<p>College- rice and a summer session at the art institute
Major- psychology and econmics
GPA-3.7
Year- applying for junior
URM-Africa
SAT-700 and 750
ACT-30</p>
<p>MAster swimming team
Apple genius</p>
<p>use to be editor-The Catalyst: Rice Undergraduate Science Review, </p>
<p>UCLA -Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program(intern)
UCLa-Cognitive Science Research Program</p>
<p>Taught in the Rice university summer program for high school students</p>
<p>Founder of a non profit organization (won do something award & abc person of the week)</p>
<p>Won the Plimpton Prize (essay)
Got published on Paris Review
Wrote in Renewable Energy Focus magazine
Several research projects
2 graphic design poster award (what is graphic design and the art institues poster contest)</p>
<p>My guess is that you have a good chance at Columbia but not Stanford or Princeton. But I haven’t gone through a cycle yet so I don’t have a really good idea.</p>
<p>Sorry, but just curious- what’s an apple genius?</p>
<p>[add] BTW, to answer the question, I would say no for Stanford and Yale, and I can’t give an answer for Columbia since I’m not too familiar. But then again you are at Rice…I’m guessing that would make up a bit for the GPA?</p>
<p>Yale admits about 3% of the people who apply to transfer. A 3.7 GPA and middling SATs (by Yale standards) are probably not going to put one at the top 3% of the applicant pool. The URM status helps, of course, but I don’t think it will be enough.</p>
<p>You sound like a fascinating student that many colleges would be interested in accepting as a transfer. But, with colleges like Stanford having a 2% transfer acceptance rate, whether or not you get in is almost a random event… gee… did the admissions officer find the applicant who made a harp from scratch most interesting or the person who had a #2 hiphop track more interesting? Both got in, but what if the admissions officer was informed they had to cut one person from the pool and take 19 instead of 20? One of those types of students would have been cut… a minute ago the student was “good enough” and a minute later the student gets cut. When it is 20 students a year (like at Stanford), it might as well just be a random lotto. But you can see that in many cases for Stanford it is all about the HOOK. Are you one of the 20 or so people that captivate their interest?</p>
<p>If you apply to enough elite colleges (with some range), someone will want you. Rice is an excellent college, so your backup plan is good if you have to stay.</p>
<p>I am sorry. I don’t think princeton accepts transfers. You should apply everywhere you would like to go (forgetting about the acceptance rate) and see where you get in. You seem like a great applicant and I am sure that if you apply to a lot of good places that you like, you have a good chance of getting in somewhere. Just don’t give up and don’t get intimidated… it’s a challenging process.</p>
<p>You should still apply to all of those schools. Stanford has less than 1% acceptance rate for transfers now. This year, I believe they only accepted 23 transfers. The application is insane, you have to write 5 essays and stuff. I’d try to bring the GPA up to a 4.0 if you can. It IS possible to transfer to Stanford though. I go to school really close to Stanford and I know a ton of students, and I think at least 3 transfer students (they’re all athletes though). You might as well apply, what do you have to lose?</p>
<p>^ You can’t bring up any GPA to 4.0. Once the 4.0 is ruined, it is gone forever; you can only get arbitrarily close but never quite there, unfortunately.</p>
<p>And I think Princeton accepts transfers, but not internationals? I forgot.</p>
<p>I did not even contemplate Williams College…but something on the Princeton site kept me from applying, I forgot what. I think it said they can’t offer any aid whatsoever to international students. </p>
<p>Not that I would have gotten in, of course :D</p>
<p>I think you’re in at Columbia definitely, but don’t take my word for it, because I am not in control of the admission counselors. As for Stanford, it is very hard for traditional students to get into Stanford as transfers. For some reason they’re infatuated with non traditional students and community college students. For instance, someone who went to college, dropped out, is now thirty years old and wants to finish their education. Of course, they’re already accomplished individuals, like they wrote books or started their own business etc, but for traditional students, even if you’re applying from ivy leagues, it is very unlikely. I am unsure about Yale, but I think all of the ivies except for Columbia, UPenn and Cornell tend to be the easiest of the ivy leagues to transfer into. </p>
<p>“I think you’re in at Columbia definitely, but don’t take my word for it, because I am not in control of the admission counselors.”</p>
<p>Thank. You. Captain. Obvious.</p>
<p>“I am unsure about Yale, but I think all of the ivies except for Columbia, UPenn and Cornell tend to be the easiest of the ivy leagues to transfer into.”</p>
<p>Could you be less specific - or more incorrect??? (Hint: this is a rhetorical question). Cornell is THE easiest Ivy to transfer into, and the same could be said for Columbia… if you’re talking about their GS program. Brown is maybe slightly in the middle of the pack, followed by Penn. Columbia College and Dartmouth are pretty rough, and Harvard and Yale are straight up ridiculous when it comes to transfer admissions. Princeton doesn’t even accept applications. </p>
<p>In ascending order of difficulty:</p>
<p>Cornell
Columbia GS
Brown
Penn
Columbia SEAS/College
Dartmouth
Harvard
Yale
Princeton (; </p>
<p><em>Keep in mind that this prestige whoring is VERY RELATIVE</em></p>
<p>To the O.P. - if you want it, give it a shot. It is my experience that schools like these look for matches, not capability - so you’d better have a very REAL and specific reason for wanting to attend.</p>
Good luck!</p>