<p>Hello College Confidential, I am a rising Sophomore at the University of Connecticut looking to transfer out. Feel free to pm me if interested in the specific reasons. As of the end of my Freshman year I received a 3.75 with 30 credits as a political science major. I plan to transfer at the end of my sophomore year which would allow me to enter the new university my Junior Year. From reading about the transfer requirements for incoming juniors(60 units) most of the colleges do not require your SAT anymore and high school grades are not highly important. Either way here are my stats:</p>
<p>High school Gpa: 3.5uw, 3.7w with 3 APs and plenty of honors
Top 10 ranked NJ public school
SAT:1200/1600, 620cr, 580 math, 600 writing
ACT: 25
URM African American Male (If that matters)</p>
<p>As far as finances go I would be able to afford about 30,000 grand tops and if I do not receive enough aid I will remain at my current institution. From the list I have so far the majority of them meet full need although i am unaware if that remains true for transfers. But i did make sure to check that fiancial aid is still available and offered for transfers.</p>
<p>I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions( I would prefer a smallish school and on the east coast). I plan to finish my sophomore year with at least 60 credits and with the potential to raise my gpa up to a 3.88 which i will try my hardest to do. Thank you so much to everyone taking the time to read this I really appreicate any input.</p>
<p>If it helps these are the schools I was accepted into as a Freshman applicant: University of Maryland CP, Drexel, Temple, UConn Storrs, Penn State UP, Hofstra, Pitt, Syracuse, James Madison, and Rutgers New Brunswick.</p>
<p>The schools that accepted you that you listed definitely aren’t small private liberal arts colleges. All of those universities are research institutions and some medium sized state schools. Like the poster above me posted, we’d need to know a few more details. For example, would you like to stay in state or go out of state. Even though private college tuition doesn’t different for in state or out of state students, that information would be helpful. Also, how many students do you want the college to have.? LACs can have anywhere from 600-6,000 students.</p>
<p>@entomom
So far my list consists of:
William and Mary(I know a public but the size and location appeal to me)
Lehigh
Villanova
Colgate(Reach and they also do not accept too many transfers a year)
Tufts
Wake forest(Reach with a decent transfer rate and SAT/ACT optional)</p>
<p>@TheLetterD
Yeah I realize the schools that I applied to during high school are definitely not for me. I was looking for a big school with school spirit and good academics. I have realized over my past year at UConn that I would much rather and strive at a smaller tight knit community(having decent athletics to watch doesnt hurt but not that important). I feel as if I am missing out of professor relationships with 200 kids in all of classes although sitting in the front sort of helps. I feel like too much of a number than an individual and that our school isnt a very close community rather a large amount of people in the same place at the same time vaguely connected during basketball season. I reside in New Jersey but would prefer to still attend a school out of state and on the east coast. As far as size goes I would prefer around the 4,000/5,000- 10,000 range.</p>
<p>THANK YOU both so much for reading and responding I really appreciate your help.</p>
<p>Sorry, I meant a small private or an LAC. Yeah I think I would prefer medium sized LAC like privates although I would definitely be fine with a 2.5k LAC if the location and fit was there. As far as distance goes my parents said the farthest south would be north carolina. I am absolutely open to any suggestions for the smaller rural LACs as long as they are fairly accessible and have somewhat of a surrounding environment.</p>
<p>If Colgate is a reach, Tufts is most definitely a reach as well. How do you feel about Ohio? I’m thinking you might enjoy Dennison or Wooster or University of Dayton.</p>
<p>Not sure about Ohio, I have actually never been there before. Ohio is probably I little too midwest/off the coast for me but I have heard very good things about dennison and have a friend there so I will look more into that school. Thank you for your response I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Since you mentioned my state, North Carolina has quite a few liberal arts colleges. The best one to look at would be Davidson College. Davidson College is actually a very highly ranked LAC and it’s only a few miles from Charlotte, which is the largest city in North Carolina.</p>
<p>Davidson, is actually somewhere that I was interested in and looking at. It is very highly ranked and im afraid I probably do not have the stats for a school like that unfortunately. Would you think I have a better chance at schools like Franklin and Marshall and Bucknell?</p>
<p>Franklin & Marshall seems to ask for a higher requirement because you need a minimum 3.0 GPA to transfer there. Bucknell doesn’t seem like it would be TOO hard to get into. But honestly with your stats, I think that Davidson would accept you.</p>
<p>Really? Thanks I appreciate the input. I would have actually thought Franklin and Marshall would be the easiest to gain acceptance to out of those three colleges. Davidson college is a highly selective liberal arts school ranked one place below Haverford. I know that I will have to write killer transfer essays to have a chance at these schools. Also I am trying to limit my list to about only 4 schools maybe 5 tops.</p>
<p>Here are some possibilities, although I imagine that you’ve already considered most of them:</p>
<p>GWU
BU (too large?)
Fordham
American
Clark
Howard
Vassar
Hamilton
URichmond</p>
<p>I also haven’t checked on the FA policies of these schools, so they may not meet full need. </p>
<p>LACs are not my strong point, but I would agree that you should consider some of those mentioned by other posters. I’ll be honest, if being an AA male helps anywhere, it will be at a LAC.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the list actually alot of these I have been considering especially Hamilton, Vassar, and GWU. I actually do not know much about Clark and would never ever attend an HBCU but thats just me. BU would not be that bad of an option but after looking up financial aid and things I do not seem it to be financially plausible. So you really think I would have a chance at a school like Hamilton or Vassar?</p>
<p>BuMp this! Thank you everyone so much for the options and suggestions, I would really appreciate If you guys could say which colleges I would have the best chances at. More especially my chances for : William and Mary, bucknell, colgate, tufts, Hamilton, vassar, and wake forest.</p>
<p>I’m afraid I don’t do Chances in general, and I think they are particularly difficult for transfer admissions. The problem with transfers is that: the numbers admitted are much lower and so harder to predict, there are more factors involved that may affect decisions, colleges may be looking for very different things in transfer students (eg. NT students), and finally there is relatively little data published on transfer admissions.</p>
<p>Colleges that publish their CDS do at least give transfer numbers and you should look those up. For example for Vassar:</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice I will be sure to check the common data sets for the other schools. Unfortunately they do not show average stats of the students accepted.</p>