<p>well, many many of the posts that i have seen from collegeconfidential have been people who are coming from CC's, now I am not at all saying that a person from a CC cannot get into absolutely any college, i am just saying that there is an inital advantage to a person coming from a decent 4 year</p>
<p>hey! I'm a freshman at Duke right now, and I'm applying for a transfer to Harvard. It sounds like you have great stats and everything...I guess everyone's well qualified but you have to have something that just makes you stand out. I was wait-listed at Harvard and Duke was my second choice. It wasn't that great of a fit for me so it would be great if I got in to Harvard, but I most probably won't get in considering how many students they take. My friends at Northwestern love it and it's a great school, so you should seriously know that it is not for you if you're applying for a transfer. good luck!</p>
<p>ok....wow, i am a lil dismayed by the responses, i thought they would be a lil more positive, but I DO appreciate the constructive criticisms.</p>
<p>In response to the strength of the transfer pools, if i am considered weak in these pools, then so be it. That would be pretty surprising to me. I mean, I had excellent high school credentials, putting me in the running for most top tier schools. I got accepted to a # of top 20 and top 15 schools such as Cornell, but unfortunately, none in the top 10, except for U of Chicago, which was not considered top 10 a yr ago. Thus, I feel very good about my high school stats. In regard to my college performance, I thought before I posted that a 3.923 at such a top school like Northwestern would be thought of as impressive by any admissions committee. And lastly, I know a number of students who weren't that spectacular from any measure that transferred from schools like U of Michigan and NYU to places like Penn and Brown with strong college grades. And lastly, i think that college confidential has some of the highest caliber transfer applicants in the country, as seen by past performance. I have been a long time lurker but have not posted until this point. Good luck to everyone. Let it be known, that if I do not make it in to these schools, I will go on with head up rather than down.</p>
<p>Personally, I think you have a decent shot at all these schools...
(Anyone who would otherwise argue against this, please go ahead but i still think he has a decent shot. Of course, there is a lot of uncertainty about the admission so this question seems more subjective than objective because NONE of you know whether he will be accepted or not for you not being the admissioin committee people)</p>
<p>I am doubtful of why you have changed your mind, though. Why don't you continue your education at Northwestern? When you received many acceptances at the time you applied as a freshman, why did you choose Northwestern but not others? There must be some reasons for that. </p>
<p>Besides, what is your major?</p>
<p>You're not considered weak in the transfer pools for those schools. I couldn't really follow what was being said earlier about the relative strength of CC applicants to the overall transfer applicant pool for that school because it wasn't very clear...not really sure what they're talking about.</p>
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<p>Yep. I think most people were trying to get the point across that you definitely have a shot at those schools, but you are facing frightening chances just because of the schools you've chosen.</p>
<p>Stanford - 5%
Dartmouth - 11%
Columbia - 9%
Duke - 4%
Harvard - 8%</p>
<p>Basically, there is nothing more anyone can say. No one can tell you more than the fact that you're a good candidate. The fact is, MANY applicants to those schools are strong candidates that should be accepted and are rejected. </p>
<p>For the record, I haven't really seen any criticisms other than one remark that you're not a good candidate - which is misguided. A good candidate, in my opinion, is someone whose stats will pass the initial screening and not be the reason for rejection. You have done well in that respect.</p>
<p>thanks for the responses, hopefully, i will have a shot</p>
<p>that's surprising that Duke is so hard to get into as a transfer</p>
<p>that doesn't concern me that much, my top 2 are Stanford and Columbia, as long as i get one of those, i will be content, i know they are stretches for anyone, but hopefully, i will have a chance, i got waitlisted at Columbia last yr and never have applied to stanford</p>