Looking to Transfer out of Lehigh

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey,
I'm a freshman at Lehigh University looking to transfer out. My top choice is Georgetown University, specifically the business school. I applied there last year but got rejected. My stats are as followed
GPA
college: 3.41
high school: 3.7 weighted
Sats-1380/1600
EC- captain varsity ski and tennis team
student class vp soph. jr years
various clubs, 180hrs. community service</p>

<p>I know my GPA is kinda low for college, but i was wondering if the fact that the grades came from Lehigh, a school traditionally known for tough grades, and within 3 spots in the top business school rankings from g-town will account for something. please let me know. </p>

<p>I am also planning to apply to Richmond, BC and mich</p>

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<p>College grades are more important than HS ones, so yeah, that will help. Do well this semester, though, because the benchmark is ususally a 3.5</p>

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<p>yeah. I would definitely recommend applying to BC, Richmond, UMich and G'Town.</p>

<p>That's a pretty tough list. If you definitely want to transfer out of Lehigh. Make sure you have some more "match" schools.</p>

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<p>BC is gonna be a reach with that GPA, although i know Lehigh is a hard school. You have a shot at BC and GTown, maybe a slightly better shot at GTown if you look at transfer rates and stats.</p>

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<p>i disagree. Although I would say that he has a chance at all of those schools, I think G'Town is a much harder school to transfer into than BC. </p>

<p>Even though BC may have a higher acceptance rate (i'm not sure it does), it would only be because more qualified students are applying there.</p>

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Even though BC may have a higher acceptance rate (i'm not sure it does), it would only be because more qualified students are applying there.

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<p>...actually, I believe BC's acceptance rate is lower than Harvard's.</p>

<p>A good example of someone who has no idea what he is talking about, but acts like he does.</p>

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<p>BC has about the same transfer acceptance rate most years as Harvard. GTowns is usually easier as long as its not SFS</p>

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<p>I think the caliber of Lehigh's program will count for something, but remember that there will be transfer apps from students at other high-caliber schools with higher GPA's than yours.</p>

<p>So, be sure to strengthen your app in every other aspect to build on your very credible GPA: strong prof recs, essays which show an in-depth understanding of why the transfer school will be better for you and what it offers in a business program that you might not find at Lehigh.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>nsped. my point about BC was that although they might have a lower rate of acceptance, that doesn't necessarily mean that it is a more difficult school to transfer into.</p>

<p>Check out this link:
<a href="http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/transfer/ataglance.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/transfer/ataglance.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Average SAT's for incoming transfers, 1285 and an average college GPA of 3.55. Although that's very high for higher ed. in general, it's not ridiculously high for top-tier schools.</p>

<p>Although G'Town doesn't have this info available, I would be very surprised if it didn't have more qualified students competing for their transfer spots.</p>