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<p>I did really bad throughout hs until senior year when I hit above a 90 average and right now im in a cuny college and Im planning on transfering into nyu or fordham etc. with about a 1330 on my Sat, 760 Math Level 1 SAT 2, 800 French SAT 2(Im not french) also I was #18 for french throughout the whole tri-state area</p>

<p>During my 1st year of college I attained a 3.84 GPA and Im doing really well now (momentarily 3.9 when calculated).</p>

<p>What are my chances to these schools</p>

<p>Lehigh
NYU Stern
Georgetown
BC
Binghamton
Columbia
BU
American
Tufts
Fordham
Middlebury </p>

<p>Can you guys tell me what colleges are reaches and which are matches thanks
much appreciated</p>

<p>Gtow, Tufts, Columbia are reaches.</p>

<p>BC and Middlebury are reaches as well.</p>

<p>The only one I have first-hand experience of is Lehigh and I think you're looking pretty good for them. They accepted 40%+ of transfer apps in recent years and I think your SATs/GPAs are more than competitive for them. I would call them a match on the safer side.</p>

<p>Lehigh (Match)
NYU Stern (slight reach)
Georgetown (reach)
BC (reach)
Binghamton (not sure)
Columbia (big reach)
BU (slight reach/match)
American (match)
Tufts (reach)
Fordham (slight reach)
Middlebury (reach)</p>

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NYU Stern (slight reach)
Georgetown (reach)
BC (reach)
BU (slight reach/match)

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<p>What? How is Boston University as hard to get into as NYU's business school? How is BC equated as on the same level as Georgetown?</p>

<p>Unless there are other people who are willing to back those claims up, yet another example of how I'm not sure as to the extent of admissions knowledge people on CC claim to know.</p>

<p>well then, don't be sure :P</p>

<p>BU is definitely not a slight reach. It's a match. It's a safety for people for whom Gtown, Tufts and the like are matches/slight reaches.</p>

<p>BC (13.1%):
* Total number of transfer students who applied: 1,126
* Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 148
Georgetown (28.3%):
* Total number of transfer students who applied: 1,447
* Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 410
NYU (33.4%):
* Total number of transfer students who applied: 5,006
* Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 1,673
BU (32.9%):
* Total number of transfer students who applied: 1,986
* Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 653</p>

<p>Source: collegeboard.com</p>

<p>Happy now Peals-05?</p>

<p>How is BC equated on the same level of Georgetown?
BC's 1.4 Billion dollars endownment versus Georgetown's $741 millions. Of course money isn't everything.</p>

<p>BC admission: 29% (26,500 applications)
G-Town: 21% (15,000 applications. A bit more competitive)</p>

<p>BC SAT: 1900-2100 (I can't find the break down)
G-Town: 660-760 critical reading, 660-750 math (<a href="http://www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/studentlife.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/studentlife.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>"According to admissions fact sheets, applicants applying to Georgetown typically consider Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston College, University of Notre Dame, Duke University, and the University of Virginia during their application and subsequent enrollment periods."</p>

<p>There are certain programs at G-Town that is undoubtedly superior to at BC: International Studies and Poli Science. Overall, the undergraduate experience of both schools is comparable.</p>

<p>fordham is nowhere near a reach for you. you should get in without ANY problem. you should also get into binghamton and american, and possibly BU. the others are all up in the air and are extremely competitive.</p>

<p>Reddune:</p>

<p>I'm going to have to agree with PEALS05. I don't go to BC or Georgetown, but I'm going to have to argue that their high cross-applicant rate is due to the fact that people looking at Jesuit schools undoubtedly look at these two. Also, I think it could be due to the fact that BC is a safety school for a person who wants Georgetown first-choice. If you look at the stats of accepted students at Gtown, the scores are much higher than those of BC admits; the acceptance rate is also much lower. I believe that Georgetown, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Wesleyan, and Northwestern are all peer institutions and BC is a great school, but not entirely comparable.</p>

<p>Full-disclosure: BC was a safety-level school for me, while of the above schools I stated, I applied to Georgetown, Tufts, Northwestern, and JHU as all high matches/reaches. I got into all.</p>

<p>2005 Transfer Rates (latest available)</p>

<p>Lehigh 44%
NYU Stern 28%
Georgetown 28%
BC 13%
Binghamton 46%
Columbia 9%
BU 32%
American 68%
Tufts 13%
Fordham 48%
Middlebury <1%</p>

