Cuz I know you're so bored and looking to show off your savvy...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know transfer is even harder to predict than regular admissions, but give me some ideas however you'd do it.</p>

<p>SATI: 1480 SATII: 710, 720, 750
High School GPA: 3.4ish with upward trend at competitive hs
College GPA: 3.5-3.6 at a top-20 college (would have been higher if I hadn't been ill for most of one semester)
ECs: VP of environmental club
State Coordinator for environmental org
(active with) college democrats
Research Experience through competitive summer internship
Temporary Social Worker
Started campus chapter of tutor/mentor program for adolescent
underpriviliged girls
I draw (a little, not great but decently) -unsure whether I should send in slides or simply be cute and illustrate my essays</p>

<p>The Colleges I'm looking at (and my guesses for how they'd group in terms of difficulty to be admitted as a transfer):</p>

<p>Toughest: Bowdoin
Davidson
Carleton
Swarthmore</p>

<p>Slightly less tough: Brown</p>

<p>Solid chance for transfer:
New College of Florida
Reed
Oberlin
Grinnell</p>

<p>So any ideas?</p>

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<p>Come on, if you're going to read my post the LEAST you could do is throw in a half-assed 2 cents as to whether I'm a reasonable candidate for these schools:</p>

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<p>I'd offer you some words, but I don't know LACs well enough to say. Sorry! Good luck!</p>

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<p>i'd say swarthmore is your toughtest draw...</p>

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<p>If it'll help, approximate transfer acceptances %s for these colleges last year was:</p>

<p>Carleton (7%)
Davidson (17%)
Bowdoin (14%)
Swarthmore (15%)</p>

<p>Brown (25%)</p>

<p>Oberlin (30%)
NCF (50%)
Reed (50%)
Grinnell (25%)</p>

<p>How would you say these colleges rank in terms of caliber of their regular student bodies?</p>

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<p>My guess is that Carleton will be worse this next year. The yield on the current freshman class far exceeded their expectations. They normally have about 480-490 per class. Freshman class this year is about 540. That will most likely mean that all admissions for next year, including transfers, will be more difficult.</p>

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<p>ok, so what about my chances?</p>

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<p>bump bump bump...</p>

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<p>In at NCF, Reed, Oberline, Grinnel, and Brown. Iffy about the others.</p>

<p>Which environmental org are you a member of?</p>

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<p>Out of curiosity, do you say iffy for the others primarily b/c my GPA is a little low, or b/c they are iffy for everyone?</p>

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