, umich, wisconsin-madison, stony brook, maryland, minnesota, penn state</p>

<p>I welcome people to post on either thread.</p>

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<p>The reason I want to transfer is due to the fact that my university isn’t a large research based school as the ones I listed above are. Also, the graduate program in mathematics at my current university isn’t for students like me, but rather it is for students that want to be future educators in mathematics. I want to be challenged more.</p>

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<p>have you also looked at NYU for the Courant Institute of Mathematics? </p>

<p>you’re a very competitive student. all the research you’ve done definitely offsets your cumulative GPA.</p>

<p>but i don’t know what graduate programs have to do with transferring. you are an undergrad, and in certain academic circles, doing your B.S and your Master’s at the same college is frowned upon.</p>

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<p>missamericanpie, thanks for the suggestion! I’ll definitely look into NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematics. Thanks!</p>

<p>missamericanpie, I suppose you are right. I’m not interested in getting my BS and my Master’s at the same time, instead I was looking for a challenging course schedule my Junior(spring)/Senior year. I want to attend a uni that offers more breadth in terms of graduate programs for undergraduate students.</p>

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<p>Hi , homfly , I think your situation is similar to mine , but I am not native English speaker (actually I am form China ) , I am not a international student , and I will transfer this fall as a sophomore standing , my major is math too. I consider some school as my choice : UMN , UMichigan , UW Madison , UT Austin , Gtech , UIUC , Purdue , Currently I am a student in the Nevada college , Every week I work almost 40 hours for my family and my GPA is 3.6 . but I don’t have no time to take any activities . I don’t know if I have some chances for these schools . but
GOOD LUCK TO YOU !!!</p>

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<p>Out of curiosity, what area of mathematics have you researched? Also, what’s a research-based undergraduate math course? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of such a thing.</p>

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<p>zSquared: I want to keep the area of research private. The reason you haven’t heard such a course that involves research is because it is a mathematics study semester program at another university.</p>

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<p>Would it be helpful to include that I received a Space Grant from NASA in my application? If so where would I mention it?</p>

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<p>If you can’t mention it in the awards/honors section than you might want to just put it in extra information.</p>

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<p>yes it is definitely helpful! all the awards and stuff youve received, should be mentioned! :slight_smile: probably in an ‘additional info’ section if there is one, otherwise you can just send a list of additional info with your app separately :)</p>

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<p>It may be beneficial for me to mention that I would have completed 23+ honor credits in mathematics courses by the time I transfer. I would like to know my chances still for the aforementioned universities above except Duke since it doesn’t accept Spring transfers.</p>

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<p>Honestly, I think you have a great chance at all those schools. Including NYU.</p>

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<p>Thanks grey_syntactics, I’ll definitely consider applying to NYU.</p>

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<p>Personally I think you have a decent shot at Cornell, it is well known for transfers and some colleges in Cornell do not require your SAT score. The last thread responders were a tad bit mean (realistic, but still a little harsh). Your current list looks very good! I would say you definitely should get into all of those schools without trouble (except cornell - its still a tad bit of a reach, but a good reach).</p>

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<p>I was curious to know which universities are generally regarded to give good financial aid to students? From my understanding Penn State, NYU, UMich are expensive schools for OOS students.</p>

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<p>NYU is private so it doesn’t matter if you’re in-state or OOS. Either way, though, NYU is known for having crappy aid.</p>