In a unique position to transfer, what colleges should I apply to ? ( political science major)

Transfer Students
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Like I said in the title, I am in a unique situation for transferring schools, I withdrew from a college in upstate NY for mental health reasons. Went to my local community college honors program and got really good grades. Applied to UVA for transfer, and got rejected, but realized I have take the fall to gain more credits, and to work on my self.

My Stats are 3.8-3.75 gpa in a NY community college honors program. Crappy act score of 27. Sat subject test US History 750. Bad high schools gpa of 3.0 with some aps (I really struggled with depression and ADD. I have some strong extracurriculars of leadership positions at my schools clubs, a state assembly, and congressional internships. Plenty of work experience. Good recommendations Hours of volunteering on political campaigns and also at a state psychiatric hospital. (I want to help fix the country’s mental health crisis)

Basically I want to go to a good school that I can be proud of, and that I can enjoy my time at. Also a good school for a major in political science.

Please let me know the comments of some good highly ranked schools that accept a good amount of transfers

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Emory would be a good fit, Hamilton, Georgetown, UVA again

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@polyscidreamer Are you sure that I would have a chance that those schools with a 3.0 HS gpa ?

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I had an HS GPA of 2.6-2.8 and a 1350/2400 on my SATs, I’m currently at an NYC CC and have a 3.8 GPA with good EC’s and just got into Emory. Trust me your HS stats don’t weigh as much when you have college credits and work to show that can succeed in College. Maybe explain why you got that GPA in HS too.

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Though your college grades are the most important part of your transfer application, transfers do have the constraints is seat openings. If a college over accepted students for your incoming class, or your particular major is oversubscribed, there may be no seats at a school. It can vary greatly from year to year as to how many transfer students are accepted.

So you should have an array of schools, not just a few, not just the more selective ones because we may just be talking about a few seats open for transfers. I suggest you add a few NY SUNYs and have a variety of selectivity ratings for your school choices. Also look into the transfer numbers for the last several years.