<p>Alrighty. I'll give you some stats, and help me pick out which schools do you think would fit.</p>
<p>Completed 1 full year of college already going for 2nd, transfering for Fall of 07.</p>
<p>Past SAT score: (I know its low) 700 Math, 630 English
GPA: 3.96-3.9 at current college
HS GPA = 3.6-3.7</p>
<p>Activities:
Peer Tutor
School's newspaper
School's "literary magazine"
Speech and Debate Team
Political Science Club
Peer Advisor in Academic Advising Office
Youth for Opera
Participated in Collegebowl activities. (qualified for a spot on the building's team... first place out of 150, qualified for a spot on the residential community team... first place out of 600, went to the university wide qualifers, placed eighth in the entire university 'out of 11,000'. Only top 6 get to represent the univesity at regionals/nationals. DID NOT MAKE IT =(</p>
<p>Played violin from 3rd-12th grade.</p>
<p>This winter... participating in an humanitarian aid effort in Cambodia where I will be teaching english/aiding the village in their economy.</p>
<p>Will get excellent recs from professors/advisors.</p>
<p>Will not be applying for financial aid.</p>
<p>Thinking of Brown? Please add more to my list. Small Liberal Arts schools are also welcome.</p>
<p>Not enough info to help you find fit. What size schools do you want (LACs only, or LACs as one possibility?) Urban/rural? Geographic area? Greek/no Greek? Academic areas of interest? etc. etc.</p>
<p>What school do you now attend and why do you want to transfer?</p>
<p>btw, I love that you participated in Collegebowl. I didn't know that still existed; loved to watch it back in the day.</p>
<p>LACs as a possiblilty... I'm open to anything really.</p>
<p>As for the geographic US... anywhere is good as long as its not in the deep south. </p>
<p>As frats are concerned... I'm fine with frats, as long as they're not too overbearing over the entire university.</p>
<p>Academic interests: Political Science, English, somewhere along the lines of that.</p>
<p>As of the moment I attend a state school. I want to transfer because professors just don't seem to care about their students. I had one professor who scolded the entire lecture hall of about 200 students, about how she doesn't want any emails or questions... and that everyone should just ask their RA. The student population itself doesn't seem to appreciate learning for the sake of learning. They all seem to get on with life, get the degree, and make money. I know I'm generalizing a lot here... but this is the experience I got from this place. While I'm sure a lot of students are smart, intelligent, informed individuals... from my experience, the majority = not the case.</p>
<p>Your reason for wanting to transfer is a valid one. But with your being "open to anything", wide open geographically, etc., it's really impossible to help you find what will fit. There are too many colleges and universities out there for strangers on a message board to select for you.</p>
<p>Your stats are strong, and there's nothing wrong (and a lot right) about being open to suggestion on schools. But I think you need to find some way to focus in, if you want suggestions.</p>
<p>I want some place that actually cares about their undergraduates :(
I also plan on attending grad school (want to be a professor) or law school (civil rights law), so a school that has great acceptance rates for this is also needed</p>
<p>Newbyreborn: It affects me greatly! I've always been the intellectually curious kind of guy, it doesn't really matter what subject, but if it sparks my buttons... well I tend to absorb it. My peers on the other hand, they don't really seem to care. My roommates/suitemates for example, they'll go out and party on a tuesday night! not thursday, not friday, not saturday, but a tuesday! I cleaned up their puke several times already. I don't know. I've asked a lot of kids around me about what they wanted to do in life... and a lot of them pursue their goals for the sake of money. It's just not right for me.</p>
<p>Those are good stats. If you are really interested in Poli Sci/Government major, I think Georgetown is a place you can get in. Stanford is a little reach, and so is Harvard and Yale, but you should still try to apply to those schools. For good English programs, the three I just mentioned are good, along with UC Berkeley (also good law program, and also arguably has best post-grad programs throughout the country), which I think is a school you can get in with ease. For safeties, you should also jot down UCLA.</p>
<p>However, I will suggest that you retake those SATs if you wanna have a shot at those Ivies/Stanford/Georgetown. Get atleast 2175-2200 in SAT I, and also take SAT II.</p>
<p>Wow. You give me too much credit lol. I think it doesn't help me that I'm of Asian descent, since I heard that Berkeley = a lot of asians. =(</p>
<p>Any other matches besides Georgetown? I actually applied my high school year, but in the end, I withdrew my application... I still don't know why I did that at the time.</p>
<p>OceanNightSkies, are you in California? All of the (non-UC) schools in pellman's post are reaches, because they take few transfers. But reach does not = impossible. I didn't know UCLA could be considered a safety, but maybe it is if you are a Californian.</p>
<p>I think LACs would be good for what you seek, or honors/themed housing in a medium or large university. Why don't you google (or search here on cc) the schools with the highest % of grads who go on to pursue PhDs? I've seen that discussed here and those might be good target schools for you. I seem to recall Swarthmore on that list...</p>
<p>Still, and MOST IMPORTANT, if you do <em>not</em> want to stay where you are and you are not a Californian, you will need a balanced list of reach/match/safety. The schools on the list I mention might tend to all be at the reach-y end; not sure. But... once you id your 1-3 reach schools, you can come back here for suggestions of less selective schools which are like them. That would be the best way we could give you suggestions.</p>
<p>Well I visited Brown during my senior year, applied and got rejected. I knew I was going to get rejected anyway since I only had a 1330. But I am so in love with that school!!! So thats definitely on my reach list. I guess, Cornell would also be on that list too, I had some friends who went there, and they love it. I also have a friend at Stanford and he loves it there too... maybe even Dartmouth? I don't know, these schools seem like very far reaches. I've been looking at every school possible right now... UMich, NYU, Oberlin, Vassar, Northwestern, Wesleyan? =</p>
<p>I listed UCLA as a safety because going by his stats, he will have an easy time transfering to one of their liberal arts majors (poli sci, english, etc...)
I might be wrong, but who knows.</p>