International Students wants to transfer to Ivy league

International Students
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<p>Hi, all
I'm an international students studying in Ireland Trinity College Dublin. I'm not Irish.
I'm Asian studying in Ireland who wants to transfer to one of Ivy league.
Upenn is what I want or UC berkeley is just as good.
I will be freshman year in Trinity in 2014 majoring in either maths or history.
I searched the internet a bit and found that maths and history is not that popular in college and the competition is not that harsh with high transfer rate.
I heard some Ivy league philosophy class lacks students because it's so unpopular.
I think it will be same for maths and history.</p>

<p>So could anyone tell me what I need to do to transfer to Ivy league in the second year( transferring in the freshman year is just as good. I don't care how if there is a way)</p>

<p>Do I need SAT? (I'm wondering if my Leaving certificate point is enough)
If I need SAT what score is high enough to get me into the Upenn history?
What GPA score is enough to get me into the Upenn history?
Do I need any extracurricular activities?
Do I need to have some sort of competition medal?</p>

<p>Just tell me what I need to do anyone</p>

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<p>‘I searched the internet a bit and found that maths and history is not that popular in college and the competition is not that harsh with high transfer rate.’</p>

<p>Where on earth did you read this? I’m not so sure about Cal, but at Penn, you will compete with all applicants. You need to be exceptional to make it in; you can’t just say ‘I will major in X’ and expect to get in. It doesn’t work that way.</p>

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<p>I’m not going to say something like that
I just want to know what is needed.
SAT, GPA, extracurricular activities, some competition medals this kind of things.
I want to know if I am transferring from Trinity, do I still need to sit in SAT and get high scores?
I want to know if I am transferring from Trinity, what GPA is enough to get me into Upenn either in math or history.
(College doesn’t have to be Upenn. Any Ivy league will do.)
I want to know if I am transferring from Trinity, do I need to prove that I’ve been doing extracurricular activities and if I have to prove that I’ve been doing extracurricular activities what do you think that will work best for math or history</p>

<p>And I’m in a little special case here
I’m international transfer student studying abroad.
Most of the international transfer student study in their country, I’m not.
So do you think that Trinity College Dublin will give me some advantage in getting a transfer to any of the Ivy league</p>

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<p>You said you are not sure about Cal, what about Cal then?
Does Cal mean Caltech or what?
Is Cal something different from the other Ivy league?</p>

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<p>Cal = UC Berkeley. </p>

<p>Why do you want to study in the US? Have you done any ‘real’ research on these schools?</p>

<p>Colleges will never say that you need international awards to make it into them. All they will ask for is transcripts for all schools attended, test scores (SAT scores and so, but for transfers, this depends on the school), and recommendations.</p>

<p>’(College doesn’t have to be Upenn. Any Ivy league will do.)’</p>

<p>Wrong attitude. If you continue to be fixated on ‘Ivy League’ schools, you will definitely be disappointed (judging from your posts).</p>

<p>Nope. No advantage at all, unless you had a terrible high school record and perform exceptionally well at TCD for at least 1.5 years.</p>

<p>Can you afford to spend $60k/year on Penn, Cal, wherever?</p>

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<p>With all of the following, you should have a shot:</p>

<ul>
<li>Top grades, SAT scores, letters of recommendation from college instructors. </li>
<li>Noteworthy extracurricular achievements. Selective American colleges care as much about your performance outside of the classroom as they care about your academics. I personally know two international students who successfully transferred to the Ivy League. One had been the head of the “young adult” section of a major political party in her country, prior to coming to the US. The other one had received several awards for her engineering inventions. </li>
<li>Enough money to pay the full fees. </li>
</ul>

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<p>There are years when some of the Ivy League schools don’t take transfers. Check with each school before you invest time and money in the paperwork. </p>

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<p>Perhaps you’re better off trying for Ivies once grad school apps are around the corner, rather than to attend them as an undergraduate…</p>

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Berkeley isn’t an Ivy. That error, plus your interest in all the Ivys, shows you haven’t done enough research to determine which of these very different schools might be appropriate for you. In any case, all the Ivys and Berkeley are highly selective, particularly for transfers, and you need to be an outstanding student to be admitted. They are also very costly. The requirements for a transfer application will be on each school’s website.</p>

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<p>(“College doesn’t have to be Upenn. Any Ivy league will do.)”</p>

<p>Can you articulate why it has to be Ivy League? </p>

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<p>If you are entering as a first year student, then you will need to take the SAT or ACT and other freshman requirements. If you are transferring from another university, it is not required. Though there will be other requirements (contact the counselors at the university you are interested in about this).</p>

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<p>@berry32 OP says he is at trinity college, and as such would not be considered as a freshman applicant.</p>

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<p>I don’t know where the heaven you "found’ that the transfer is not competitive, but please do some more research</p>

<p>Beside, unless you can afford the cost or have enough scholarship to cover the COA, forget about UC schools.</p>

<p>They won’t give you much money at al!</p>