<p>I want to apply for junior status next fall at Harva&rd and schools like Yale and Upenn. I am not worried about my essay or reasons for transfering. But I am worried about my GPA and EC.</p>
<p>I have very minimal ECs. And I'll probably be applying with a 3.65 gpa from Amherst College. I know no one can answer these things but just to put things into perspective, where would my GPA put me among the transfer applications? From this forum, it looks like the peeps transfering to the ivy schools all have 3.8+ gpa.</p>
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From this forum, it looks like the peeps transfering to the ivy schools all have 3.8+ gpa.
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<p>Actually a 3.9+ GPA :P with STELLAR STELLAR ECs.
I mean.. Harvard and Yale.... Even someone with a 4.0 GPA will be VERY LUCKY to get admission to those schools.</p>
<p>also you need a solid SAT and a high school GPA (even thought these do not count as much as college and etc) Harvard, Yale and UPENN still look at them</p>
<p>Honestly, no offense, but with your stats, you'd be very lucky to get an interview. It's just that Harvard and other top schools will be seeing tons of 3.9's and 4.0s that it won't be hard to deny your application. I would work on getting some ECs. </p>
<p>I know of a 3.94 GPA with all the leadership and a research gig. She didn't get an interview.</p>
<p>I think everyone is stressing GPA and SATs a little too much in transfer admissions. Yes, you need both to be high. But more than that you need a demonstrated REASON for transferring to those schools. You need to convey that you are passionate for each school and specify why only that school can offer what you are looking for.</p>
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I think everyone is stressing GPA and SATs a little too much in transfer admissions.
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<p>Because they ARE the most important factor.</p>
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Yes, you need both to be high. But more than that you need a demonstrated REASON for transferring to those schools. You need to convey that you are passionate for each school and specify why only that school can offer what you are looking for.
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<p>That's a BASIC MUST for transfers. However, if you cannot back it up by your academic superiority and cannot show that you are compatible enough to compete with the fellow Ivy-ites, you are BOUND to be rejected, no matter HOW passionate you are about transferring.</p>
<p>A 3.6 from Amherst is quite a bit more impressive than a 4.0 from a CC or some typical 4 yr university. You have a shot...apply. Look back at the decision threads for Harvard/Yale/UPenn transfers...many high GPA students were rejected, but I don't recall any coming from a school like Amherst.</p>
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Is Amherst supposed to be difficult or something?
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<p>Well I dunno about the grade curve there, but cmon, Amherst is a top LAC at the same level as any Ivys. Surely a 3.6 from such college would be different from a 3.6 from a typical 4 yr university.</p>
<p>hey thks for the reply guys. A 3.6 here is considered quite good on campus, I know lots of smart peeps in class who have only low 3s. </p>
<p>But then again Im not sure a 3.6 at amherst will be competitive against a 4.0 from less selective but still good schools like PSU or BC or something of that sort.</p>
<p>MOST universities use the curve system.
That's why it's so much harder to get good GPA in 4 year universities than in Community colleges; community colleges don't use curves.</p>
<p>But really, curve system can be helpful too.
Let's assume that in an extremely hard class, the highest grade was 85%. In community college, that would be a B, even if that student's grade was the higehst in the class. However, in a school with curve system, that student would get an A.</p>
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Let's assume that in an extremely hard class, the highest grade was 85%. In community college, that would be a B, even if that student's grade was the higehst in the class. However, in a school with curve system, that student would get an A.