<p>Obviously very difficult. I'm just wondering, with a 3.8 HS GPA, 3.9 college gpa (based on current grades but obviously depending on ability to keep it that way), 2160 SAT would I have a shot at getting accepted as a transfer. I currently attend UVA.</p>
<p>I'm well aware of the difficulty and no one is a sure thing, but I have great interest in the school and am wondering if my stat's stack up</p>
<p>Provide more information. Your chances depend on what you're majoring in and how rigorous your courses are and to top it all off, recommendations from your teachers and dean.</p>
<p>My courses for first semester are
Econ 201
Comm180
Intro To Hinduism
Spanish 106
Sociology of the Family</p>
<p>I plan to major in English/Philosophy. Is my courseload above a difficult courseload? I really have no idea how to judge a freshman courseload. Let me know!</p>
<p>That's a pretty standard courseload.</p>
<p>How hard is it exactly to transfer to Columbia?</p>
<p>I'd say it's exactly super hard.</p>
<p>Continue to keep up the good GPA. I hope you have stellar ECs and essays 'cos the GPA won't get you in alone.</p>
<p>Er, when you say standard, does that imply in a bad way or a good way? Like, it's not an issue is it?</p>
<p>And yeah, I realize I need stellar EC's and essays. </p>
<p>I think I have good EC's, not stellar, but they seem solid.
-I'm a writer and correspondent for Hoo's News, which is like a UVA version of the Daily show. I interviewed people, not really of much importance but interesting sidenote like Marlon Wayans and Tatiana Ali
-I'm an Assistant Teacher for 3rd graders at the local elementary school
-I'm Communications Coordinator for my dorm, which means I'm involved in advertising programs and events
-Member of the Film Makers Society. I have and will be involved on several productions in various roles, (actor, Assistant Director). I'm also in progress of creating a music video for a rap I wrote</p>
<p>I’d say 5 courses at Columbia is pretty standard. Take 6 six classes if you want to impress them. And yea, teacher recs make a huge difference. I transferred from the business college at UF, which means that I’ve only been at Columbia for an entire fall semester and am a current 2nd year. Just be sure that you impress whoever at UVA and make them think that you’re the #1 kid in your year/college. Columbia wants to hear that you rank in the top 1-3% of students he’s ever taught. It’s really easy to say something like this if you suggest to “assist” your professor in writing the rec. While he may modify what you write, it will nevertheless have the same grand structure you’ve created (and it’s way easier for you to spend more time on a rec about yourself than he would about you).</p>
<p>I also heard that about 2,000+ kids applied, and about 60-100 got in? Either way, I also heard that the transfer admit rate was somewhere around 4-4.5%, making it more difficult than freshman year RD applications. </p>
<p>I would also suggest getting an internship on top of your six classes, because the top students at Columbia certainly do that (at least the intense ones who really want a banking job). Not sure if you’re into that, but Columbia would like to see that you would take advantage of NYC. Columbia kids often intern at Bloomberg/NY Times/Fashion magazines/many places during the school year all the time (which is one reason we’re all so damn busy).</p>
<p>Oh also, don’t worry if you do/don’t get in, and congratulations if you do end up getting in. Like freshman year applicants to almost all ivies/any school with ~8% admit rates, acceptance is almost luck. Yes there are things you may do to distinguish yourself, but w/e, so have 20,000 other kids. I’m sure you’ve learned this. Personally, I was gung-ho about getting in, and glad that I did. I visited, wrote additional letters, took crazy course loads, interned, etc, almost everything you could do. But anyhow, to let you get a taste of the transfer kids from this year, one person submitted the same application the day before it was due and ended up getting in, where the other got all A’s with several A+'s and a couple A-'s her freshman and sophomore years (she’s a junior) and got in as well. Either way I’d say we’re a pretty smart and hard-working group. Also a lot of kids from exeter and from NYC who just wanted to get back into the city after making the mistake of leaving “to get away from home.”</p>
<p>Umm… you do realize this thread is from 2008?</p>