<p>my info:
Non-traditional(22yrs old) hispanic(if that makes a difference)
Borough of Manhanttan Community College(English major)
i have a 3.6GPA
EC's -
Phi Theta Kappa
martial arts club
hospital volunteer
held a part time job since 2002
student ambassador</p>
<p>SAT I -2050, plan on retaking.
SAT II - plan on taking math II
physics
history
literature
i might take the ACT</p>
<p>REC's - i got 2 good ones.</p>
<p>aiming for these schools:
-all for the arts and science school(Anthropology, Enliglish or Physics)
-I havent narrowed down my list yet, but overall these are the school i want.
Uiversity of Michigan
Brown
cornell
rice
university of notre dame
Washington University in St. Louis
U. of North CarolinaChapel Hill
NYU
University of Chicago
Williams College
Amherst College
Swarthmore College
Wellesley College</p>
<p>Uiversity of Michigan - ok
Brown - definitely not
cornell - definitely not
rice - definitely not
university of notre dame - i don't know anything about notre dame's transfer rate
Washington University in St. Louis - not good
U. of North CarolinaChapel Hill - ok
NYU - reach
University of Chicago - not good
Williams College - don't know
Amherst College - don't know
Swarthmore College - don't know
Wellesley College - don't know</p>
<p>Williams accepts approximately 10 students, give or take a couple, each year out of somewhere between 70-100 applicants. They want a minimum 3.5 GPA, so you're okay there, but I'd still say yours is on the lower end of what most of the applicants will have. I'm applying for transfer there myself. And as for the fact that you're 22...I don't know how that will play in. You don't need any SAT II's. SAT I's won't factor in THAT much if you have two years of college credit. You'll need a really decent essay, with lots of good unique reasons for wanting to attend Williams.</p>
<p>Amherst College accepts a similar percentage of transfers, but I think the applicant pool is a tad larger. I'm not familiar with any of their other requirements.</p>
<p>Check out the R.U.E. program at Brown, it might be for you. Some of the links are outdated, but you can get a Resumed Undergraduate Eduction application by calling Brown's admissions office. Remember to be specific when you ask for the app.</p>
<p>My personal opinion is that when folks say you have no chance based on your SAT scores, they are looking more narrowly than the Admissions Offices will. If you break down that 2050 for us, it might help evaluate how your SAT will affect your chances. But still, with 1-2 years of college with your good GPA and good recs, the SATs will begin to fade somewhat in importance.</p>
<p>That said, with the exception of Syracuse, maybe UMich.... you are heavy on reach-y type schools. I don't know which cc's Cornell has the transfer agreements with; is yours one of them?</p>
<p>Make sure that you have a couple of schools (at least) with high transfer acceptance rates (50% or better) to give yourself a safety factor, and then you can go for it with the reachier schools.</p>
<p>I think it is possible (but this is just a guess) that being a female interested in Physics could help you. I would guess that being Hispanic will help.</p>
<p>Hmmm, thanks gomestar. I didn't mean that admission was automatic, but aren't there some ccs where the arrangements mean a fairly high admittance rate? Cornell takes a lot of transfers, but for those not part of whatever the "system" is, the acceptance rate is still quite low - am I right?</p>
<p>Amherst took 14 transfers this year. Four were guys, out of nearly 200 applicants. Williams is in the same area, as mentioned above. </p>
<p>If you can afford it, I'd suggest applying to all of these schools you really want to get in to. Though, the reality is that many of them are extreme, extreme reaches (viz., brown).</p>
<p>jmmom - you know, it's hard for me to answer that. It's certainly suggested on some website's that i've read. I currently am the president of an ambassador groups specifically for transfer studets to one of Cornell's contract colleges so I work right with admissions on things like these, and most of the students come from 4-year schools - usually good schools as well. I also lived in the transfer center my first year at cornell, and I only knew 2 people in the whole TC that went to a CC (both were from Rockland CC right outside of NYC). Most were from other top-60-70 universities and LAC's. My guess is that for a school like CALS, it's somewhat "easier" for students who have completed a fully transferable course (thanks to a transfer agreement) and have done well to be accepted. Unfortunately, the only transfer agreement like this I know about is for agricultural majors in CALS. </p>
<p>overall, Cornell accepts about the same percentage of transfers as it does freshmen. </p>