Finnally deciding to Transfer, HELP!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>hoping to transfer to one of these schools that i was rejected from Freshman year. I was going to transfer as a freshman, but decided to stay at U of Chicago. I think i got rejected b/c my essays could have been better ( that is what I get for listening to my friends and brother)..I didn't spend much time on them because i thought.. well lets just say he convince me that good essay or not id be a sure bet...obviously not lol..if anyone could evaluate my chances that would be great.</p>

<p>College:</p>

<p>Cum GPA: 3.915
Credits: 70 after this semester
College: University of Chicago
Major: Eco
Will be transferring as a junior
Clubs: Black Student Union, Student Board of Academic Integrity, LEAD, UChicago Investment Management Club
Internships: Goldman Sachs Scholar, Morgan Stanley Insight Programme, Citadel Investment Group-Event Driven/Relative Value intern</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: 2290 (on 2400 scale) and 1540 (on 1600 scale)
SAT Subjects: Math 2c: 770 and Literature: 740
GPA: 3.87 uw dont know weighted
Ransk: 9/330
AP: (place score in parenthesis): USH(4) ECON(5) FRENCH(5) CALCAB(4) WH(5) CHEM (3 Yikes!)
ECs: Soccer 4 years (3 year varsity), Basketball 4 years (4 year varsity), Ran track for my High school and broke two school records 100m and 800m, chess club 4 years, tutoring and out-of-school volunteering, NHS member
Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, American Math Competition school winner
Family ties:None
Ethnicity: URM
HOOK: Dad is an Ambassador
Anti Hook- income 200k+</p>

<p>I am considering a career in Finance so i am looking at Penn Wharton, Cornell AEM, Harvard (rejected as Freshman), Yale (rejected as Freshman), Stanford (rejected as Freshman), Dartmouth, MIT (unlikely)</p>

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<p>oops spelled finally wrong. haha</p>

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<p>Harvard doesn't take transfers</p>

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<p>I don't think that as a transfer your hs credentials really account for much. But I may be wrong, I'm only a hs senior.</p>

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<p>HS credentials will hardly matter for a junior transfer. Father being an ambassador is not a hook.</p>

<p>Your GPA is great coming from UChicago and that's a big thing going in your favor. You need to articulate a good reason for wanting to go to Yale. What does Yale have the UChicago lacks? They aren't looking for touchy-feely stuff, they're looking for academic programs not offered at your current school, wanting to work with a specific professor, etc. The residential college system, for instance, is not a good reason to want to transfer.</p>

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<p>All I have to say is that the essay is more important than ever. Yale doesn't offer interviews for transfers so it's the essay that will help you from what I hear.</p>