From Ivy to the Top: Chances and Advice

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello all-</p>

<p>I am currently a freshman at a 'good' school, an Ivy or an equivalent. I don't want to give away any personal identifiable information, so I will have to be vague in some parts. I will say that I am at one of these schools: (Cornell, Duke, Dartmouth, UChicago). </p>

<p>I haven't really liked my current school much. I am looking at applying to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UPenn, Columbia, and Brown, though this list is quite tentative. </p>

<p>My reason for applying will be my current school lacks an EC that is absolutely crucial to me. I think this will be a very good reason that the colleges will respect, especially in addition to some of the other problems I have will my college.</p>

<p>My high school stats were as follows: </p>

<p>3.9 unweighted GPA, unranked (but near top)</p>

<p>800 M, 780 V, 780 W. SAT IIs: 800, 800, 770</p>

<h2>ECs: captain of two sports, editor in chief of newspaper, vp of class, and some other stuff. One fantastic rec, one good one.</h2>

<p>My college resume hasn't yet been fully formed yet. My GPA will be high, hopefully around 3.8. I hope to have some very good ECs too. </p>

<p>What do you think I should do to better my chances, and how do you think my chances are at this point?</p>

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<p>Your chances are excellent and you should just work on your essays. People like you are typically the ones that get accepted as transfer students.</p>

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<p>HOw did it come to be that your school doesn't have the crucial EC?</p>

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<p>Which school are you at?</p>

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<p>jmmom- PM sent</p>

<p>bs2- I would rather not say (that is why I gave the series of schools, so I could show the caliber with the specifics). However, if it is very important for you, for whatever reason, maybe we could do PMs or something.</p>

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<p>your extremely annoying and paranoid..</p>

<p>btw i know your at cornell....dont bother with the mysterious bs</p>

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<p>lolpwned10char</p>

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<p>I'm sorry if you find me annoying. I just have heard bad things about people being tracked online and stuff, and would rather remain anonymous. I'm not paranoid, I just felt that if I identified a school and activities I do, and my resume, people could pinpoint me easily. </p>

<p>I will say then that I do not go to Cornell. This 1) shows that I am not as paranoid as you think, and I will reveal some stuff and 2) your guess was wrong.</p>

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<p>Cornell is too big to be missing any type of EC. </p>

<p>To the OP ... did you miss this little aspect when looking to choose a college? This EC seems to be of critical importance, how can you pick a college without knowing it wasn't there?</p>

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<p>This is a passion that recently developed. It is impossible to actually start this at my college, given that it isn't a minor club, but a big program that needs real professionals and outside involvement, impossible for a student to spearhead.</p>

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<p>It's Duke- Cornell and Darthmouth are Ivies and you said "ivy-equivalent," i.e., not an ivy-per-se. UChicago seems tossed on there at the end... choice D is hardly ever the answer in tricky questions... it'd be too obvious.</p>

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<p>you 100 percent go to UChicago</p>

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<p>I can't keep on giving answers to people's guesses. Sorry. And this isn't really supposed to be guess which school I go to but rather help me get into a school I really want to be at by giving advice and chances.......</p>

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<p>lolpwnedback</p>

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<p>well, the OP's thread says "from ivy to the top" so i assume hes already at an IVY meaning its either cornell or dartmouth. And since he said its not cornell, then its dartmouth. Mystery solved :)</p>

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<p>lol ya mojojojo this foo loibviously either goes to cornell or darthmouth..that wasn't a very smooth title haha and </p>

<p>yeah it is annoying when people ask for help but try to be as unspecific as possible</p>

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<p>No, read my first post. It says "Ivy or an equivalent."</p>

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<p>I'm trying to give as much information that will be helpful and useful, without giving away anything that will allow lurkers to find out who I am.</p>

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<p>wait, so why would a lurker want to know who u are? what could they do with that info??</p>

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<p>1) if they know me, humilate me for ditching this school</p>

<p>2) If they don't, track me down and potentially cause me harm.</p>