Columbia Engineering transfer chance and advise me please

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Major - ECE (Freshman)
Current school -> Top 40 engineering school (very reputed private university)
Transfer Appplication -> Sophomore standing for ECE
GPA - 3.8 ( All As except for in Essay writing and A- in one MATLAB CS course)
Projected GPA at the time of application - 3.9 or so
Course Rigor - First semester -> freshman courses, Second semester -> going to take sophomore courses too
Citizenship -> International Indian (which is why I didn’t have AP credits)
HS GPA : 98%
SAT 2 - 1600/1600 (Math L2, Phy)
SAT 1 - (760M, 650CR, 600W) (Doesn’t matter much for transfer does it?)

ECs -

College :
Creating new sports club (Founder, President)
Part of Executive Board of a very important club
Active Member of 11 other clubs (Most of which are engineering)
Involved in two projects
One of the scholars of a very famous international organization (don’t want to go into specifics to keep my identity a secret.
Bottomline: You can find my name listed on this international organization’s website)
High School:
Research abstract done for research that I did
Won many national science competitions with very good ranks within state
Participated and won a variety of Competitions (MUNs, etc etc)
Awarded honorary title
Founded organization
… there are more ECs

Other information:

-> Seeking FA
-> Have solid reason to transfer (course that is not currently available here but is there)
-> Write good essays

please tell me my chances as of now and how I can improve or keep up my chances.

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bump…please

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Bump…

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why is nobody responding to any of my posts? have I said anything wrong?

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please, someone… I’ve waited for sooo lonngg!

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111 views but not a single reply…please anybody…bump…

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Once again, none…what did I do? Someone please reply lol

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I have lost hope now lol

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Nobody can really say anything because it’s difficult to tell what you actually did, since your list of activities is so vague. Some of them seem kinda cool, but it’s not like I can say much about how you were “Involved in two projects” if I don’t know what the projects were or what role you played. Good luck!

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EDIT: GPA is 3.95
The two projects I was involved in were not complete successes and are still ongoing…
So basically, I have one research paper to show for and some bad experiences that I’m building on. Also, I’m currently working on something independently.
Anyways, does my GPA give me a better chance than before? What are my chances now?

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Your SAT 1 will play a factor even if you are a transfer student. 2010 on the SAT will not break your chances but it might affect it slightly negatively.

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Any advice on how I can make my chances stronger?

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Columbia’s transfer rate hovers at about 5%, there isn’t really much you could do to bolster your chances at this point. Just get solid LoR and write the best essay you can and hope for the best