<p>Hey, I'm a Freshman at the University of Miami.</p>
<p>Last year, I was waitlisted at UVA (applied out-of-state) and at U-Penn.
I've never applied to Columbia or NYU before.</p>
<p><strong>STATS:</strong></p>
<p>First Semester College Grades: 3.8 overall
A+ (over 100%), A, A-, A-, B+</p>
<p>SAT I (only took twice):
Verbal: 720
Math: 740
Writing: 700
SAT IIs (does this matter?): 760 Math LVI, 680 Bio, 660 US History</p>
<p>High School Extra-curriculars:</p>
<p>President - Debate Team
Vice President - Model UN
LOTS of awards from ^^
Lots of essay contest awards
LOADS of other awards/community service/etc...</p>
<p>i know nothing about transfer admission norms for nyu or columbia.</p>
<p>UVA is tough to get into out-of-state, but it looks like you've got a solid record... and from what i hear, they're more lax with transfers than with freshmen. you should be fine.</p>
<p>nyu - youre in at CAS, possiblity at stern if thats what you're into columbia - transferring to columbia is a lot more difficult than getting admitted as a first year. grades, scores, essays, etc must be spectacular; unless you've done something out of the ordinary and will WOW anyone, i don't think you have a shot. penn - thats another maybe. no shot at wharton, but perhaps CAS is a possibility since you were waitlisted. uva - i don't see why you weren't admitted as a first year. was it the recs or essays? yes, i know its a great public school, but still... you should have a better chance as a transfer.</p>
<p>NYU-In at CAS....maybe, maybe Stern
UVA- Great shot as they don't consider state of residence for transfers
Columbia & UPenn- Doubtful, I don't think these are realistic</p>
<p>3.4+ CCers are in to the College, not any school. If they want to apply to engineering/artit/nursing/commerce they still have to apply with everyone else</p>
<p>There's a little more to the articulation agreement (guaranteed acceptance under certain conditions) than what was said above. You have to send in a letter of intent (I'm not sure how far ahead in advance this has to be sent - I know of one VA school that requires it a year in advance, after which you have a time limit on completion of your Associates degree) and have never received a grade lower than C.
The second requirement is a bit trickier than it appears. If, for example, you attempt to withdraw from a class later than the cut-off date and do it wrong -and get a D or an F as a result- you have broken the contract. Though GPA-wise you can make up this course, you will still be ineligible for the articulation agreement. The simple answer may be to just not drop a course after deadline; however, if the student DOES do it, there is no notification or warning given to the student that they've done so - they will simply believe they've taken all of the appropriate steps to drop the course without realizing their mistake until it's too late.
Getting a 3.4+ at just about any Community College isn't difficult if the maintenance of that GPA is your primary concern (AKA: If you take the easiest courses for the sake of your GPA - there are some difficult courses at CC's, though the student generally has to actively seek them out). There are enough people who can float by with a 3.4+ GPA at a CC that wouldn't cut it at a place like UVA (or even most Universities), which is why I believe there are those kinds of "traps" built into the system: to weed as many of those people out as possible.
Well, I didn't mean for this to turn into a dissertation on the finer points of transferring to UVA from Virginia CC's, but I thought the information would be useful if any VA residents happen to stumble across this thread.
OP: Good luck with your transfer! :)</p>