first semester done...time to transfer

<p>Alright so I just finished my first semester at a well-ranked regional state school, but I really dislike it here and am thinking of transferring.</p>

<p>I have a 4.0 for my first college semester (just found out today) and am looking to transfer into a School of Arts and Sciences at another school. </p>

<p>In high school I had a 4.0 gpa and a 2030 SAT (1360 M & CR), was top 10% of my class with Cum Laude honors and was Student Body President and captain of the soccer team.</p>

<p>At my current college I am part of an interfaith group, club soccer team, and collegiate Model UN (my college hosts a conference for high schoolers every and I am chairing one of the committees).</p>

<p>I want to transfer to a few colleges in particular but would be open to other suggestions!</p>

<p>Desired schools -- UPenn, Georgetown, Northwestern, UVA, UNC-CH</p>

<p>What do you all think? Is my head to far up in the clouds?</p>

<p>Where did you apply out of HS? What were the results?</p>

<p>I was rejected from UPenn ED (its my dream school and I know the chances are minimal, but i did an internship in one of the departments since then and can get a good rec from a professor there)</p>

<p>I was accepted at Lehigh, Lafayette, American, and my current school
I was waitlisted at Haverford</p>

<p>I don’t think I set my goals high enough out of HS</p>

<p>I think you will be much better off waiting 2 years and applying as a junior transfer. It’s highly unlikely to get into schools as a soph transfer you could not get into as a freshmen.</p>

<p>At chapel hill students applying for their junior year get priority. you will get into UVA for sure and Gtown and Penn acceptance rates are under 18%. whats your current school and why r you looking to transfer?</p>

<p>i go to a liberal arts public school in new jersey and I’m looking to transfer for academic and social reasons. I don’t feel academically challenged and I don’t see myself living around the people I’m living around for the next three and half years. Does the school I transfer from matter in transfer admissions?</p>

<p>I know my top choices are reaches, but are they within my range</p>

<p>would that be the college of New Jersey?</p>

<p>I don’t know if it’s taboo to state my current school because I don’t want to bash them, or want anyone else to for that matter, but yes.</p>

<p>chapel hill give priority to junior transfers, you could probably get into UVA because they are very transfer friendly, the other schools are a reach for pretty much every transfer who applies because they admit a very small portion of the students apply and there retention rates change every year. try umich or uiuc.</p>

<p>hmm I was trying to relocate somewhere south and not too far away from NJ, being that my family is having some issues at home and I don’t want to completely separate myself from that situation. I feel like North Carolina, a 5 hour drive, is the max I could go. If the admissions deadlines are in March, will I have to notify them of my 2nd semester grades after I send in my application?</p>

<p>Did you consider/apply to Rutgers? It has to be different socially due to the size and location. Depending on your major maybe the academics are different as well. I wish my kids wanted to be academically challenged. They wouldn’t even get into TCNJ!</p>

<p>Thank you for the compliment njfootballmom, and I’m sure your kids are going to do well with whatever they do! But sometimes a school doesn’t work for a student and I believe that is happening to me :(. I have not looked further into Rutgers because of familial problems that have occurred in the past and Rutgers does not seem like a viable option in my household.</p>

<p>I’m looking to go down a little more south!</p>