<p>Hi...I'm transferring, and I'm an international student.</p>
<p>I DON'T need aid, but there's a reason I HAVE to transfer this year to a U.S. college. No specific program, just liberal arts.</p>
<p>Can you PLEASE suggest some transfer safeties?</p>
<p>My high school record (I didn't want to give my exact values away, but you get the idea)</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0...maybe more, if that's even possible? But it's unweighted.
SAT's: Combined score, low 2000's. CR about 650, Math and Writing over 700.
SAT Subjects: Two subjects, both between 700 and 800.
iBT Toefl: Near-perfect. English not my first language.
AP: High grades in many exams...
IB: Got 2nd-highest diploma score in my class this year, 7th-highest in the history of my school.
Recommendations: Awesome, my teachers and counselor were really, really nice and actually interviewed us to pick up more detail, even if I've known them for years.
Activities: Sports and Music for a solid number of years, consistently. Also true for volunteer and paid jobs.</p>
<p>The college I'm attending now grades rigorously; it's one of those colleges where to get an A, you have to have OVER 92%....how crazy it that? But so far the lowest grade I've earned is an 81% on a test that's worth about 8% of my grade for 1 subject. The rest are all A's and A+'s. </p>
<p>Also, do U.S. colleges take this kind of grading into account? I can get 90% in all my subjects, and my GPA can be a 3.0 :(</p>
<p>When your college sends your transcripts they will also send a description of grading.</p>
<p>You should also try posting on the Intl Students subforum as the members there are likely to have more knowledge of which schools are Intl-friendly. What you’re asking is a very difficult question because the information available on transfers in general is much less than for fr admissions, and for Intl students, even less. And in addition to the dearth of information, transfer admissions includes more factors than in the fr process: yr of transfer, reason for transfer, HS vs. college record, etc.; and for Intl students FA is also a big factor.</p>
<p>So, the reason you’re struggling and why we’re having a difficult time helping (at least why I am) is because it’s very hard to define a true safety for an Intl transfer.</p>
<p>What “kind” of school are you looking for? Do you have any major/ location/ size/ prestige preferences? Are you interested in a liberal arts school or a research university with a college of the arts and sciences?</p>
<p>I agree with Entomom. It’s also hard to guess safeties because there isn’t a lot of knowledge of schools of the schools between “will take any transfer with a pulse” and “acceptance here is nearly impossible” extremes. So yeah, if you can pay you will get in somewhere. </p>
<p>Oh, and colleges will want letters from college instructors. </p>
<p>There are some colleges in the US that don’t give + or - grades. I have had a few crazy grading scales, although they have been on the professor level, not the college wide level. </p>
<p>Thank you so much, this is actually helping me quite a bit.
I’ll go post on the intl students subforum as well.</p>
<p>Basically any university is fine for me; I would actually prefer somewhere in the city. I don’t want to major in, but want some kind of relationship with really good fine arts, or be in a place where there’s access to a good music/art scene (so the city basically). Since I don’t really know what I want to study yet, but any college with a liberal arts curriculum’s fine.</p>
<p>My dream schools are Dartmouth/Columbia/University of Chicago. I would also put NYU, USC, BC and Tufts as my dreams not because I think it is WAY out of reach for me, but if I get accepted, I DEFINATLEY go. I’m also thinking of applying to Lewis and Clark and Loyola Marymount.</p>
<p>I have good relationships with all of my professors They’re really friendly and I’ve made a good impression for ALL of my subjects so far. My real reason for transfer is that I didn’t make it to the states last year because of FA, but my reasons for each college are very specific.</p>
<p>college_ruled, can you give me names of collges that would be “will take any transfer with a pulse” ? I just need a safety…</p>
<p>I wonder how many schools I should apply to?</p>
<p>Have you considered American, GW, Catholic U, U MD, North Eastern, BU, Fordham, CUNY, or SUNY? You have even more options if you consider urban schools in non major east coast cities. Maybe Wash U in Saint Louis? DePaul in Chicago?</p>
<p>If you think about it, people who fail out of one school have to get in somewhere else. I know someone who failed her first semester at college and later enrolled at University of the District of Columbia. Community colleges have open enrollment, and a few have dorms. Non flagstaff state schools are another possibility. (Some might have a 2.5 minimum GPA requirement, but that doesn’t look like a problem for you.) I would go to the college match maker on the college board website and search for urban schools, and >75% students admitted, etc. (Yes, the >75% rate is for freshmen, but presumably the acceptance rate for transfers is also high at these kind of schools.) </p>
<p>I know that state schools often have rolling admissions for freshman applicants; I think this is true for transfers too. If you apply and are accepted early to a safety, you can apply to as many or few schools as you want.</p>
<p>If it’s rolling admissions I guess it means I can apply any time?
I guess it’s different for each college and I’ll ask, but do you have any idea when I’ll recieve a reply?
It just seems strange applying for next year fall semster when spring semester aps aren’t even due yet…</p>
<p>1) With rolling admissions, earlier is better. Of course, there is an earliest date you can find the application/ the college will accept applications. </p>
<p>2) Rolling schools probably have a faster turn around time for replies. I received replies anywhere from April until June. (I didn’t apply to any rolling schools). </p>
<p>3) There are colleges that have deadlines in June for entering in the following fall, so go figure.</p>
They’re really friendly and I’ve made a good impression for ALL of my subjects so far. My real reason for transfer is that I didn’t make it to the states last year because of FA, but my reasons for each college are very specific.</p>