<p>HAHAHAHAHA! I was thinking your probably had a destructive day or something.</p>
<p>I know people in Texas, watch what you say........ :)</p>
<p>Cornell - i'd apply, only if you really wanna go...otherwise, i wouldnt bother
G-Town - APPLY!
Emory - safety/match
Tufts - good shot
Brown - reach (b/c its an Ivy, but i'd say you'd be a good candidate)
Upenn - see brown
Harvard(Multiple Legacies/Relatives in admissions and regional interview program) - heck, give it a shot, harvard is an Ivy Business
Dartmouth? - depends on how many other Ivies youre applying to
Colgate - good shot
Hamilton? - good shot
Wesleyan? - good shot</p>
<p>i'd apply to only places you would want to spend the rest of your college years at...really look at each college/programs/lifestyle...that might cut out 1 or 2...then look at realistic chances..email the universities and ask for average stats for transfers, and if you're more than .5 below the average, i would seriously consider cutting that school</p>
<p>Shoebox, I'm curious about your Cornell comments........Cornell School of ILR is my top choice.</p>
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<p>Huh?</p>
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<p>Definitely worth a shot, but be prepared for anything as the school has a 10% transfer acceptance rate. Makes me think of Boston College (13%). A girl on here was accepted to Harvard last year and rejected from BC...if that gives you an idea of how competitive some of those lower rate schools can be.</p>
<p>Cornell - its a great school, and you have strong stats, but its private so you never know...but, if you dont intend on going, or its a last choice, i wouldnt apply</p>
<p>harvard comment - its an ivy school with a business agenda (in reference to his legacies status...the business part is a joke, laugh)</p>
<p>tufts- hes got strong stats...good essays could top it off...but i didnt know its rate was THAT low, i thought it was around 20</p>
<p>Aren't all of the other schools on my list private as well? Again, it's my first choice.</p>
<p>i think you may have already mentioned doing this, but it's a good idea to call up ILR admissions and talk to somebody who can give you pointers on how your classes will transfer over and suggestion on what would be some good ones to take.</p>
<p>I finished with a 3.825, and recieved awesome recs from my economics and seminar professors.The list is as follows maybe with another safety/reach-match school in there. (Which I'd be open to suggestions for btw.) </p>
<p>Cornell ILR (Visiting/meeting with admissions reps on thursday)
G-Town (Mcdonough)
Emory
Tufts
WashU (Swapped for Wes)
Harvard
Brown</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>If you are considering schools toward the south, replace Tufts with Rice. The latter is cheaper, arguably easier to get into, and a better school.</p>
<p>Ideally I would stay in the Northeast, but I'd definitely rather attend Emory or WashU over my current school. That being said however, if i get into any of the schools on my list in the northeast, and both washu and emory, I would choose the northeast school.</p>
<p>I still think you should add Rice:)</p>
<p>Do you have any idea how much it costs? It's about 35,000$, which is a good 10,000$ cheaper than almost any other school on that list. Rice also has a beautiful campus, and excellent programs.</p>
<p>everything is great except the top schools look for higher test scores...</p>
<p>any disadvantage to submitting only ACT scores instead of SAt scores if the schools explicitly allow it? I got a 32 act score and 1320 sat, and i'm shooting for georgetown.</p>
<p>nspeds cost isn't really the issue....although I wouldn't mind the opportunity to attend Rice if it came down to it.</p>
<p>Also, aren't SATS designed to measure how well one will do their freshman year? If i have a 3.825 from a top LAC (which could actually be 3.925 depending on the grade of my last final), would that essentially confirm that my high school gpa was not a fluke and i'm actually much more intelligent than my scores indicate? :)</p>
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<p>Kind of. Consider the fact that some students may go to a relatively non-competitive school and take a courseload that is not very challenging. In that case, that student may get a 4.0! which is great, except for the fact that had they gone to a school with more competition or taken a more taxing courseload, they wouldn't look like such a genius anymore.</p>
<p>Even in college, standardized test scores can help support your academic profile (or, if you're applying to top schools, they can hurt). However, as you get further into your college career, they matter less because if you have a 4.0, you've kept it for a longer time. </p>
<p>You, though, are a bit of an exception to this fact, since you've done well at your high school as well as at your college. I don't really think test scores will matter that much...but no, they do not become worthless once you've entered college. Low test scores (in the 500s) would be a major red flag at top universities. Your SATs, however, are decent and I wouldn't worry.</p>
<p>Brand I really appreicate that comment.....</p>
<p>The only issue I forsee is that at top notch schools I'm essentially competiting against candidates with high hs gpa, higher sats, and comarable gpas also comming from sound institutions. I'd imagine my 3.9 helps a lot more in me be weighted against, ie) a 3.9 CC student with a 1400</p>
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<p>Or 1500...I guess we'll find out ;)</p>
<p>But you're right - unfortunately, you're going for the very best (Harvard) and will be up against students from "sound" or often top-notch universities...it is only logical to assume that those students already at the best universities will have killer test scores on top of everything, and will have the upper hand in transferring. They are who you and I should fear the most. Hopefully most top-university students are happy where they are and won't try to transfer - we certainly don't need that kind of competition. </p>
<p>Still, if you look at a school like Yale, I've heard that most of its transfer students come from other top universities and CCs. I know you're not at a CC so that's not particularly meaningful, but at least it shows that a top university student won't always get the acceptance. </p>
<p>As I've said before, the biggest drawback to trying to transfer to Harvard from say, Columbia, is explaining why you really need to transfer. You'd better have some damn good reasons since Columbia is one of the best universities in the world. We, on the other hand, will have an easier time explaining why our current institution isn't meeting our needs like Harvard could.</p>