<p>I'm currently a Freshman interested in transferring for Fall 2008. I was wondering if anyone could give an opinion on chances. Thanks</p>
<p>Current School: New York University
College GPA: 3.5 first semester
HS GPA: 3.55 (UW) - 5 APs the rest honors classes
EC: Varsity Golf team all of high school (captain last two years), certified and practicing EMT, hospital volunteer for all four years of high school, participated in a pre-college program at Brown University.
Sat: 620 math 600 verbal Sat II: 660 math 1 640 us history
Strong recommendations
Strong essay</p>
<p>schools applying to: cornell (human ecology), colgate, BC, Bucknell, Lehigh</p>
<p>you look very good for all of them, except cornell be a hurdle due to your gpa.</p>
<p>perhaps you could get more involved w/ college level activities to boost your chances......your hs ec's look very impressive, especially the last two.</p>
<p>transfer admissions at smaller schools can be very difficult to 'chance' because the number of admitted students will vary rather wildly from year to year based on how many students the school has space to accept.</p>
<p>for example, bucknell accepted nearly 41% of transfer applicants two years ago. in that climate, you would have a solid chance. however, only 13% of transfer applicants were accepted last year. in that climate, it is obvious you would have an uphill battle to climb.</p>
<p>i suspect the data looks similar for colgate. boston college has always been difficult to transfer into. your best bet, year in and year out, is probably lehigh. </p>
<p>Your college GPA is fine, but that 1220 out of 1600 SAT is not going to cut it at Cornell or Colgate. You should consider retaking this to get it to at least 1350 before submitting your application to either of these schools.</p>
<p>Just remember, as a freshman applicant, all the schools you apply to are going to put very little emphasis on your college record yet. Thus, they will still be looking at your high school GPA and test scores closely. Unless these are good, just wait until next year to apply (when the high school GPA and test scores will matter a lot less).</p>
<p>I appreciate the response Calcruzer and the main concern I have is the SAT scores. I agree they are definitely below the average for Cornell and Colgate, but I just can't help but wonder, if the rest of the application, especially the essay, is strong, is there a chance that the low SAT scores wouldn't be looked at as heavily as they normally would for let's say freshman admissions and therefore improving the chances at these two schools?</p>