Chances ... BOSTON UNIV, NORTHEASTERN, FORDHAM UNIV?!!??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm an incoming freshman at cc. I haven't entered college yet (I just graduated June 2005) so I don't have college stats yet....but here are my high school stats... I'm hoping to have a really solid college record... so juss leave feedback (esp. on when to transfer, if i should even transfer, what should I take at my current college, financial aid changes, if my transfer chances are good....) basically any feedback is good. Thanks. My ideal would be to transfer Spring '06... but comment on whether this is a good idea or not and specifiy which schools you think I have chances in....</p>

<p>SCHOOLS I'M THINKING ABOUT TRANSFERRING TO: (*** = my top choices)
- American University
- Boston University ***
- Eugene Lang College (New School University)
- Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus) ***
- George Washington University
- Northeastern University ***
- Pace University (NYC Campus)</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL STATS:
Woodbridge High School, Irvine, CA
Non-weighted GPA: 3.4
Weighted GPA: 3.6
SAT I: 1240
Math: 640
Verbal: 600
SAT II:
Math IC: 740
AP Exams:
English Literature: 3</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Courses Taken: Honors Geometry/ Honors English/ Coordinated Science/ Spanish 1
- Member of Girls League (community service organization)
- Member of FTP “For The People” (community service organization)
- Member of Key Club
- Member of Symphonic Orchestra (viola)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Courses Taken: Honors English/ Honors World History/ Honors Biology 1/ Honors Chemistry 1/ Algebra 2/ Spanish 2
- Head Secretary of Girls League (community service organization)
- Publicist of FTP “For The People” (community service organization)
- Member of Key Club
- Member of Philharmonic Orchestra (viola)</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Courses Taken: AP US History/ Honors British Literature/ Honors Chem. 2/ Honors Bio. 2/ Pre Calculus/ Spanish 3
- Publicist of FTP “For The People” (community service organization)
- Member of Make-A-Wish Foundation Club
- Member of Philharmonic Orchestra (viola)</p>

<p>Senior Year:
Courses Taken: AP English/ Honors Spanish 3/ Biochem 2/ Political Science/ Macroeconomics
- President of ASB Ethnic Class Council
- President of Philharmonic Orchestra
o Lead Philharmonic Orchestra to unanimous Superiors (highest ratings) at County Festival
o Lead Philharmonic Orchestra to Regional Festival for first time in 18 years
- President of Symphonic Orchestra
- Recipient of Sentinel Award for Diligence in Music – Fine Arts
- Member of Make-A-Wish Foundation Club</p>

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<p>Depending in your grades at your future community college you will have an excellent shot at most of your choices. In fact, Pace is quite easy to get into. Had you applied this year you would have had an excellent merit aid package form them. I think BU and GW will be most competitive for you, but you have a very good chance. I don't know anything about Eugene Lang. They will love that you are from California.</p>

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<p>Will being from California and applying to only East Coast schools help me? I had never heard of that before... but yes... my original college plan was going to CalState Long Beach here in SoCal for sole purpose of cheap in-state tuition... big mistake on my part.... of course... now I want to go to east coast... anybody help???!!</p>

<p>What are my chances at any of the above mentioned... and do you know anything about financial aid (stingy vs generous).... and should I even think about transferring as early as Spring '06... or is that TOO early..... anybody answers??</p>

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<p>Well I know Pace was upfront about the merit aid package (I say package bcs it included things besides $ like guaranteed internship, laptop , other stuff that I don't recall, some benifit to research and study abroad etc.). </p>

<p>BU I understand has very generous aid for the right stats. They may have a chart which tells you what you can expect, but you can always call these schools to find out.</p>

<p>Geography helps some, bcs they want to diversify where their student body comes from, but it will not be a substitute for stats.</p>

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<p>thanks for the info... ya I was just at Pace (i did the whole info sesh/ tour thing) and they mentioned all that good stuff, laptop and stuff....</p>

<p>thanks again....</p>

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<p>George Washington is very expensive and I don't know how aid is. Your stats as they are now more than likely will not give you merit aid at American, although I did hear of a student with similar stats to yours from Ca. who did get merit aid, which surprised me. It was through a 3rd person that I got this info from so it could have been financial aid. I cannot say.</p>