<p>Hello,
I am very interested in attempting to transfer into Yale from my small southern liberal arts college, where I'm a presidential scholar double majoring in political science and writing.
My high school ACT was a 28
College GPA: 4.0
HS GPA: 3.84
I'm from michigan, but i had to attend college in tennessee because they offered me a better financial aid package (my family is on social security, and my father was killed several years ago in a tractor accident.) I'm a white, female that eventually wants to go to law school.
I originally also went to school down south because i was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease that requires I have constant labwork and take arounf 20 pills a day, and because i had family nearby that could take care of me if i got sick, which I did a lot (being on immunosupressant drugs + living in michigan with snow is not good for my health, and the south is warmer.)
I went to a very small high school in the middle of nowhere and graduated fifth in my class.
I want to attempt to transfer to either:
Yale,
Cornell,
Wellesley, because of their generous financial aid packages, and the joint programs with teacher licensure along with the academic majors, as well as the challenge of going to a larger school. (My high school was tiny, my current college is tiny, I'm ready for a challenge elsewhere.)
I have tons of extracurriculars, abd took the hardest classes, but my school only offered two AP classes, one of which I took and got a 4.
Would I be laughed out of the admissions office if I applied to transfer to any of these schools? I've visited most of them, and I'm going again this summer to check them out. I just want to know what kind of chances I have.
Please help!
Thanks,</p>
<p>You won't be laughed at because colleges take into context your surroundings, high school( and limited options) as well as your extenuating circumstances. Your financial status, father's death,rare illness are compelling- and make your GPA ever more impressive. You certainly have a great character from what I can just see here. Your college GPA is impressive. However, I do not know enough about the transfer process to make a valid assessment. You may also want to post under the Transfer section in CC but I understand why you would post here because there is much more traffic.</p>