<p>suppose i was a second semester freshman, already with a full year's worth of credits (so technically a first semester sophomore), and ready to transfer</p>
<p>ok so what if i had a 2300 SAT, 35 ACT, a 3.75 weighted GPA and 7th percentile class rank from highschool, and my college GPA was a perfect 4.0 (easier said than done, right?). i would be attending a tier 1 state university that isnt very great, but not horrible either, like ranked 120th on the US news rankings, but i would also be in their honors college. suppose i also had decent extracurriculars-- ie. being in a few clubs, doing a couple intramural sports, and being in an honors society or something, maybe even holding a minor student government position.</p>
<p>would there be any way i would be rejected as a transfer from ivy league schools and top schools like brown, cornell, georgetown, northwestern, berkeley, etc? i really cant see a person with stats like these being rejected. good academics and decent high school record with a perfect college GPA, as well as some school activities seems like a perfect combination</p>
<p>There is no “perfect combination”. There’s really what you do and what the school likes to see. If those match, then you’re golden but you can’t follow the recipe of just add a little of this, have a little of that and you are definitely in. There are many paths to one destination is what I am saying. </p>
<p>For me, its about following my passions. I will apply to the schools I see best fit for me then cross my fingers. Rejections happen and I’ve had my fair share but there are no guarantees either.</p>
<p>yes but wouldnt it be very unlikely for someone to be rejected to these schools even with such high stats? a 4.0 after a year’s worth of courses and a 2300 SAT shows that the student has the talent and ability to perform well. isnt that what these top schools are looking for?</p>
<p>Again, I cannot comment on whether it is unlikely or not that you will or will not get into these schools. Lots of people say it’s a crapshoot and it really is. You think you’re solid and then the next minute you get a rejection. </p>
<p>If you’re looking for reassurance I will say this much: I believe you can perform academically and are intellectual. As are most people who roam CC. I guess the real question now is for you to determine how you stand out? Good luck :)</p>
<p>Yes, many ivy leagues would reject a transfer student with those stats because they have a giant pile of apps of similar transfer students and only a few spots available.</p>
<p>These 4.0 transfer students are denied because these ivy/elite schools have 1500 applications of brilliant students and maybe 15 to 150 spots.</p>
<p>At a school like Stanford, they look for certain quirks and hooks in their transfer students–so a solid 4.0 student with great ECs still might not stand out in the crowd of applicants.</p>
<p>Berkeley is mandated to take students from California first. Most their OOS transfers will be full-pay students because Berkeley needs the money. Do you fit either of those criteria? Harsh, but that is how it is here now.</p>
<p>Cornell takes quite a few transfer students every year, so that is a good possibility. Brown is a bit of a toss up. Etc.</p>
<p>The thing to do is to add a handful of great colleges that maybe aren’t ivy league but are strong in your field so that there is a wider chance of getting acceptance to a school that will challenge you.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you would be at a CC if you had those grades/test scores in high school. One area in which you could stand out is the difficulty of your coursework during your time at CC.</p>
<p>im not planning to go to a CC lol…</p>
<p>i was actually accepted to some decent schools, including one thats ranked in the top 20 as well as UCSD, UCSB, davis, case western, and a few others i cant remember atm. i was waitlisted at vanderbilt and im still waiting for michigan</p>
<p>the problem is, all of these schools are out of state for me, and i would basically be paying 50k a year if i decide to go to any of these schools. paying for the tuition isnt a problem because my father is very wealthy, but i still would feel horrible essentially wasting my dad’s money to go out of state for a school that isnt one of the BEST in the field i am planning to study. my rationale is, if i am going to go out of state and pay a lot of money for college, it needs to be a very, very, very good school. plus, if i go instate for a year or two, my dad would only be paying like 2k a year, pretty much a free education</p>
<p>my stats are “ok” i guess, but obviously many of the admissions boards to the places i applied to didnt like what they saw. in 9th grade i made a bunch of C’s, and my current unweighted GPA is a 3.5 in HS and 3.65 weighted. i am in the top ten percent of my class currently, and i am taking the SAT/ACT once again this may/june, and i am scoring in the 2300s/35 on my practice tests. the stats that i posted are what i will have at the end of highschool if everything goes as planned. but yeah, i was rejected from a lot of schools because my grades earlier in highschool were horrible and my extracurriculars werent awesome to make up for my mediocre grades</p>