Ivies - worth a shot?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I currently go to Drexel University, enrolled in the 5 year/3 co-op engineering program.
I will be entering my third year (pre-junior). I am planning on transferring after my pre-junior year to junior standing at another university.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>-Major: Chemical Engineering</p>

<p>-College GPA: 3.81</p>

<p>-Been an honors student and on the dean's list since '08</p>

<p>-Worked as a product development engineer for six months designing spinal implants (One of my designs has been approved and will be sent out for manufacturing)</p>

<ul>
<li>EC's: Vice President of AIChE (school chapter)
Undergrad research
Co-founder and marketing director of MUN (school chapter)
And many others...</li>
</ul>

<p>Are Ivies worth my time? Should I consider applying to them?
If yes, which? If not, then where?</p>

<p>I'm just starting the Commonapp and want to be heading in the right direction.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Try for Cornell? Easiest to get into and just so happens to be a great engineering school. Drab area though, check it out.</p>

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<p>cornells engineering is 6 percent acceptance. if you consider that easy to get in? columbia’s is actually higher so be careful where you get your information</p>

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<p>I actually heard the “Cornell is the easiest to get into” from a couple of different people but everyone has their own opinion. I’m quite surprised to find out that Columbia has a higher acceptance rate.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, would any ivies be worth a shot? Would I even have a chance?</p>

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<p>i just transferred to Cornell engineering, and my advisor here told me that they accepted less than 20 kids this semester for engineering…</p>

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<p>Do you have SAT scores? Most ivies will want them and they should be in the general range of what they expect from freshmen.</p>

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<p>Applying for engineering at the Ivies would be a lot of work when other schools do better in the “engineering rankings” than most of the Ivys: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/555743-us-news-2009-undergraduate-engineering-rankings.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/555743-us-news-2009-undergraduate-engineering-rankings.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Why would I need my SAT scores as a Junior transfer? I believe they would be irrelevant, correct me if I’m wrong though.</p>

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How will applying at the Ivies require more work? In the end you’re still filling out applications right? I do understand that it will be “harder” to get into Ivies and I obviously need to have the required statistics as well as stellar essays. Which is why I started this thread - to find out if my stats are good enough.</p>

<p>I do acknowledge that other schools are better ranked in Engineering. I took a look at the link you provided and I should have made my point a bit more clearer.</p>

<p>I’m not only restricting my list to Ivies, I also want to know if I have a chance at schools that have a similar reputation such as Stanford, Berkeley, etc…</p>

<p>Why do I care a lot about reputation? Most probably I won’t stick to engineering after undergrad and go on to Medical school or get a graduate degree in something else, in that case, the reputation of your undergraduate schools plays a role.</p>

<p>Thanks again for anyone’s input!</p>

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<p>You are wrong. Many top private colleges still want scores. Some require original scores, some let you retake.</p>