I’m currently attending Hofstra University and I would like to transfer to a better school. I’m a political science major with a 3.81 GPA. In high school i had a 3.59 GPA (I was absent due to medical issues a majority of freshman and sophomore years). I’m on the speech and debate team, I’ve interned with local politicians, I’m a part of a sorority and I have 50+ hours of community service and I have a job at a local deli. Paying tuition isn’t an issue for me. I already have a professor who will write me a letter of recommendation. Some schools I would love to transfer go would be-
Northeastern
Boston College
Boston University
Villanova
Uconn
Lehigh
George Washington
American
St John’s
Fordham
Georgetown
Tufts
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon university
College of William and Mary
I know some might be a stretch but if anyone could let me know my odds of any of these universities I would greatly appreciate it.
Hi! I just finished my transfer process this year. Look up the common data set for each of these colleges, most of them should tell you how many transfers they accept. I personally wouldn’t waste time/money applying to schools with a transfer rate under 10%, but that’s completely up to you! Make sure you have a legitimate reason for transferring rather than “this school is a better school” since that won’t be a good enough reason for these schools. It’s very hard to chance transfers, since the pool is very competitive for a lot of schools, but your college stats seem pretty good! Best of luck to you!
@VayfetS , if you want a more accurate answer, it’d be good if you provided SAT / ACT scores, a more comprehensive look at your extracurricular activities, and how many credits you have completed in college.
Do not listen to @transfertobmc , the advice about not bothering to apply to more selective schools is terrible. At a glance, your GPA is very, very good. I’d argue that it’d actually be waste of money for you NOT to apply to the more selective schools.
However, as I stated above, more info is needed if you want to know where you truly stand.
If you are transferring in as a junior most colleges will not look at your high school stats.
I never said that they should not bother applying to selective school schools. First of all, I said, “but that’s just me”. I meant that OP should weigh the cost and the benefits. Some schools only take 10 transfers out of a pool of hundreds (or even thousands), and no matter how good your stats are, it is unlikely you will get in. I had a 3.73, good high school stats, and tons of ECs and I still got rejected from many selective schools as a transfer. I have heard of people with 4.0s getting rejected to transfer from selective schools. I was speaking from experience, some schools just don’t have enough room. That being said, some of the schools on your list may have good transfer rates. You have great stats, and I think that you’ll get into one of the schools on your list.
Don’t forget that you are still going through classes and you have to balance that while writing applications. It will be very difficult to find the time and write good essays for the 15 schools on your list. You also need to pay $50+ dollars for each application. It is beneficial to narrow down your list.
I got a 29 on the ACT, what more do you want to know about my extra curriculars and I’ve completed 30 credits
@TransferStalker All they said was “If it was me I wouldn’t apply to super selective institutions”
Unfortunately in my experience @TomSrOfBoston is not correct about the units. More prestigious institutions tend to look at high school grades no matter how many units you have. HOWEVER, the more college units you have, the less important your HS GPA will be. That being said, a 3.59 is definitely not a deal breaker. Was that weighted or unweighted?
OP I have a question. Obviously, I see that you would like to get into a more prestigious university than Hofstra, but in the event you don’t get into somewhere else you want to go are you OK with staying at Hofstra? If you’re not, you should add some easy safety schools.
The 3.59 was weighted. For the safety schools i was thinking Uconn or St. John’s.
So you would like to transfer away from hofstra no matter what.
Yes, I’m not thrilled there.
So why did you attend in the first place?
Schools take a holistic approach to transfers. It is a bit of a crap shoot. With a 3.8 college gpa it is very possible that you can get in as a transfer to many better colleges. Do some research and select your schools wisely - it is not anywhere near impossible to transfer into a better college.