<p>I want to transfer to a good urban university with a large population above 3000. Can someone give me some ideas in a range of selectivity? NYU Gallatin is my dream but I don't know if I have a shot especially as a mid year freshman transfer.
My stats
Current College: Small Unknown Private in KY
Unweighted HS GPA 3.7
Weighted GPA 4.0
2 AP Classes Calc and English
a bunch of honors classes
7th in class
26 ACT =/
ECS
state speech champion
worked at my old grade school as a speech coach and as coach for state championship tech team
internship at local law firm
member of honors chorus
academic team captain senior year
2006 Kentucky Governors Scholar
part of group that worked to save our French dept.
College GPA its but first Semester but will come out 4.0 hopefully</p>
<p>College ECS
Environmental Council
Am going to work as assistant speech coach at my high school this semester
Reason to Transfer: I am planning to have surgery in Dec and my parents wanted me close to home. I feel that my academic needs will be met better at a large university where I can pursue my passions.</p>
<p>I can get a rec from the democratic candidate for governor for my state...Should I???</p>
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Reason to Transfer: I am planning to have surgery in Dec and my parents wanted me close to home. I feel that my academic needs will be met better at a large university where I can pursue my passions.
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<p>I'm not sure I understand - you want to go to a university close to home, or just any urban university?</p>
<p>I think he means that he spent his first term close to home, as his parents wanted him there for medical reasons. <em>Now</em> he wants to go an urban university. morgoth, can you confirm if this is a correct understanding?</p>
<p>What major are you contemplating, if decided?</p>
<p>Be aware that many schools do not consider spring transfer, so you may be limited in your options if that is your plan. Or, (I would recommend) select your schools based on their fit for your needs and, if they only accept fall transfers, wait for the extra term.</p>
<p>Re rec from candidate for governor: Your primary (and perhaps only) recommendations should be from college faculty who can speak to you as a college student. Some schools will want one; some two. Some will not want supplemental recs. For those which allow supplemental recs, you could consider this one iff the individual knows you <em>well</em> and can present another side of you as a person - in terms of your interests, passions, experience. I would NOT do it if the individual is simply a family friend or acquaintance who doesn't know you quite well. I also (and this is just my opinion) would not do it if the primary value of the rec would be as "name-dropping."</p>
<p>Yes I'm staying here to have an abdominoplasty. I lost about 130 pounds senior year XD but due to the speed I lost it a doctor told me that the only way I could ever look normal without a bunch of weird lose skin was surgery. I have been battling my weight for my entire life and I really just want to be normal. As for majors I would like to go pre law and major in something like International Relations, Philosophy, or Poli Sci but that could change easily. Thanks for all of the people who replied to my post I really do appreciate it.
What I want besides urban and size is a school that would give me decent prospects at good law schools like NYU and UChicago and I do not want a school thats huge on sports...which is one of the reasons I like NYU.</p>
<p>Well, congratulations to you on what must have been a lot of work with your weight, and good luck on the surgery and recovery.</p>
<p>You seem to have some very nice credentials. I think you could consider some quite reach-y schools (realizing that they are always a great uncertainty) then add some in less selective categories. Here are a few ideas in a range of selectivity. You don't seem to be interested in LACs, but urban LACs could also serve you well if you ultimately want a good law school. Since you are quite open on your major, I think you'll do well to find some schools that appeal in atmosphere and location because most will have one or more of your fields (history, poli sci, int'l relations):
NYU
BU
American U
GWU
Georgetown
UMd-CP
Villanova
Trinity, CT.
UChicago
UIUC
Tulane
JHU
Loyola, Balto.
