<p>i was deffered from Harvard ED and rejected RD. I am hoping ot transfer from UCLA, next year. here are my senior year stats:</p>
<p>Race: Indian</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8/4.1(Unweighted/Weighted)</p>
<p>AP Courses:
Biology: score 3
Physics (Mechanics): result pending
English Lang.: score 2
English Lit.: result pending
US History: score 2
US Government: result pending
Calculus AB: result pending</p>
<p>Low SAT's:
SAT I: Math 660, Writing:570, Critical Thinking: 540
SAT II: Biology: 640, Math II:590, US History: 510</p>
<p>(I am not a good test taker)</p>
<p>Sports:
Varsity Football. 1 year (CIF finalist team, scholar athlete for San Diego CIF Div II)
Varsity Soccer. 2 years (Scholar Athlete)
J.V track/Varsity track. 1/1 year (Scholar Athlete, league finalist on J.V)</p>
<p>School EC's:
Student Government
School Newspaper</p>
<p>Community Service:
Volunteer at a middle school for the City of El Cajon Recreation Dept. 3 years
700+ hours.</p>
<p>Hook: I am a new immigrant and came to U.S 3 years ago. Very low income family, no precedent to follow and didn't know anything about the U.S schooling system. Counselars put me in sheltered classes sophomore year, due ot my new immigrant status, but when they learned my potential, they offered me every junior year AP class the next year. I learned about sports and Student government and got involved. Did every possible EC i knew about and took i every ap class i could during junior and senior year with all hopes to get accepted at Harvard. </p>
<p>But i got rejected, so just wondering what are my chances as a transfer next year, also any advice on what can/should i do in college next year to improve my stats and increase my chances(if any) to get accepted as a transfer.</p>
<p>and yeah i am a gates millenium scholar.
I won first prize for a printing competition.
fourth prize in a city wide painting competition in India. (2001)
won International Foriegn Language Award for Spanish, by the United States Achievement Academy.
and was an archbearer at my school's graduation ceremony as a junior.</p>
<p>of course, there's always hope - if you believe in yourself! not everyone who goes to an Ivy has perfect test scores. Use the admissions essay as a platform to make yourself stand out. You have to leave a lasting impression in the admission's pple's minds that they'll want to know you more! For writing tips, you can visit:</p>
<p>yea, I think there's plenty of hope- Go to college and be a star-form a club or sth and initiate change or do sth impressive like that that'll get harvard interested</p>
<p>yeah i will take the tests again, apparently i am getting better at testing now, and i will read some sat's over the summer take it before i enter college and will try to keep it low key and not send the score untill i have the best combination for both SAT I and II.</p>
<p>ok so keep a perfect gpa in college, test again to get around 2202 on SAT, join clubs, lots of EC's i will also try to squeeze in some volunteer work at a hospital and some volunteer work for those habitat for humanity house building programs during summer, so that would give me a good shot????</p>
<p>i know the thing no matter how much english i learned in india it was always a second language, and we didn't get that much practice in writing, but now i am getting better, i sure know that i gotta get that 4.0 and i am willing to study 24/7 for that.
anything else???????????</p>
<p>I think u'll be fine- u sound driven but just make sure u don't just have "a lot of Ecs" but a significant amount of ECs where u are a mover and shaker and where u obviously stand out as passionate and innovative-</p>
<p>There is a chance-clearly admissions saw something in you when they deferred you. You have a remarkable story, obviously you should make use of that in your Personal Statement essays. What is your major going to be? What is most important is your college GPA--work your butt off, and get to be fast friends with some professors.</p>
<p>I was rejected from Columbia regular decision as a senior in hs. I was just accepted as a transfer student today. Try to enjoy UCLA, because it is truly an excellent school and there are some people on this board DYING to get in! If you find that by Thanksgiving you still want to transfer, then start working on an application.</p>
<p>ok, yeah i keep on forgetting about the EC's i read that in another thred too, that its the quality of the EC's not the quantity.
Anything else at all, if you think of something just pm me, </p>
<p>thanks for your help, every reply i have gotten so far was that my stats were good and i have hope, but this was very helpfull thanks.</p>
<p>When I talked to a CU admissions officer in the summer, he told me one of the most important factors in admitting transfer students is that they appear happy where they are! You have to be a well-adjusted person no matter where you go. Keep us updated. Your EC's are terrific and especially your background is important.</p>
<p>but what do they mean by "they appear happy where they are" , i mean its not like i can explicitly say it on my essay, so do imply it by saying how much fun the EC's were and how much i like doing the stuff i do, and show my compassion for it etc?????????</p>
<p>yeah true that. Also i don't know about the transfer app but i stumbled upon the visitng student app for harvard and saw a question that said, </p>
<p>for what reasons do you want to attend Havard?</p>
<p>i don't quite understand how to answer that, and i don't know if telling them about it being my dream school and one of the only two colleges i knew about as a kid in India and dreamt of attending is what they would want to hear,
any suggestions.</p>
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i don't quite understand how to answer that, and i don't know if telling them about it being my dream school and one of the only two colleges i knew about as a kid in India and dreamt of attending is what they would want to hear,
any suggestions.
<p>Well, I didn't mean that offensively. Let's face it: it's all partially true to a certain extent for every Harvard applicant (unless they are being coerced to apply or some exception). But, they'll want to see something more concrete, compelling, and original when sifting through their mound of 1,000 applications.</p>
<p>You want to avoid the standard "it is my dream school" essay. Everyone knows it's Harvard, especially the admissions committee. For that essay, do research on the school and on your specific program. If there is a specific professor you want to do research with, mention that. Find reasons why Harvard is going to help get where you want to be in life.</p>
<p>I agree with the two comments above. Rejected4life, I hope that you won't be offended by a little advice: don't apply this coming cycle, for Fall 2007 -- there are just too many deficiencies in your app for the moment. I would highly recommend that you spend your first year at UCLA exploring your passions and coming up with a nice "voice" for your applications for the Fall 2008 cycle. Moreover, try your very best to actually like UCLA; don't launch your college career there with the assumption that you will transfer. Make the most of it! Cultivate relationships with professors and your peers -- there are a lot of intelligent people down there too! If you still feel the need to transfer in two years, apply then. I suspect that your application will be able to write itself.</p>