<p>3.6 GPA, i took 4 classes, technically 5, one of them was Introductory Biology Lecture (2 credits) and one was Lab (2 credits) </p>
<p>without the bio, my GPA is a 3.85, but Cornell is known for grade-deflation.</p>
<p>High School Stats</p>
<p>96-97 GPA, 10 AP courses</p>
<p>top 2-3 percent</p>
<p>1450 SAT I</p>
<p>730/740/730/700 SAT IIs</p>
<p>Presidential Research Scholar at Cornell, only 1 of 40 out of 3000 freshman at Cornell</p>
<p>my chances as a transfer for Columbia, U of Chicago (previously accepted), Northwestern (previously accepted), UPenn, Brown, Duke, Rice (previously accepted)</p>
<p>I am appyling as a political science major, which i got an A in the introductory course</p>
<p>Why do you want to transfer out of Cornell? Is there a specific reason? I ask because I will be going there next year and am curious if there is something I should look out for.</p>
<p>wow, it is very hard to get chances around here, everyone always just asks why I am trasfering out. Cornell is a wonderful school, be excited that you are attending a world class institution. Not every school no matter if its Harvard or your local community college is right for every person. Go look on the transfer thread, you will see transfer threads for kids from every type of school from community college to Cornell (me), Tufts, Duke, Williams, UPenn, and Amherst. I was just curious about my chances. I have laid out the reasons in a gazillion of threads, it is mostly due to how I want to be closer to a city.</p>
<p>Oh, sorry about that. Looking at your stats I would say you have a pretty good shot at UPenn (which I did a lot of research on in my selection process). I don't know the transfer stats well enough for the other colleges.
If you are looking for a good city atmosphere UPenn has it. I live right near it, and it is a beautiful campus. It is in a rougher section of the city though, but they do have very good security services, so it's not an issue. I can't say much other than that, but I think you should certainly apply to UPenn; just make sure you really write good essays about why you want to go there. Good luck wherever you apply, I think you'll get in if it's UPenn :)!</p>
<p>Don't sweat it, you're in at almost all of these. </p>
<p>Columbia: 50%
U of Chicago: In
Northwestern: In
UPenn: 60%
Brown: 70%
Duke: 55%
Rice: In</p>
<p>Of course this depends on the year...transfer admissions are harder to predict since the classes are so much smaller. As you know, its also easier at some schools to be a transfer (brown) and harder at others (yale) when compared to getting in as a first year.</p>
<p>Sorry, I didn't research the other colleges enough to know regarding transfer. But your stats are great, I think you have a decent shot at any of those.</p>
<p>I applied to transfer from cornell to upenn with a 3.7 gpa first semester. I got in but I ultimately decided not to go. I decided the connections and that I made during the first year outweighed any of the advantages of transferring. Also Cornell biology is comparable if not better than the bio program in Penn. This year, Cornell was ranked 13th in the world by London Times and 9th in the world in science, beating out all the schools you listed.</p>
<p>BTW, one thing about Brown is that I'm pretty sure it does not provide any financial aid for transfers. That was the policy 2 years ago, but I'm not sure if it has changed, so you might want to check it out if it applies to you.</p>
<p>If you're worried about your cornell gpa, it's most likely going to rise after the first semester.</p>
<p>I saw your post in the parents forum about you wanting to transfer out of cornell and listing weather as a choice and the big city.</p>
<p>I grew up in Florida, and when I moved to Kentucky, it was shock to me. I know that I wouldn't be able to live and be relatively happy in cornell. Did you orginally pick cornell because of its perstige? If you did pick it over other schools because of that, then I would reconsider. I have a friend who goes to princeton (a great school by all accounts), but she doesn't like it because of the small city atmosphere (i would say that's similar to your situation with cornell). No one can understand why she wants to transfer to UPenn.
I would say with your creditials you can get into all those schools with little to no problem, but yet again, how can you know you will like those schools. I would think seriously about this before i apply. Is weather and the city the only thing keeping from loving cornell, if so, maybe you can just buy a warm blanket for the cold nights and watch sex in the city for the city atmosphere (jk).</p>
<p>Cornell is a great school. But different schools apply to different people. For example, I feel that I have a good reason to transfer out of Miami Dade College: Lack of Academic Opportunities. Hate the idea of being restricted from taking Honors Classes. The intellectual climate is segregated.</p>
<p>Those are my reasons why I want to leave my school for Stanford, Brown, or Yale. If you're not happy with Cornell, explain it in your application.</p>