hoping to transfer to UChicago...

Transfer Students
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<p>I do like my current school, and I'm loving the traveling lifestyle and the new friends I've made, but a part of me is still wishing to be at UChicago. Last year I applied regular decision and was waitlisted, and not accepted. I was pretty crushed, which is rather sad considering I didn't care nearly as much about the other schools I applied to. Something about UChicago just appealed to me and I (perhaps foolishly) got attached to the idea. I just today started the second semester of university, and now I'm faced with a problem: should I put myself through the hell of a transfer application, even though it's not as if I'm desperate to get out of my current school?</p>

<p>I just feel as if I owe it to myself to give it another shot, and that I might regret it if I didn't. UChicago's deadlines are March 1 for early alternative and April 1 for regular notification, so I want to get on top of this right away. It's been difficult following a calendar that doesn't correspond to most other schools, because I wanted to give it a full semester before I tried to leave... I don't want to be too late to apply for a transfer, either. </p>

<p>I am at a university overseas, of good reputation, yet I am quite sure that my credits will not transfer over should I be lucky enough to get in at UChicago - this means I should apply now or else I'll basically be paying tuition for another year that won't even count towards a degree.</p>

<p>However, I don't even know if I'll get into UChicago. Does anyone know if it's hard to transfer in? I figured that since I was waitlisted before, I stand at least a decent chance of getting in now, but I really have no idea. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.. thanks :)</p>

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<p>What I have to add is... why not. It seems as though you have already made up your mind, and while you may be comfortable at your school currently, I don't think that it would do any harm if you applied- the best scenario you get in, the worst, you stay. Not that bad. </p>

<p>I don't know the specifics about how many transfers get in, the percentages, etc., but I know that their Freshman retention rate is 98%. Plus, I applied out of high school and was flat out rejected. Freshman year of college rolled around, I had a 3.8 gpa, a bunch of extracurriculars, coupled with good high school grades and board scores, and I was deferred (better than rejected), but ultimately rejected. So, I think that if you were waitlisted, then maybe you would have better standing than me. </p>

<p>Apply, and the worst part of it would be paying $60 for app. fee. That's it. </p>

<p>Peace</p>