Chances of transferring to Cornell UVA Texas-Austin

Transfer Students
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<p>hello! I'm a rising junior of PSU honors college. i'm finance major with agribusiness minor at PSU and apply to AEM at cornell, business at UVA and Texas-Austin</p>

<p>Stat:
GPA: 3.93
no SAT score
AP calculus 5
High school GPA: 85 of 100, had it in China and my school didn't provide ranking...</p>

<p>disadvantage:
low hs GPA
no sat score
average essay writing (few gamma mistakes)
didn't complete one required courses, although i can take it in this summer
apply as international student</p>

<p>college award:
president's freshmen award
Deans list for all semesters
badminton champion in a college competition
1st place in stock trading in a college competition</p>

<p>EC:
senator of the student government for 2 years
president of one cultural club
two internships at big companies and one at central bank upcoming this summer
founder of a business in china</p>

<p>recommendation:
1 from honors college director, no idea what he wrote
1 from professor, average letter</p>

<p>others:
all As in the midtern report
average college official report</p>

<p>Do you guys think I get a chance to go to these schools? or i should improve my essays and then apply to Michigan/nyu/uc berkeley?</p>

<p>Thank u guys :)</p>

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<p>you need to have stellar essays to get into Cornell.</p>

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<p>Stern should be the easiest one to get in.</p>

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<p>@cheng thank you! i thought stern is the hardest one for finance major students…</p>

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<p>From the UVA Transfer FAQ:
Is the SAT or ACT required for admission?</p>

<p>Yes, however we will waive the testing requirement if you have been out of high school for five years. If a student is applying to Commerce, however, SAT or ACT testing(or the Toefl or IELTS for international students)is REQUIRED for all students seeking admission.</p>

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<p>@brishe you are right. i do have TOEFL score as I am an international student. However, I hear people saying UVA prefer students with SAT/ACT scores, not TOEFL scores.</p>

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<p>I don’t think any preference (if that’s true) will hurt you really. If you scored high on TOEFL, you’re still competitive. Have you applied to Mich/NYW/UCB already as well? I’m not familiar with their deadlines, but just be aware! Good luck!</p>

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<p>@brishe I scored like 102 on TOEFL and the deadlines for Mich/NYU/UCB are approaching. Thanks for your information!</p>

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<p>I heard that AME is one of the most popular and easiest majors in Cornell, so you know…The business program in UVA is highly selective. Last year, some of my friends got turned down by b-school but accepted by econ. I don’t know if Stern accepts students by major but overall it is way easier to get in as transfer applicants than as high school graduates for international students. No idea of b-school at UTA. Ross only accepts few external transfers. I suggest you to consider Marshall at USC if you really want to leave PSU.</p>

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<p>@cheng it’s kind of sad that Ross has only 1% transfer student according to their official stat, but i was thinking maybe less strong candidate would apply, so you know… I did think about Marshall, but I think I just cannot afford their tuition.</p>

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<p>Ross only has very few space, which is the reason. I think the b-school at PSU is good enough.</p>

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<p>@cheng smeal at PSU is ranked like 20+, to be honest the business courses here are relatively not challenging, when compared to the other top b-schools…</p>

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<p>to be honest, not very impressive…</p>

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<p>@yiisheng thanks for sharing! you are transferring from UVA right?</p>

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<p>yea… I mean you should at least have sat score I guess</p>

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<p>@yiisheng hm… these schools do not rewire SAT score though.</p>

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<p>doesnt UVA require SAT scores?</p>

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<p>@ihatemonday their website says “the McIntire School of Commerce prefers that their non-native English speaking applicants take the SAT or ACT in addition to the TOEFL or IELTS,” but SAT scores is not required, I guess…</p>