<p>I have ~4.0 GPA for college
3.6 for highschool
2250 SAT (740 m 740 w 770cr)
770 chem
760 math 2
720 bio
4 legacies (mom, uncle, 2 grandparents)
AND
a legitimate reason for transferring; there's no neurobiology major here, or anything closely related.</p>
<p>Also, I will be published IN THE BYLINE in science magazine in an article this coming year.</p>
<p>Chances?</p>
<p>They don't care about high school GPA and test scores any more. If you have a 4.0 from Cornell when you apply, I think you have a much stronger than average chance of getting in. You have a very valid reason to transfer.</p>
<p>"They don't care about high school GPA and test scores any more." not true. If he has 30 credits or more at Cornell, then they do not care. If not, they look at past gpa. Anyone can get a 4.0 gpa by taking 5 classes, heh, which is only 20 credits.</p>
<p>there's no neurobiology major here either.</p>
<p>True, but they do have a great cognitive science department, headed by the ex-head of the Cornell cogsci dept. She left, and the department stopped offering the major while they begin rebuilding.</p>
<p>I'm afraid I have some bad news for you.</p>
<p>I know for a fact (i.e. recently heard it from a Yale admissions person) that Yale takes less than 30 transfer students each year, out of about 700 or more that apply. I think the actual number is 24. Good luck, but I think, no matter how good a candidate you are, your chances are very slim.</p>
<p>Yale offers a neurobiology track within its biology major. </p>
<p>Yale also has the best neuroscience department in the United States:</p>