<p>I'm looking for some feedback on what schools to apply to for a transfer for next year:</p>
<p>I am currently a freshman on a full academic scholarship to the top private college in my state and one of the top three in the southeast. Currently I have all As.</p>
<p>Last year I graduated as the valedictorian of a competetive private school (310+) and scored above 2200 on my SAT (top 99 %). I also did well on my AP tests and have like a ton of service and activities. I have been doing research at a neurodegenerative research facility for a year now. I'll probably get published this year.</p>
<p>Basically I hate my school with a passion and my parents forced me to go there to save money, however I have enough for three years and recently received a ton of scholarships (over ten thousand worth). </p>
<p>I want to transfer to Harvard, Brown, UPenn, Duke, Uchicago, Dartmouth, or Columbia? Given I got into some ot these schools last year do I stand a chance at a transfer this year?</p>
<p>Unless you have a distinct idea of what will make these schools better for you than the one you're at right now, I don't know if you should transfer just yet.</p>
<p>Yes, you stand a chance. I don't know which, if any, of them accept Spring transfers. So you may need to focus on Fall 08. It sounds like you have thought about the finances, but I can't tell if you have that totally covered.</p>
<p>Give it a shot! Get a good GPA, you've done everything right. Transferring is extraordinarily difficult but you are the type of student who gets accepted. Northwestern tends to be transfer friendly, you might want to add it to the list.</p>
<p>ughh..now I have to compete against you if you decide to apply to NU.
but that's cool..its how competition works....
btw, I feel the same as you (I'm a freshman as well) and I have somewhat decent stats. I'm workin my butt off to do well this year and hopefully get into NU as a transfer for fall '08.</p>
<p>All of the schools you listed do not have mid year transfers so you would have to transfer for fall 08. Also keep in mind that many of the schools on your list overenrolled their freshmen classes to the point that they did not take any or very few people from their freshmen waitlist. Unless there is som major movement with fresmen hating their schools this is going to be a very hard year for transfers.</p>
<p>Thanks, you wouldn't happen to know which schools in particular overenrolled.
Also, don't schools keep a set number of spots available for transfers even if they have too many students. Which of these schools listed above do a stand the best chance at?</p>
<p>"don't schools keep a set number of spots available for transfers even if they have too many students"
The ONLY school that does this among those you listed is Chicago. see this link Chicago:</a> Transfer Applicants</p>
<p>The number of openings at all the other schools is strictly a function of how many students leave and how large the incoming Freshman class is. H, D, C were all overenrolled last year, and the number of transfer students accepted was very, very low.That may well occur again, because of the sheer number of applicants for Freshman openings. Don't hold you breathe for an acceptance letter, except maybe at Chicago.
Did you apply to any of the colleges you want to transfer to last year? Were you accepted at any? If you were, then you may have a better chance than most, if your college grades are top notch.</p>