<p>1540 SATs
top 6%</p>
<p>so-so ECs, 1 v-sity sport
no leadership though in ECs</p>
<p>good-to-very good but not "Holy crap excellent" essays, and recommendations</p>
<p>couple of AP awards and PSAT award</p>
<p>I would imagine there are a good chunk of waitlisters with around the same stats. Who knows who has a better chance than who? Demonstrated interest, I'd imagine, is probably the best way to get in off the waitlist.</p>
<p>I hope 1540 is on the old scale ;) Seriously, whats your writing score?</p>
<p>690 writing
790 math
750 critical reading</p>
<p>feedback please.</p>
<p>What school did you apply to??? That makes a difference.</p>
<p>how are people with your stats getting waitlisted, people i know were accepted with less impressive credentials</p>
<p>Hopeful - sure you have a chance. So does my S, who has similar sats, but deeper involvement/leadership in a couple of EC's. Just hang in there. Did you send anything to or call the admissions dept to express your continuing interest? Strongly suggested...</p>
<p>If you really want to go to NU, I recommend sending in a letter to the admissions office to express your interest in NU and why it remains your top choice.</p>
<p>^^ yep (10 char)</p>
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<p>My main problem is that I want to go to the best school possible but at the same time I also want to ensure that my chances for externally transferring into Wharton School at Penn. are leveraged. </p>
<p>My question is, if I want to go into investment-banking or hedge funds on Wall Street, how could I maximize my connections and respect as an entering employee?</p>
<p>I really want to go to Wharton, but was denied ED. I know that it will get me the connections and respect I need. So that's why Im in desperate need to transfer to it. </p>
<p>If I get an Econ major degree from RU, then it won't get me to the same place that an Econ degree from Wharton would get me. At the same time, at Northwestern, I might be pressed to study all the time and might not be able to get a high enough GPA and enough ECs to transfer out to a place like Wharton (that is assuming i GET off the waitlist at Northwestern).</p>
<p>What should I do?</p>
<p>Chances to transfer to Wharton from another school is extremely difficult, let alone tranfering from another university might be near impossible. You should try to go to a school where you will be happy and will be able to enjoy your undergrad life because you can't count on getting into Wharton as a tranfer. Its probably a little easier to transfer to Harvard than transfer to Wharton.</p>
<p>If you were rejected ED from Wharton (which is probably when your app would have had the greatest advantage), why would they take you as a transfer?</p>
<p>yeah transferring into wharton i have heard is real hard, to the point where you would not even really want to consider it an option</p>
<p>that being said, you're always in the best shape transferring from a good school with good grades, i wouldn't choose with the atitude "i'll be able to get better grades if i go to the worse school."</p>
<p>you will be surprised to find, college is hard everywhere</p>
<p>There's a lot wrong with your post, but becasue of that I'll just point out your most glaring error: If you failed to get in to Wharton (as was pointed out at your maximum point of leverage) or even NU, what makes you think you'll even be able to get the grades to ever transfer into Wharton at all.</p>
<p>yeah maybe, im giving up my spot...take it! haha i dont think it works that way though sorry</p>
<p>A couple people mentioned writing a letter expressing that NU was their first choice. Does anyone think this could help as a transfer applicant? NU is my first choice by far as well and I recently visited the campus which confirmed my belief even more. Would a letter help at all do you think or should I just wait and let them do their review process?</p>
<p>magnetschoolCA,</p>
<p>I think one of the MMSS students with a 4.0 GPA at NU tried to transfer to Wharton and was rejected. But then NU announced the new Kellogg cert program and MMSS automatically fulfills all the prereqs for it. I kinda jokingly told him maybe it's better to stay at NU after all and he agreed.</p>
<p>I just realized my point might be too subtle: don't count on getting into Wharton since someone with a 4.0 at NU couldn't get into Wharton. It's not that this guy wasn't good enough (actually MMSS students have higher average SAT than Whartonites); it's just that there are way too many Wharton wannabes and there are only few spots open each year.</p>
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<p>yeah, go for it, showing interest always helps, when i applied to transfer i sent some emails to various members of the admissions office and sent lots of supplemental materials to let them know i was interested</p>