<p>I am considering transfer from University of Chicago to another top ten school like columbia and dartmouth. Please offer me some advises why should or should not I transfer to these top ten schools.</p>
<p>And your reasons for transferring are...?</p>
<p>I do not like the social and political atmosphere at Chicago. Besides, I want to major in political science, but Chicago is not strong in this area compared to its peers. I have a 3.0 GPA as of the first quarter here. I am transfering for sophomore standing. I wonder how these schools weigh scores and college GPA.</p>
<p>I don't think you are transferring into Columbia or Dartmouth with a 3.0.</p>
<p>^^ agreed...</p>
<p>That 3.0 is lower than the average at U Chicago, so I think I understand why you want to transfer. Maybe Columbia and Dartmouth will take the supposed grade deflation at UofC into account, but I don't know by how much.</p>
<p>Do you have a state school you could attend?</p>
<p>UC deflation is actually a myth. The overall average is 3.26 (not the most inflated but not terrible either) and more than half graduate with honors (>3.25).</p>
<p>Sam:</p>
<p>I know, but there was a post here with a link that compared GPAs to predicted GPAs, and I think Swarthmore was the most deflated with Chicago in about third or fourth place. Sorry. Don't have the link and can't vouch for the methods.</p>
<p>As I recall, the average GPA at most comparable schools was higher.</p>
<p>It'd be great if somebody could find that link, sounds excellent.</p>
<p>Tarhunt,</p>
<p>I was just pointing out UChicago average was 3.26 few years ago (probably even higher now) because "grade deflation" easily makes people think of B- or C and that's not the average GPA of its students (more like B+). It's lower than Harvard/Stanford (3.4 or so) if that's what you meant. At Northwestern, the engineering school has 3.2. Their arts & sci is comparable to UChicago while journalism/music/ed/comm have GPAs quite a bit higher.</p>
<p>Chicago's Political Science department is amazing...certainly as good as Columbia's and Dartmouth's. And if you don't like the overall atmosphere at Chicago, I don't think Columbia will be a major improvement for you. Dartmouth would be a huge change though, so that may suit you better. You may also want to check out Brown, Cornell and Duke.</p>
<p>Does it have to be a "US News" Top 10 school? I think you'd be able to transfer to a school like Rice, where the social life is excellent. If Rice was in the Northeast, it would likely be an Ivy League College.</p>
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<p>I love how you post here (creative) and get the same responses as in the transfer forum. Everybody thinks this way for a reason: they know what they are talking about. Very few people will honestly say that you've got a good shot at top 10 schools.</p>
<p>^^ perhaps those few people will, but whether they know what they're talking about is another issue in itself.</p>
<p>I agree with the majority and if you had done your research you would have found out that Columbia is harder to transfer into than it is for incoming freshman; they have a lower acceptence rate. I suggest you consider some other schools like: Cornell, NYU, or maybe Penn. Good luck.</p>
<p>OK Ferris, here are some schools whose social atmosphere might be more to your liking, and the Political Science Department isn't bad at all. I'll guess that you would have a greater chance of a transfer admission to these places rather than at Columbia.</p>
<p>Washington and Lee University
Georgia Tech (that's right, GT; the Ivan Allen School).
Furman University
Davidson College
Wofford College
Washington University</p>
<p>Wesleyan could be worth exploring.</p>