<p>Hey everyone I am a current Penn State honors student at one of the commonwealth campus's. I am going to be a junior next year and have decided that main campus would not suit my needs the best. As a transfer applicant I applied to Penn, Haverford College, Georgetown, NYU, Villanova, and Lehigh. This week I was rejected by both Penn and Haverford:(. I have spent the past year of my life working towards this and I don't know what I am going to do if I do not get into at least one of these schools. Everyone that knows me knows I have been working very hard to get into a more desired school and I am going to be extremely embarrassed if I do not get into at least one of them. Here are my stats and let me know what you think my shot at Georgetown, NYU, Villanova, and Lehigh are.</p>
<p>College: Penn State Berks (honors)
Major: Economics
GPA: 3.59</p>
<p>Extra Curricular Activities:
-Volunteer and Research Project in South Africa
-Undergraduate Research Conference (got an award here)
-Communication for Community Health
-Penn State Budget Committee|Student Advisor
-Student Government Association|Representative
-Penn State Business Leadership Club|Founder and President
-Energy Research Project|Group Leader
-Research Publication for Textbook|Research Assistant
-State Park Volunteering
-Salvation Army Volunteering
-Relay For Life Volunteering</p>
<p>Awards and Recognitions
-Penn State Honors College Acceptance
-Penn State Deans List (all semesters)
-Penn State Superior Academic Achievement Award (all semesters)
-Sustainability Research Publication</p>
<p>Other:
Financial Aid Applicant: No
White male</p>
<p>This upcoming Summer Activities:
Internship at the Department of Commerce in Washington D.C.
Studying abroad for a Summer Semester at the London School of Economics</p>
<p>Thanks for your time and please let me know what you think.</p>
<p>DS is currently going through the transfer process. Some of the schools that you mentioned were on his list but crossed them off after learning what they look for. Based on our knowledge and research of the schools, I would say </p>
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<li>Georgetown is a reach (solely based on GPA…you should have a 3.7 - 3.8+ range for a better chance), </li>
<li>NYU is a high match/low reach (DS went to NYU but I don’t have much knowledge about transfer admissions, based on other threads though, I would say high match or low reach),</li>
<li>Villanova is probably the school that is more likely to accept you of the three left but it’s still a stretch considering the (average) amount of transfers they accept as shown on collegeboard.</li>
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<p>Please don’t be embarrassed if you don’t get into any of them…it’s not the end of the world. Stop thinking about what others might think about you. My advice is to consider improving your application and apply for the entrance in the spring or fall 2015. Assuming that there’s no issue at you’re current school, also consider staying put and apply to your dream school for grad school. </p>
<p>Thanks for the input. My current school unfortunately doesn’t offer my major so I can’t stay here. I have my fingers crossed for Nova because that is the my favorite of the three to be honest. I am only embarrassed because I don’t want to take a year or semester off school and I know transferring to State College will not be a match for me </p>
<p>The schools you applied to are all pretty tough to get into as a transfer. Yes, it is disappointing to get rejections, but you have nothing to be embarrassed about if you don’t get in to any of them. You still have great stats and a great resume. You gave it a shot. I assume you are going for your BA in Econ? I do think your likeliest bets for an offer are NYU and Villanova. Even though you are a rising junior, I’m pretty sure Villanova still is interested in your standardized test scores, so that may help/hurt a little depending on how you did. Even if nothing else works out, Penn State (State College) is still a great fall back plan to have. Why is it you don’t think it is a good match for you?</p>
<p>Its huge and I would prefer to be in a city or by a city vs in the middle of nowhere. I also have some minor health issues and I would prefer to be within to hours of home.</p>