Do I have a chance at top schools?

Transfer Students
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<p>Currently I am 20 years old. I am in my fourth semester at my local community college. When this spring semester is over I will have completed 39 credits. With a GPA of 3.8. </p>

<p>The following is a list of courses I have completed and the grade I recieved in each. </p>

<p>Composition I. A
General Pychology B
Surv Western Civil I A
Abnormal Pychology A
Into Philosophy A
Intro music A
Developmental Pychology A
Social Pychology A
General sociology B
Human sexualtiy A
Intro Literature A
Jazz history A
U.S History to 1877 A </p>

<p>This year coming up I plan to take Spanish I and II. Math for liberal arts students, problems and statisitcs, introductory cellular biology with lab, and possibly human anatomy. However, I am not married to those specific science classes yet. </p>

<p>I am a member of Phi Theta Kappa. I plan to get my associates degree in liberal arts at the end of the 09 spring semester. With an estimated GPA of 3.7 to a 3.9. I will be 21. I plan on majoring in psychology. </p>

<p>What kind of chances will I have of getting into a top 20 ranked school? I also plan to work as a tutor next year at my community college. </p>

<p>My high school record was extremely poor, and would not help me in any way. I am white american and my family income is around $60,000 a year. So acceptance into an elite school would greatly benfit me financially as well as academically. </p>

<p>I plan on applying to Brown, I guess to put it bluntly, is there any way in hell Brown or another college of that calliber will consider me?</p>

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<p>what is your SAT score?</p>

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<p>My SAT score was not high at all. At the time I had absolutely no interest in college, school, or standardized tests. I cannot tell you off the top of my head what my score was. I would presume that it was relatively low. I assumed these scores would of been discarded by now anyways. Is this something that could upset my chances?</p>

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<p>you could just take the SAT again, brown has dismal transfer rates so even if you are qualified i would explore other options</p>

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<p>Your couseloads seem pretty easy to be honest.. i’d try taking harder courses. I don’t think they will look at your SAT since you have 38 credits, so you don’t have to worry too much there. I think they main thing that will hurt you is your easy schedule. I think if you appy to 10 schools you have a chance to at least be accepted into one.</p>

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<p>I’m no expert, but if you’re looking for admission into a top 20 university, you need to beef up your schedule. Your classes do seem very easy. You’re at a disadvantage right off the bat with regard to your poor hs record and the fact you attend a cc.</p>

<p>You are missing two important things: **math<a href=“precalc,%20calc,%20stats,%20dif%20eq,%20etc”>/B</a> and **lab science<a href=“gen%20bio%20w/lab,%20inorganic%20chem%20w/lab,%20physics%20w/lab,%20etc”>/B</a>.</p>

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<p>I would instead focus on schools ranked 25-50.</p>

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<p>also missing foreign language; ironically these are the three areas that top schools like to see on a transcript.</p>