<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I go to a Florida community college and I am looking to transfer into any one of the following institutions for the spring semester. All of the schools listed will accept spring transfers.</p>
<p>PROSPECTIVE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE (all of these schools superscore the ACT)
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Vassar College
Hamilton College
Grinnell College
Wesleyan University
Colgate university
Oberlin College
PROSPECTIVE PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
Northwestern University
Cornell University
Vanderbilt University
Emory University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Southern California
Wake Forest University
Boston College
New York University</p>
<p>Okay, so basically I decided it would be a smart idea to finish up my A.A. a semester after high school since I already had so much dual enrollment completed. Now, I am aware that attempting to transfer into schools for the spring is very HARD, haha. Not a very smart idea. Here are my stats at the moment.</p>
<p>College GPA: 3.95 (50 credits at the moments, will exceed 60 by the end of the fall semester)
Composite ACT: 28 (yeah, not so great but i don't have money to spend on test prep)
Superscore ACT: 31 (this is a little better because all of the liberal arts colleges on the list superscore the ACT)
Extracurriculars: President of Psychology club, Phi Beta Kappa, Student Government member, Autism activism.
Recommendation Letters
1: From the chair of the psychology department, it is really a glowing letter. I took abnormal psych and personality psych with him. He's a nice guy.
2: From a teacher at my high school who also taught me a community college class, he discusses how I was a great student body president and how I got the highest grade in his introduction to psychology class.
3: From my chess coach, he tells how I got 1st place in dozens of state chess tournaments during high school and our experiences at the state event and a national tournament.
Hooks: I dunno, I am a minority and I have an autism-related condition so I don't know if that could be incorporated into my application. I went to a special education high school during freshman and sophomore year for this but they probably don't care about that.</p>
<p>Do you guys have any suggestions on how I should go about this? I would really appreciate where you guys think I have a really high chance of being admitted, a good chance of being admitted, and a low chance of being admitted. Many thanks!</p>
<p>Oh, my intended major is psychology. Left that out.</p>
<p>Sorry for the excessive amount of posts, but I would appreciate it if when people listed which school I might have a low/medium/high chance of acceptance that they would do it in this format.
School 1: safety
School 2: reach
School 3: match</p>
<p>Not positive about transfers but
bring up ACT score if possible
Amherst College- reach
Bowdoin College- reach
Middlebury College-IDK
Pomona College-IDK
Vassar College- IDK
Hamilton College- IDK
Grinnell College- IDK
Wesleyan University- IDK
Colgate university- IDK
Oberlin College- match
Northwestern University- reach
Cornell University- reach
Vanderbilt University- reach
Emory University- high match
Carnegie Mellon University- high match
University of Southern California- high match
Wake Forest University- match
Boston College- match
New York University- match</p>
<p>More opinions people?</p>
<p>Just did, good luck! People I need more opinions!</p>
<p>Hmm… you really have to tell me more about yourself. Certainly those standardized test scores won’t get you very far. unless you have some stories to tell?</p>
<p>The consensus seems to be an increase in my standardized testing scores. Would a 30 composite do the trick? I just don’t thinking that receiving a score higher than that is going to happen, realistically speaking.</p>
<p>Also, I would really like people’s responses in the way that Lacoste responded. Thanks!</p>
<p>Bowdoin College-reach
Middlebury College-match
Pomona College-extreme reach
Vassar College-match
Hamilton College-match
Grinnell College-high match/low reach
Wesleyan University-low reach
Colgate university-match
Oberlin College-match
PROSPECTIVE PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
Northwestern University-reach
Cornell University-reach
Vanderbilt University-reach
Emory University-reach
Carnegie Mellon University-low reach
University of Southern California-reach
Wake Forest University-low reach
Boston College-low reach
New York University-high match
Chance back please</p>
<p>30 composite is still on the low end for many of these schools, depending on which school/college of the university you look at. Some schools (with a 31 ACT and some really special stuff that you aren’t telling us) that might be a match for you would be: NYU and Boston College. While I am not familiar with the LACs, I know that these will be a super reach for you: Amherst, Middlebury, and Pomona. I know that Vandy seeks the high score people to boost their rankings, so that will be a big reach too.
Look I realize how mean this sounds, but I’ve got to be honest with you. Most of the schools you are looking at expect excellence in scores, GPA, and involvement. Although the recommendation letters and your personal essay can make a large impact, they will only go so far to hide the inadequacies of academic preparation. In your application process, make it clear to them why you should be there - especially anything which prevents you from scoring higher on standardized tests. </p>
<p>No, it’s all good. I want honest responses so don’t apologize.</p>
<p>The GPA is solid, I mean you can’t get much higher than a 3.95/4.00 at my school but you’re definitely right about my test scores. They absolutely need some work. Wake Forest is test-optional so that might be in my favor, don’t you think?</p>
<p>Yeah Test-optional schools would definitely play in your favor. Try and see if you can get ahold of a copy of Fiske guide to colleges 2014. They have a whole list of those types of schools, and tehy give you a campus vibe/summary type of thing.</p>
<p>I think I have a copy from last year as a gift from a family friend, I’ll look at it for sure. i’ll also look more into BC & NYU, they seem like really good places. I don’t really mind not getting into a top place but I’d like to get in someplace on my list.</p>