<p>UPENN or YALE
Asian 2nd gen
Currently: Freshmen Northwestern
MAJOR: Econ + Math
GPA: (3.5) i realize it is bad</p>
<p>HS GPA: um i think like 4.2 or 3.8/4
SATs: 2040
SAT II: 800 math, 740 chem, 730 US HISt
APs: 5 US hist, 5 BC, 4 Phys C, 5 Macro, 5 Stats</p>
<p>ECs: EXEC of 2 relatively minor clubs
On competitive academic like team, won't say which, b/c will give away who i am</p>
<p>I like NU, just wanna be closer to home and like upenn and yale</p>
<p>Yale - Reject
Penn - High Reach/Reject</p>
<p>3.5 college GPA just isn’t competitive for top schools. Your high school stats are clearly competitive (though your SAT I is pretty mediocre), but your college GPA is the most important factor in your success/failure in transfer admissions. Unless you have some outstanding soft factor we’re not aware of, I don’t see either school happening for you.</p>
<p>Frankly, I don’t see why you’re leaving if you like NU and are so lukewarm about Penn/Yale. Transferring is an arduous, life-changing, and exhausting process; one that should not be embarked upon lightly. I think you need to revisit why you’re transferring, because location alone isn’t a valid reason - top schools want to know why you want to go to their institution specifically.</p>
<p>i second wayward. the only thing i can see working is if you wait another year and pull those grades up to a 3.8+. and you will need to write amazing essays in addition to bring up your gpa, so you need to come up with better reasons than just liking yale or upenn.</p>
<p>Ya i realize no chance at yale, however for penn i thought i still had a chance. My gpa is low first quarter, because of my extremely hard math class which only 40 people take per year. I received a B in it so… Regardless i appreciate your responses, and ya i probably shouldnt be thinking about transferring anyway considering im relatively happy at NU. I also realize the better reasons. I just was not going to post them on this board, because i don’t understand how it would be affect how people on this board would chance me, unless i had a ridiculous reason.</p>
<p>Yale and Upenn -Unlikely. However, an acquaintance of an acquaintance did transfer to Yale from Hunter college with a 3.4 gpa, so you never know.</p>