<p>Hi I have been out of school for a couple of years( I “graduated” a year early with an adjusted diploma). I am a half credit(in math from byu online) away from a “real” diploma and am due to take my sat’s next month. I have Aspergers syndrome and a genius IQ(last test by the school district 8 years ago). However during the latter half of my academic career I was a dispassionate and disruptive student. I received mostly D’s(my gpa is 1.4) and got into a number of fight(almost none of which i started). I was wondering how should I go about getting into brown as a undergrad transfer student. Should I go the CC route or do I have a shot at a descent university( I was hoping for byu-provo but I think even that is a reach). BTW I live in las vegas, NV I am lds(Mormon) and I wish to attend Boalt hall after receiving a double major AB in sociology and philosophy from Brown. What are my chances?</p>
<p>With that GPA, you would need a stellar record at a CC and some outstanding essays to get into any “decent” university, much less Brown. I think you need to talk to a college counselor about some reasonable plans.</p>
<p>You’ve not shown your ability to work in any college environment, much less Brown. Your best route is to go to CC and then find the best transfer target school after a few semesters of successful academic achievement. Your IQ means nothing if you can’t stomach others’ expectations. You should not focus on selective schools such as Brown. With that HS GPA, you’re not a viable candidate whatsoever. Good luck to you</p>
<p>If I do well at a CC and do well on my sats what is the best undergrad program I could reasonably expect to transfer into?</p>
<p>I am confused by your post. I don’t know of any schools that are even in the Top 200 schools where you would be easily accepted as a transfer without being able to prove a stable academic track record in CC, at least. I am confused as to why you believe you could get into Brown, one of the most selective schools in the world with a 9% undergrad acceptance rate and less than 1% of undergrads accepted transfers, with your academic history. I am not asking rhetorically. I am trying to understand whether you believe you have an “in”, or whether you are simply unfamiliar with Brown. Same with USC and Reed. </p>
<p>As a member of the LDS church, you would get special consideration if you applied to, say, Southern Va University or BYU-Idaho. I know of a student with a similarly tumultuous high school situation who got scholarships to SVU. He also had a 31 ACT and around a 3.0 GPA, though. (He also had Asperger’s, dropped out for most of junior year, had a somewhat disturbing social history, etc.) I think either of those two schools might offer you admission if you could show some sort of stable track record leading up to your application and make it through the interview process, which I am guessing they would want, given your high school record. Otherwise, you are probably looking at CC and, honestly, I don’t see you as a transfer candidate to any Top 100 schools. </p>
<p>If you had a miraculous performance at BYU-I or SVU, BYU might consider you for transfer. However, the other schools you mentioned are far more selective than BYU and will not give you a bump for religious affiliation. With the exception of BYU, I doubt you are looking at a Transfer to a Top 100 school, even with a stellar CC performance. I wish you good luck on your journey. I hope things work out well for you!</p>
<p>I’m pretty familiar with the admission statistics of the previously mentioned schools (but I have found very little info on transfers as compared to current freshman class). I thought that college gpa would significantly overshadow high school gpa. I also thought that having Autism would help my chances. It goes with out saying I have alot of work ahead of me. I’m unsure how the “disturbing social history” of the student with Aspergers pertains to this conversation.</p>
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<p>At a school where nearly everyone is in the top one percent, just being in the top 1/10th or 1/100th of one percent confers no advantage unless it’s paired with other attributes such as the discipline to consistently meet multiple deadlines without someone looking over your shoulder.</p>
<p>I have two sons whose tested IQ scores are in the range most might consider “genius” – north of 150. One of them is thriving at Brown; the other, had he gone, would probably have flunked out (he graduated high school at 14, so away-from-home colleges were never even on the radar for him).</p>
<p>The difference between the two is that the one at Brown had to overcome some early challenges (extreme shyness) and learned the stick-to-it-ness needed to excel. The other one got into the habit of coasting along without making much of an effort, despite his rapid acceleration, and now has trouble rising to a tough challenge consistently.</p>
<p>Brown rejects close to three-quarters of its candidates with 36 ACTs. The school has been admitting students for a couple of centuries and has clearly determined that more than raw brainpower is needed to succeed. You would need to also demonstrate a record of success to be admitted. You can start to do this at any time and anywhere – the elite schools will be very receptive to your graduate school application if you can overcome the obstacles that have thus far impeded your success.</p>
<p>But brown also admitts students with a 26 ACT(5% of this years freshman class). Are theses students legacies and/or athletes?</p>
<p>bjp: people are trying to be gentle with you. We’ve already stated that any selective college will absolutely need a remarkable track record to even be considered. Your 1.4 GPA tells us you barely graduated high school. Even so, people have given realistic advice to you. Please remain focused on your imminent tasks at hand and not living in fantasy land.</p>
<p>No one wants to argue with you about your chances at attending Brown. You’ll need two people to write letters of recommendation for you. Who will those people be? Your counselor will also be asked to give a professional estimation of your likelihood for success at a academically rigorous college. What will that letter say?</p>
<p>If you’re so set on it, none of us can stop you.</p>
<p>T26E4 I’m not not trying to argue either. No need to be gentle. My high school record was almost entirely my fault. I’ve just got to prepare for my SATS and start paying my dues at a CC. I should aim for A’s no matter what school I end up at and just for my own satisfaction.</p>
<p>^^ Sounds like an excellent plan. Best of luck to you</p>
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<p>Perhaps. Or recent immigrants still learning the language. Or promising URMs at the top of their classes but from lousy schools that taught them little. Or students driven by a passion to publish or organize community projects or do cutting edge research at the expense of conventional metrics. You can bet that one way or another they have already demonstrated a pattern of accomplishments in their area of interest.</p>
<p>Brown transfer rate is extremely small, so unlikely. USC does take a lot more transfers. Most of their transfers come from Calif Community Colleges and they have articulation agreements with some/many. You can find their transfer info online and in a pdf brochure. Also do some reading in the transfer student forum, there are a lot of threads for USC transfers.</p>