Hello, I am currently enrolled in a community college in nj and have to transfer by the end of this year. Currently looking to transfer for biochem, chem, or biology. I have pretty good grades and want to know if I have a chance of getting in this school. Other picks include Cornell, George Washington University (back ups are Rowan and Rutgers New Brunswick). To know if this is realistic however I have to show the facts.
The facts:
Current GPA- 3.837
Major- Biomedical science
ECs-
Club Coordinator for Student Government
Rewrites club (writing club)
Medical Novices club
Miscellaneous-
Two summer courses this summer (Anatomy & Physiology 1 and Chem 2)
Same part time job for 2 years
People’s choice award
Submitted paper to get published (find out in September, written on the environment)
Shadowing doctors
Extra tidbit, my end goal is to go to medical school.
Some of them meet need but most don’t. Only thing that really sucks about top schools is usually the fiscal top 1% go to them. Being a low middle class one parent household who somehow Doesnt qualify for the Pell géant and has literally no financial help Doesnt help me get into these schools. So thanks for the help, I need to revise my plan accordingly
Your stats don’t matter that much – mostly your college GPA to show you can be competitive in Columbia classes. Getting into Columbia as a transfer is a crapshoot. As are most Ivies. You really have to make a convincing academic case as to why Columbia is the right place. From what I’ve heard, the transfer acceptance rate usually hovers around ~4%. But it’s definitely worth trying as you never know. I got rejected from other schools which have (relatively) higher acceptance rates and were (seemingly) a better fit.
I would agree that its better to go somewhere cheap for undergraduate. Going to a brand name university does help with med school applications though – and Columbia has a great med school.