<p>We have very simillar stats and were applying to many of the same colleges…so i think you are a very competitive applicant..chance me when you get a chance</p>
<p>Your GPA will be worth more if you’re at a top 5 LAC than, say, at #20.</p>
<p>Also, transfer admissions to most of those schools are in the single-digit percentages, so make sure you get safeties in there, which it appears you do not have. Your best chance is at Cornell, statistically speaking. Lowest, Tufts, Yale, Brown, Stanford</p>
<p>I agree with lolabelle. Considering you come from a school not know for grade deflation (Hamilton), and the fact that your gpa is not a 3.8 or higher, you have very slim chances at the majority of your schools (Yale, Brown, Amherst, Stanford). If you were in a top 5, or maybe even top 10 LAC, then your chances would be better. In addition, your ECs are ok/weak. It looks good to be an athlete, but it is not a hook considered for most upper tier schools unless you are an all-star or a recruit. Statistically speaking, Cornell accepts the most transfers and given your stats, georgetown is a good match, as well.</p>
<p>Lastly, you are a college freshman, so your HS record matters a lot.</p>
<p>Maybe you should consider the following: take off Brown and Amherst off of your list and add two safeties or more matches. Perhaps you should consider JHU, Northwestern, WashU, Vanderbilt, Emory, UChicago.</p>
<p>Brown’s low but I’ve seen a few people on here who have 3.6 or 3.7 and have managed to get in
Amherst’s is 28/162 according to collegeboard, which doesn’t seem terrible…why is it that much of a reach?</p>
<p>Isn’t the transfer rate for Tufts a little misleading because, while it’s in the single digits, the average applicant is less qualified than the transfers to Cornell or Penn or a similar caliber school?</p>
<p>penn is 231/1861 which seems pretty high, no?</p>
<p>is there a way to get average stats for accepted transfers for these schools?</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that I’m applying to Dartmouth as well, and their stats for transfers are 43/342, which again, seems decent, no?</p>
<p>finally, the main thing for transfers (as i understand it) are college GPA, college recs, essays…3.7’s decent for these schools, my recs should be good to great and my essays will be polished…</p>
<p>I don’t think Tufts’ stats are misleading: if you read old transfer threads, kids got in to Dartmouth and Penn as transfers, but not into Tufts.</p>
<p>Claymangs, it is known that collegeboard has information from 2 years ago. In addition, Amherst College overenrolled for the class of 2011; this means that they are expected to accept even LESS than last year, which was not 28 students (it was actually 18). From what I heard, they are expected to accept around 5 students this year (out of 300 applicants), or maybe less.
In addition, last years statistics were:</p>
<p>I urge you to search this for yourself, since you seem not to believe me. Google “Amherst overenrolled,” and you will see that your assumption is off.</p>
<p>I would also like to mention that it is a known fact that because you are applying as a college freshman, if you could not get in as a freshman into those top selective schools, you will not get in now as a transfer with few units.</p>
<p>As I previously suggested, you should remove both Brown and Amherst from your list in order to have a better chance of getting accepted at more selective schools.</p>
<p>^ ^ In that vein, Tufts also enrolled for the past two years. Overall acceptance will go down for the regular class of 2012, and I imagine transfers apps as well.</p>