<p>Yesterday I was rejected from Princeton and UPenn my top two choices. So now I am choosing between Middlebury and NYU (presidential honors scholars program) for next year. I am a prospective math major trying to figure out what else I might want to study.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any advice about where I should choose?</p>
<p>Also, I might try to transfer to UPenn. I know I have a choice between two great schools, but I just really love UPenn.. :( </p>
<p>My weaknesses this year were GPA (3.6 unweighted 4.3 weighted. low because I took alot of AP's junior year and couldnt handle the course load.) and my "international status". I currently reside in the USA with my mother, and we hope to get our green card within a month or two. I have a 2370 SAT (1600) 800 math IIC, 770 Chemistry, 760 Literature, I am a USAMO qualifier, and an All-conference american football player. I am currently on pace for straight A's this year. </p>
<p>Can someone tell me what they think about my transfer chances? I am hoping that not being "international" and better grades should do me some good.</p>
<p>A person who might be happy at NYU would probably not be happy at Middlebury. You probably couldn’t come up with two more different schools. Have you visited both? </p>
<p>Why enroll in a college with plans to transfer? Take a gap year and reapply to your top choices, although I’d imagine that if you didn’t get in for first-year admission, your chances of getting in as a transfer student are quite slim.</p>
<p>I don’t think you could find two more diametrically opposing schools if you studied the subject for 10 years on a Federal grant.</p>
<p>Take any aspect of college attendance. Then compare. For example:</p>
<p>(1) Are finances a big issue? If so, which is less expensive for you to attend? There’s one answer.</p>
<p>(2) Is location an issue? If so, where would you feel more at home…a rural ski-bum college town, or a bustling greatest-city-in-the-world-that-never-sleeps atmosphere?</p>
<p>(3) I’ve known many people who have attended Middlebury; all but one were math majors.</p>
<p>(4) I’ve known a few people who have attended NYU; none was a math major, but all were get-outta-town quirky.</p>
<p>Personally, I’d take NYU. But if it were 30 years ago, I’d take Middlebury. Not much help, am I? ;)</p>
<p>These schools couldn’t be more different. I personally would consider Middlebury a better school and would think it would be a much more enjoyable and traditional college experience.</p>
<p>Well as to transfering, I figure that not being in an international pool would up my chances quite a bit. </p>
<p>as to NYU and Middlebury, I went to middlebury on a football recruiting visit and i liked it alot. Visiting NYU this weekend. I feell like i like both of the schools though :-\ decisions :(</p>
<p>Considering you seem to want to transfer for “prestige reasons” or “better name schools” pick the one that you think has the “better name” just in case you end up getting rejected and find yourself forced to finish at middlebury and nyu.</p>
<p>USAMO is very impressive, and that kind of mathematical talent might be wasted at middlebury (no graduate program, which is hugely important for math majors, unlike other majors) and NYU, which has a more applied bent. I would go to middlebury, take advantage of the small class sizes and take mostly math courses and get high marks and try to transfer to MIT, berkeley, Uchicago, etc. I’m currently a student at Dartmouth and although our grad department isn’t considered great, we do have dedicated professors and great grad classes. I didn’t make USAMO (missed by 1 pt), but as a sophomore I’m already taking grad courses, so I’d imagine that by your sophomore term, you’d also probably want to start taking grad courses.</p>