How do I look for these schools?

Transfer Students
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<p>4.45 GPA (in the university Honors College)
2140 SAT (620 Math // 740 English // 780 Writing)
Guitar for eight years
Started my college's Book and History Clubs
Staged a protest at my school in favor of gay rights
Vice President of the GSA</p>

<p>All in my first year in college. If I keep this up, could I transfer to one of the aforementioned schools at the end of next school year (for my junior year at one of the schools)? The only problem is, I kinda bombed high school, 3.0 GPA, only a handful of AP/Honors classes and extracurriculars...</p>

<p>Basically, if I keep up my good work, will I stand a chance at:</p>

<p>Yale
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
UNC
UChicago</p>

<p>?</p>

<p>EDIT - My math score was higher than I originally posted. Sorry.</p>

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<p>I would work on bringing up the math score.</p>

<p>For most of these schools–Cornell and UNC being the exceptions–what will be most important along with grades and scores is showing true intellectual engagement in your current school. Research and real engagement beyond the classroom in academics. Hopefully this will also result in particularly strong prof recs. And all of this should lead to the reason for transfer, it should jibe with what the transfer school has to offer you on your path.</p>

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<p>But how do I show “research and real engagement in academics beyond the classroom” or whatever you said, in an application?</p>

<p>And what will be most important to Cornell and UNC?</p>