Harvard, Yale, Stanford?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi all! Im thinking about transferring to those schools but I'm not sure if I have much of a shot...Im at UCLA right now. Im a freshman in the Honors program with a 3.95 and will probably have 3.8-3.9 by the time I apply next year for junior status. I have a 2100/2400 SAT with 760 sat II math. </p>

<p>Ill be applying as a Bio major. I have done research in a neuroscience lab, volunteering in a hospital, and will start a major research project at a hospital next summer. </p>

<p>Do ya'll think it is even worth applying? From what you guys have seen, do those schools even consider kids from state schools? And if there is anyone here who has been accepted to those schools, am I on par with what they accept? (the school's websites arent really specific on admission statistics)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>UCLA is a top school, it doesnt really matter that your in a state school.</p>

<p>its also a reasearch institute and you have a lot of opportunaties for research and anything else you would want at UCLA.</p>

<p>Your stats are great, my only concern would be proving to these universaties that they have something that UCLA can not offer you. </p>

<p>You have to have excellent reasons for wanting to transfer. </p>

<p>Also, considering that your a freshman at UCLA right now, i wouldnt get too over eager on transferring especially considering that your in the Bio major and once you get into your major courses it might not be as easy as you plan on it being to maintain your gpa . I think south campus average gpa is somewhere below 3.0. </p>

<p>If you do maintain your gpa and continue with your ECs and research you stand a good chance giving that you have actual reasons for wanting to transfer aside from "prestige" , because i personally dont see anything those schools have that UCLA couldnt give you on the undergraduate level.</p>

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<p>UCLA isn't really in the league of what people think when they think "state school", so I definitely wouldn't worry about that.</p>

<p>also agreed with the poster above, make sure you really articulate what those schools can give you that no other school can.</p>

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<p>Why do you want to go? If you say "because those schools are more prestigious," then you'll need to do a lot more convincing.</p>

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<p>Just so you know, the chances of getting in as a transfer student to H,Y and S are HALF that of the freshman admit rate., i.e. 2.5% for H, approx 5% for S and Y. So for 98% of students wanting to transfer it is not worth applying. And if you applied as a freshman and were rejected, then don't bother.</p>

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<p>Menloparkmom that is horrible advice.
If you didn't get in, show some persistence! I know for sure that I didn't get in the first time around to any of those places, and gave it my best shot with a transfer application to SU.
It is always worth applying, especially if you have a genuine interest in the academics and extracurricular opportunities that one of these schools can provide that are not available at your current school.</p>

<p>Never give in or lose confidence in your own abilities.</p>

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<p>don't give upp</p>

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<p>Show genuine interest and have clear and convincing reasons as to why ___ school would suit you better than UCLA. Be persistent, they'll recognize this. If you're app shows more interest than a majority of the other transfer applicants, you've already got an advantage.</p>

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<p>a 3.8ish- 3.9ish is not nearly enough for harvard, yale, or stanford</p>

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<p>Uhhh...what are you talking about? Did you see last year's Columbia acceptance thread? There were 4.0's rejected and 3.6's accepted. What it comes down to is how well you convince them of your need to transfer.</p>

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<p>That's straight up NOT true. I don't know why you think that. And not to mention, GPA is not the only important factor of the application.</p>

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<p>calm down folks, I don't think a 3.8 is enough to transfer to those schools. Sue me =)</p>

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<p>Well, no one will sue you but I find it slightly disingenuous to offer advice that is not only discouraging but simply not true.
"And if you applied as a freshman and were rejected, then don't bother."...umm, well, I think that's not very nice and not necessarily true.</p>

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<p>It is definitely not true:)</p>

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<p>lol, I'm only saying a high gpa counts to get into Harvard, Yale, or Stanford. OMG that is so wrong-- and 'disingenuous'. It is conventional wisdom after all, that a higher GPA fares better than a lower one.</p>

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<p>Sure gpa is important, though, it is not everything in my opinion. In my earlier response I was referring to not applying because one was rejected once before.</p>

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<p>a 4.0 with no EC is not going to be looked better at than a 3.7 with good ECs</p>

<p>A GOOD gpa is needed for those schools, good is by no means a 4.0</p>

<p>When you apply to those schools, you alreayd will have a good gpa anyways, unless your just applying on a whim, so what is going to be setting you apart will be your work, ECs, reasons for transfer, etc.......... in a pool of exceptional applicants, a 3.9 and a 4.0 are equal...... its the other things that set them apart.</p>

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<p>Okay the poster already talked about awesome ECs so where did I say that a a 4.0 with no ECs is better? I was speaking to the posed situation.</p>

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<p>guys where is the columbia acceptance thread that youre talking about?</p>

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<p>dang i thought this thread died and no one responded... thanks for all the help everyone!</p>