Dear all,
I’ve just completed my first year at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (so far 30credits, 3.61cumulative gpa, trying to raise it up to somewhere around 3.7)
I’m a political science major pursuing a minor in communication.
I’m taking online summer courses (9credits).
By the time I apply to an ivy league school (or Duke, UC-Berkley, Notre Dame, Standford) I will have completed 56 credit hours with 15 credit hours in progress.
At U of I, 100 level courses are generally intro courses, 200 level courses are advanced intros, a bit hard classes, 300 level’s are hard and 400’s are harder (depends on majors, individuals, etc. but i’m just giving you a general idea).
By the time I’m applying I will have taken about 5 300level courses, mostly 200 level’s and a few 100 level’s (mostly required courses for major/minor or graduation)
I have an internship experience at a law firm (3months), tutor experience for 6&7th graders and have some extracurricular activities like Mock Trial Team, Powerlifting Club, Residence Hall Judicial Commission, etc.
I’m not sure if the admissions will take my SAT scores and high school GPA into account but they were pretty bad as I scored 1350 on two-part SAT and about a 2.9 GPA.
Do you think I have a chance transferring into Ivy’s or other top caliber schools I mentioned above?
Thank you!
The places on your list admit very few transfer students. So if you do want to take your chances, go ahead and apply. But don’t be surprised if you end up graduating from UIUC.