<p>WM freshman at Boston University getting very anxious about chances of transferring to the following as a Classics major/Latin minor:</p>
<p>Wake Forest
BC
Notre Dame
UNC-CH
Villanova
Cornell
UMass-Amherst
Northwestern</p>
<p>Stats are as follows:</p>
<p>3.62 first semester (Dean's List) -- Pol. Sci/English Comp/Roman Civ/Philosophy
3.70 second semester at mid-term -- Bio II/Anthropology/Microeconomics/European History -- aiming for at least that by semester's end</p>
<p>AP's: Bio - 5; Latin - 4; Stats - 3
SATs: 700M/600CR/600W
SATIIs: 670Math1/650USHistory
Top 25% at top public high school in MA
Not applying for fin. aid (if it matters)</p>
<p>Any and all opinions welcome!! Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Can’t complain about the professors, but definitely not loving the urban landscape – want more of a “traditional” campus setting and more school spirit.</p>
<p>Anyone out there want to give me chances – please!!!</p>
<p>I hope you have more of a reason than “not loving the urban landscape”. In high school when you had to decide which college to attend you should have visited BU to see if you liked the campus. If your essays focused on how you want a traditional campus, then I do not see the admission counselors buying it. Your chances for BC, ND, Cornell, and Northwestern are pretty slim.</p>
<p>If I am wrong and you have a great reason to transfer, then you could be a competitive applicant. Too many people apply for an upgrade/prestige, I hope you don’t fall in this category.</p>
<p>ND Transfer Admissions says that the average transfer applicant’s SAT is a 1280 and average college gpa is 3.7. Not sure why you say that’s such a reach? Is there other info that you know about that you feel lessens my chances?</p>
<p>There are myriad other reasons to transfer, which is why approximately 30% of students actually do end-up transferring. I would assume most h.s. students have visited the colleges to which they are matriculating but even with that, it’s often difficult to predict what it will be like once you are actually there.</p>
<p>You’re obviously seriously against anyone transferring for reasons other than academics – don’t you agree that other factors come into play like social scene, campus life, etc.?</p>
<p>May I ask cloutclout’s reason for transferring from Wentworth to Michigan? Wentworth grads to quite well in the Boston area so what other reason could you have – prestige, maybe? You must’ve done very well at Wentworth to have been accepted to Michigan, I’m assuming.</p>
<p>First of all, I did not mean to sound like I was attacking you. I was just giving an honest opinion. Second, if you had done better research you would have found an answer to your question, “reason for transferring from Wentworth to Michigan?”. Don’t worry you don’t have to search anymore I will give it to you. The main reason I am transferring is to switch from engineering to physics (WIT does not offer a major in physics). But the thing is my reason for switching is not just random or that I am looking for a better school. I have done ALOT of research and my reason for wanting a physic (I am not going to get into details) degree are the fundamental concepts of my essays. Not only have I searched into a lot of schools, I also have had a couple of meetings with my academic advisor (who is a physics Ph.D) and he has talked to me about the positives/negatives of physics. My essays show my passion and what I am looking for in my undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>I am no way against people changing for a different social scene/campus life, but you have to understand that some of the schools you applied to are really really competitive (academic based schools) and that they will most likely choose the applicants that are going to show passion and have a solid reason to transfer with the stats to back it up. I don’t think your reasons will get you in, but I don’t work for an admission office so what do I know.</p>
<p>This is what you sometimes get when you do these chance threads, you might not agree with the response :/</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say Notre Dame is a reach. With your stats and (correct me if I’m wrong) Notre Dame’s 42% acceptance rate for transfers, it’s more of a mid/high match than a reach.</p>