<p>You're good at Lehigh, Binghamton, BU, American, and Fordham. Due to it's insanely low transfer rate (1 out of 250 applicants accepted for 2005), I would strongly consider dropping Middlebury. You have a shot at NYU Stern. Possible at Georgetown but it'll be more difficult. Many great applicants were rejected last year from CC - check back for transfer result threads. Columbia is another one that you may be wasting your time with, but it's worth a shot. Tufts and BC are similarly very tough to transfer into. I recall a girl accepted into Harvard on CC was rejected from BC last year. Do what you will with this information.</p>

<p>Dear lolabelle,</p>

<p>I respectfully disagree with you. We each have our opinion on the prestigious and selectivity of BC and G-town, and that is fine. Most of your post, however, is opinion base with little data supporting it. My roomate last year got into both BC and G-town, and chose BC, he believes they are of of the same tier. Does that prove BC is better than G-town? No. It's the experience of one particular person. </p>

<p>When I compare BC and G-town, I'm not saying BC is better than G-town, but that they are on the same level/tier of competition. One of G-town's main rivals in the admission game is BC, who said so? G-town itself. In any kind of competition, you don't compete against someone, or calling them a rival, unless they are at a comparable skill to you; it doesn't mean they are better you. Most of us would agree that schools within the Ivy League are of comparable level/tier. Some are obviously "better" than other (Harvard over everybody else.) BC and G-town are within the same tier as Tufts, UNC, UND, USC, and etc. Who're better among the schools, I'll leave that up to other's opinion. I agree with you that G-town students have higher SAT than BC, however, it's not a 200 points different, it's about 50-70 points: Out of a possible 2400, is it that "much higher"? It's not a big discrepancy (certain fanatics believe that even a 10 pt different is dramatic.) This discrepancy is steadily being gap with the higher score from each of BC's admitted class; G-town on the other hand had hit its zenith in term of SAT score range. In term of admission percentage, G-town is stagnant too, each year it admits less and less true, but the percentage is miniscule. BC pulls in 2-3% in selectivity of admission each year (31% in 2005, 29% in 2006)</p>

<p>As I understand it, the poster are talking about Transfer Admissions, not normal admission. In transfer admission, BC is much more selective than G-town, the number is one thing. Also, as I see it, transfer admission is suppose to fill in the students who left the school right? G-town enrolls classes with roughly 1500 students per class (2009) and BC with 2200. Yet, G-town's attrition is so high that it must admit 400 transfer applicants, compare to BC's 140 students. What does that say about G-town students' satisfaction? A school with smaller student body admits more transferred students than a bigger school. If G-town is so grossly superior, why are its students fleeing in rove, while BC retains most of its students? Georgetown certainlly has the brand name recognition since it has existed longer and culminated big name alumni in politic (might be due to its location, maybe?) But name recognition doesn't equate to overall superiority.</p>

<p>I'm sorry, I just will not agree that BC is on the same level as Georgetown, Tufts, etc. It's a good school, but, again, not exactly comparable.</p>

<p>Yes, I was surprised that someone would list Fordham as a reach, even slight. I don't have first-hand knowledge of transfer acceptances, but based on the rates brand posted and other knowledge of the school, I would call it match or match/safety.</p>

<p>OP what was your HS GPA? I am not sure if you are saying you hit 90% overall or 90% for senior year.</p>

<p>Reddune, GEtting into Stern at NYU is more difficult than getting into NYU's other colleges. I believe your numbers are for all of NYU right?</p>

<p>LoL, if I know I would getting this much attention by posting first, I would've wait a bit longer. </p>

<p>Sweetny2007 is right, NYU Stern is more difficult than NYU overall. I looked at it so briefly that I didn't even register Stern in my head.</p>

<p>just to let you guys know the colleges which are I am considering of tranfering into greatly are Stern, BC, Lehigh and BU</p>

<p>Sweetny my overall hs gpa was 85(I know), I got a 94 average in senior year only</p>

<p>gv_042 I think you still have an excellent chance! I had a 2.4 in highschool and I am applying to Stern. The worst they can do is not accept me and I am sure I will live if they choose to do so :)</p>