I will die if i dont get out of here....please help

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I need some help with chances. I really must leave Tufts next year (my family wont even pay for it again), and I want to go to UNC. I had one person tell me I had a good shot, but I was hoping for another opinion.</p>

<p>GPA- 3.3 at tufts (low grades in Bio and Language courses), 3.8 in HS
30 ACT, 1370 SAT</p>

<p>ECs- VP recruitment for a frat, varsity swimming letter, 2 club sports, Big Brother (volunteer thing), I am also converting to catholicism so I am somewhat involved with that and had a rec from the Tufts priest.</p>

<p>Reason for transfer- Said I wanted a more economically diverse school, also want to take business and marine science courses not offered here at tufts.</p>

<p>What do you think?? I will have to find somewhere else to apply if I don't get in (so any suggestions are helpful too!!!)</p>

<p>Love,
vaco008</p>

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<p>ps I am out of state (GA resident) but i hear that doesn't matter for transferring anyways</p>

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<p>you dont like tufts? why not?</p>

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<p>its not really my scene, plus its too expensive</p>

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<p>Thats a shame your family wont make a small sacrifice for your future. I feel sorry for you.</p>

<p>I think UNC will be a bit of a reach.</p>

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<p>you apprently have a warped sense of reality. 40 grand a year isnt a "small sacrifice", and most successful people never went to a school as good as tufts. thanks for the chances though</p>

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<p>I live in Chapel Hill and I say you have a great chance to be tranferred in. </p>

<p>Although the GPA is a little low for an out of stater but everything else looks good.</p>

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<p>i keep hearing state residency doesnt matter for transfers, do you know if thats true? and wont that fact that i have a 3.3 at tufts rather than a community college or other less prestigious state school help a little?</p>

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<p>I dont have a warped sense of reality. Do you qualify for student loans and financial aid?</p>

<p>But whatever...and btw...just because Tufts is small doesnt make it a bad school. Lots of successful people graduated from there. John H. Sununu, Bill Richardson (governor of NM), Philip Zelikow (9/11 Comission Director), Thomas Pickering (US Ambassador), two state senators, James Dimon (CEO of Morgan Chase), Costas Carmalis (Prime Minister of Greece), not to mention six actors (such as Hank Azaria and William Hurt).</p>

<p>And out-of-state tuition at UNC will still be near $30,000 so you won't save too much.</p>

<p>And it doesn't matter that your GPA is a 3.3 at Tufts. UNC-Chapel Hill is just as rigorous (and actually, higher ranked; albeit by two slots)</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>not higher ranked. I saw that you applied to tufts...haha</p>

<p>ps i dont know anyone, ANYONE with a 3.4 HS gpa here</p>

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<p>oh, and my family CAN pay for it, they just dont want to. Its not a good value. I have had the mostawful professors here, the student body is stuck up, and the residential, dining, athletic, and academic facilities are a joke. Where else should I apply? I really can't come back here next year</p>

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<p>You might want to consider these schools (though it may be too late to send in an app):</p>

<p>Vanderbilt
Emory
Washington and Lee
Davidson
William and Mary
UVa
Wake Forest
University of Michigan
University of Boston</p>

<p>Academically, all these schools are about in the same league as Tufts. Also, I think William and Mary has a marine biology program and U of Mich has an undergrad business school. Not sure about the rest, though.</p>

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<p>though not in same league overall as UNC chapel hill, I've heard that UNC Wilmington is known for marine biology and perhaps you could transfer once in the UNC system if marine bio ends up not being what you want.</p>

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<p>Vac,</p>

<p>Hey hon. I do think you have a good shot. God, I hope you get in!</p>

<p>If you don't like Tufts, you don't like Tufts.</p>

<p>And mkm56's idea is a good one. It might actually be easier to transfer to UNC CH if you start with Wilmington.</p>

<p>Good luck and maybe (hopefully) I'll be at CH with you!</p>

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<p>thanks, but I am already a sophomore, so I dont really think UNCW would be a possibility unless I want to take the 5-6 year approach, and my parents aren't really down with that. Hopefully UNC works out. I wish they did rolling!</p>

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<p>Also, some slightly lower-ranked but still good schools like Wisconsin-Madison, Penn State, Maryland, and even University of Florida.</p>

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<p>bump . . . . . . . . ..... ..</p>

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<p>guster went to tufts! that in itself raises it in my books.</p>

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<p>haha yeah they did, but they never come back to play :-/ we wish they did though. oh, Sandy Cohen (the dad on the OC, real name Peter Gallagher) went here too! and jessica biel</p>

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<p>"and the residential, dining, athletic, and academic facilities are a joke."</p>

<p>Athletic okay I'll give you that one. Our food is some of the best campus food in the country (and pretty good considering the number of people they have to feed). A lot of the dorms are pretty bad but some of them are pretty nice; they're not much better or worse than dorms at other schools; a dorm's a dorm besides. And our academics are very good also. You have two excellent libraries on campus, and skilled faculty (though unfortunately no nobel-winners) who actually care about students and will make time for them. </p>

<p>If you're not happy at Tufts you should transfer, but I think some of the reasons for your unhappiness are off-base.</p>