<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I am international student. I was accepted in the U.S. college this year. I will be freshman. However, it is not my dream school and I would like to transfer to others schools like:</p>
<ol>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>Emory University</li>
<li>Georgetown University</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University</li>
<li>UCBerkeley</li>
<li>Notre Dame</li>
<li>Vanderbilt</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
</ol>
<p>I have checked there transfer rates and most of them range from 24%-40%. I think if I study hard in my freshman year I will have a real chance to transfer in one of those schools. However, like a said I am transfer and international student which makes it incredible tough to get any scholarship or even an aid. I can pay $20K. That is my pick.</p>
<p>Do you think I will have a real chance in transferring in any school listed above without being able to pay it all by myself? And if yes how can I boost my chances of transferring there? I mean GPA? extracurriculars? Community service? or anything else that I might not know about?</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>P.S. I would like to study business</p>
<p>Guys I need your suggestions, plz</p>
<p>Sorry, you’re not going to get any aid as an international transfer which means all those schools are out.</p>
<p>Wow, that was pessimistic, indeed. 
Maybe a scholarship would work?</p>
<p>Transferring as an international will be very difficult, especially if aid is necessary. What school are you going to now and what’s wrong with it? If you’re determined to try to transfer after freshman year, take a decent course load and keep your grades up.</p>
<p>Sorry to be pessimistic, but those are the facts. No point in getting your hopes up. Transfer scholarships are few and far between, and even more so for internationals.</p>
<p>I am an INTL student. Frankly, the aids for international transfers are very very limited.
1, Are you a California Community Colleges students? If not, Hass and UCLA will be long shots for you because they both admit heavily from in-state community colleges (90%).
2, Cornell’s business major is AEM which is also very tough. Even though the admit rate of the Cornell CALS school is almost 40%, but most of them are guaranteed transfers and AEM is the most impact major within CALS school.
3, For the rest, I would say if you could keep your GPA high and get good SAT scores and high school stats (since you are applying after freshman year, high school stats is still important), you would have good shots.
PS: Most schools are not need-blind for INTL applicants. If you apply those aids, the admission will be much harder.</p>
<p>I’m in FL not in California. I mean there has to be some kind of a school in which I can transfer right? These schools were my choices but if I can not get in them do you know any other good schools which would fit my situation?</p>
<p>Do u really need the financial aids? If yes, you have to do many research to find the schools that are aid friendly to INTL students. If not, like I said before, your will have more choices.</p>
<p>If you’re in FL, why don’t you try for U of Miami? It’s a top 50 school too
[Transfer</a> Academic Scholarships | Enrollment Management | University of Miami](<a href=“http://www.miami.edu/index.php/ug/scholarships/transfer/]Transfer”>http://www.miami.edu/index.php/ug/scholarships/transfer/)
If you get a GPA of 3.7 or above, you’re qualified for getting scholarships</p>
<p>Yeah, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but like every else has been saying, those schools are probably out of reach for you due to your need for financial aid. It sucks, majorly, but that’s how it is. =/</p>
<p>BUT, there are still plenty of good schools on par with the choices you listed that are friendlier towards transfers. The University of Colorado at Boulder comes to mind–you might want to give them a looksee. They have a very high transfer acceptance rate, and a lot of scholarships. I’m sure you’d be able to get at least one of those if you keep your grades up. Also, CU-Boulder is considered to be a public ivy, so it’s got that going for it as well.</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>