<p>I am applying fresh-> soph from a state school.</p>
<p>Six classes: </p>
<p>Calc II Honors
Eng Comp Honors
Honors Colloqium
Chem I
Lab
Choir</p>
<p>(6 classes, 12 units)
GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>HS GPA: 4.28, graduated top 5%
SAT scores: 740 R 720 M 700 W
SAT II scores: 790 Math II 760 USH</p>
<p>Extracirriculars:</p>
<p>Band all through HS, got into state
Choir through HS, took into college
100 hours community service in NHS and 20 hours at a children's clinic in college
Music camp in summer
Part time job for four months
State Math Competition Top 10%</p>
<p>Recs: Really good and one from a Columbia Alumnus for Columbia.</p>
<p>Applying to:
Harvard
Yale
UPenn
Dartmouth
Cornell (CALS is my first choice for transfer, and I miraculously have all my prereq's done)
Columbia
Brown
Uchicago
JHU
NYU CAS</p>
<p>lol you've almost got all the ivies...why not apply to Princeton using the freshman application for the hell of it ;)</p>
<p>But seriously, that's a big list. Are you sure you really love each of those schools, because if you can't honestly explain why each school is the perfect fit for you, it'll likely show in your essays and be a waste of money.</p>
<p>That said, you're a competitive applicant at any of those schools. A 'state school' is a bit ambiguous. Some state schools are not impressive at all and you may as well be applying from a CC. Others, like Berkeley/UVA/UMich/etc. can help your chances at transferring to a top school.</p>
<p>You should be in at NYU CAS...Cornell CALS also boasts a 50% transfer rate, but some majors (like AEM) are impacted and thus that number is deceiving. </p>
<p>The others are in the air - you've got the stats.</p>
<p>you should def aim little higher this time...try to target top 20 schools about 5 or 6 from that top 20 list...don't just apply for sake of applying...</p>
<p>There is absolutely no basis for this. Numbers do not guarantee acceptances.</p>
<p>I said this in another thread: admissions is "nonplussing." Unless I am misinterpreting brand's use of "got," the most anyone here can say is that he has as good a shot as anyone.</p>
<p>Look in the archives for a user by the name of "matm" or "matm1" or something of the sort. We had exactly the same stats, except his SAT score, SAT II scores, college GPA, and high school GPA than I did. He was rejected at Georgetown, and I was accepted. Heck, he was even rejected on his second attempt to transfer to Georgetown – which was shocking.</p>
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<p>You are. By 'got,' I mean that he is applying to nearly all of the ivies (he's got nearly all of the ivies on his list). It always raises a question mark in my mind when somebody is applying to all of the ivies as they are certainly not all the same type of school. It makes me wonder whether the OP really knows what he/she wants in a school, which is why I said to make sure he/she could thoroughly explain why each college was a good fit.</p>
<p>In any case, the only schools that I think he has extremely good odds at are NYU CAS and possibly Cornell CALS, depending on his major.</p>
<p>You'll have to ask someone that attends Cornell about those majors. I know Applied Economics and Management is impacted (difficult to get into, as in a 16% freshman admit rate) and I hear Biology is difficult to get into as well, but I am really not knowledgeable about the sciences.</p>
<p>I don't think it will. UofA is a reputable school, so that will help, and you should be able to easily explain the benefits of the schools you are applying to compared to UofA.</p>