Rutgers
Fordham
Syracuse
Case Western Reserve
U Pitt
Carnegie Mellon
Duquesne
Temple
Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Some of the above have a bit of a sports scene, but lots else going on.</p>
<p>Obviously, the urban Ivies (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown) would be possibles as well.</p>
<p>Fordham is right in NY city, but in Bronx, not Manhattan. It has a beautiful campus with a surprising amount of acreage and trees, so that's refreshing in the midst of New York City! The subways in NYC cost the same no matter the distance of your journey, so you can still take advantage of Manhattan any weekend. (or let Manhattan take advantage of you ;) NYC is an expensive city but if you're clever, there are thousands of things to do there that are free or cost less than $15 for an evening's entertainment; off-off-Broadway, not Broadway, in other words.</p>
<p>Depending on your major interest, consider Emerson College which is a small place but right in downtown Boston on Newbury Street. Ooops, reread your OP, sounds like you'd be more interested in Boston University, Boston College or Northeastern.</p>
<p>My niece is loving UPitt to pieces. Great city. She's a business major.</p>
<p>In Baltimore, there's Johns Hopkins University which is in a rather elegant section of the city; not downtown but in an old patrician neighborhood called Roland Park. On its campus is a wonderful art museum, and then if you go downtown there is more to discover, including Harborplace, the national aquarium, the Walters Art Gallery, the Peabody Institute, and the Maryland Institute of Art. When I grew up in Baltimore, I met students from southern states who found JHU about as far north as they could stand. I always think of Baltimore as a city with Northern problems and a Southern pace of solving them. I haven't lived there in 35 years, so please don't take this as gospel. From the Hopkins campus, you take a public bus 10 minutes to the Amtrak station, and from there connect by train to all the other East Coast cities for an interesting weekend, for example: Wash D.C. one hour away; Phila 3 hours; NYC 4.5 hours.</p>
<p>Thank you for the suggestions on schools. Does anyone see me having a chance at Gallatin for Spring? It would be nice to know if I stand a chance.... By the way I'm flattered but I have no chance at transferring to the urban ives. LOL I'm not nearly ivy material.</p>
<p>It is very hard to transfer as a freshman. If at all possible, finish the year your current school, keep your GPA up, and find a professor or two than can write great recs for you. </p>
<p>If you do try to transfer for the spring, you need to be completing applications now. I would guess applications would be due in just a month or so. Do you have a college professor than can write a great LOR for you? Many schools do not accept spring transfers so your list might be much shorter now than it will be for next fall.</p>
<p>Well I am working on some applications and indeed some of the schools I like will consider me so I am going to apply. If I get rejected from all of them then I can just wait it out even though I would really really dislike it....like almost anywhere thats has a decent rep would be better than here.
Will Apply
NYU Gallatin by far #1 choice of all schools I would like to transfer to spring transfer or fall. Reach?
BU Match?
Fordham Safe I think might be wrong
GWU Match I talked to some admissions people and I have some chance.
Does anyone believe that geographic diversity might help me being from rural KY? Thanks again for all the replies and please continue with suggestions and advice.</p>
<p>I suspect the 26 ACT combined with the tiny Ky college record will make </p>
<p>NYU
BU
Georgetown
UMd-CP
UChicago
UIUC
JHU
Carnegie Mellon
Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Hail Mary applications. Very unlikely, sorry.</p>
<p>Instead, think about:</p>
<p>American U
GWU--takes a ton of transfers
Villanova
St Joe's in Philly
Tulane
Loyola, in NOLA, Chicago, Marymount in LA, Balto.
Rutgers
Fordham
U Pitt
Catholic U in Wash DC
SLU in ST Louis
Temple
Hunter
Marymount Manhattan
Columbia College chicago
Gonzaga in Spokane
Regis in Denver</p>
<p>As a transfer, I would assume any college is going to want to see some college GPA. As you are looking to transfer second semester of freshman year, all they will be able to see is your high school grades as your first semester grades will not arrive until close to Christmas time when I would assume the admissions staff is working a skeleton crew.</p>
<p>The schools you know take spring transfers, do you also know they will take freshman transfers? I am not trying to be pessimistic, but I know of many schools that will not take freshman transfers. I would suggest you call the schools you are interested in and make sure that will accept a freshman transfer or will they only look at you as a new freshman?</p>
<p>Actually added Tulane to my list of places to apply, after seeing their high transfer rate and I'm going to visit New Orleans anyway for a family thing so I figure no app fee could not hurt. Well I know that it's unlikely but I think I will apply anyway to NYU.....chances if I apply maybe not so good chances I if i dont apply 0. Like GWU but I am unsure if my app will be done by Oct 1 when all things must be postmarked but I already have essays so I think I can get it done.</p>
<p>I did check and in most cases the information is on their websites. All the schools that I have listed as places I am applying will consider mid year freshman transfers. In the case of grades many require a mid semster report similar to mid year reports from high school but the high school record is by far the biggest factor in admissions.</p>
<p>I am glad you have checked on the schools sites. I really did not mean to sound negative; I just didn't want you to get your hope up only to find the school didn't take freshman transfers.</p>