<p>I am a med school student in France (2nd year) but am supposed to start in Sept 2011 a degree in Economics&Politics&Internation al Relations. </p>
<p>I am going to apply to better Uni in the UK and in the USA as a transfer student. I am applying to Political Sciences&Economics/Government&Economics most of the times and my choices of uni are Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst (my top choices are they offer the need-blind admission policy) along with UPenn, Brown, NYU, Columbia (as a freshman)</p>
<p>The thing is I have no idea on what to do/expect as a transfer student especially since I am a med school student in France but realized that I didn't want to be a doctor.</p>
<p>Will they even consider my application since I attended 2 universities in 3 years? And if so what will be the most important thing for them : my SATs scores/TOEFL scores, my French baccalaureate, my HS grades, my grades next year at RHUL, my grades this year?
Juggling med school, common application, volunteering, part time work and life is quite complicated and I don't know if I'll be able to graduate in the top of my class this year so hopefully they'll consider RHUL more..</p>
<p>Do you have any tips/advice for a transfer student coming from the UK? If anyone got more information or have been through the same or is studying at one of those universities please send me a pm I am quite desperate right now! </p>
<p>Also, could anyone share is "timeline"? I was thinking of taking SATs in June and then again in August and September if I felt like they weren't good enough. I figured that admission essays and stuff were available in september and that deadline were in March but as an Intl student should I send my common apps and all my reports translated before christmas?</p>
<p>Do you know if you can apply as a freshman, since you did not your work in the U.S. Transfer acceptance rate for HYS is much lower for than freshman rate.</p>
<p>YeastDNA - Olyness has to apply as a transfer because he/she has completed so much work after finishing secondary school.</p>
<p>Olyness - You should read through everything at [EducationUSA</a> | Study Abroad, Student Visa, University Fairs, College Applications and Study in the U.S. / America](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.info/]EducationUSA”>http://www.educationusa.info/) and then you should make an appointment with one of the counselors at the advising center closest to where you live. If you can’t visit in person, find out how much help they can give you by phone or email. They are very good at helping international students navigate the college application process for colleges and universities in the US.</p>
<p>Then, I can’t apply as a freshman because I will have 3 years of post secondary school educatipn. I emailed the various admission offices and they told me the same thing (except Columbia who wants me to apply as a freshman because my college is not US style) Anyway I already logged in the common apps and I labelled myself as a “transfer”.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the links I’ll make sure to read them all and try to make an appointment with someone. I think I’ll also attend the USA college day of the Fullbright Commision in London. </p>
<p>As for HYS I don’t even know if they accept Intl transfer student for real (I figure community college students or US student must come first!) but I’ll give it a try. Amherst seems like my best chance (judging the several emails exchange).</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! Do you know if there are UK transfer student who ever got into Ivy/lower Ivy in the US? I have never heard of it…</p>
<p>I should have written something like “almost all colleges and universities will require Olyness to apply as a transfer student”, because as college_ruled has pointed out, there are a few that would not. But even if Olyness must apply at those places as a freshman applicant, it still is possible that she could end up being granted a certain number of transfer credits, and placing into second and third year classes.</p>
<p>Transferring is very tricky. Sometimes a person has to apply as a transfer based on that institution’s policy, and then learns that none of the previous credits transfer at all. The best thing to do, is to make a list of institutions that are interesting to you, and then to contact each of the admissions offices directly to find out how to apply.</p>
<p>Back in the last century when I was a student at one of the other “7 sister” colleges, we had transfer students from colleges and universities in many different countries. It was a point of pride of our admissions office that they managed to attract so many good applicants each year. Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Wellesley, and Smith are definitely worth considering if you want the East Coast. If California works for you, take a look at Scripps and Mills as well. The good women’s colleges are academic peers of HYS, but generally are a bit easier to get into because so many young women are scared of a single-sex environment.</p>