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Transfer Students
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<p>Hi, I am a senior in High School wanting to know what I can do to maximize my chances of getting into a top school.</p>

<p>GPA's:</p>

<p>9 - 2.5
10 - 2.2
11 - 3.5
12 - 4.0 (so far)</p>

<p>Currently in Calc BC; Calc AB AP score was 3 because the teacher decided to upgrade me from precalc halfway through my junior year.</p>

<p>SAT: 1860 w/ very minimal studying, will re-take next year after studying all summer. I'm trying to be optomistic, so assume I will get 2300+ (there is a 100% chance I will get that score if I spend 5+ hours a day for two months studying) </p>

<p>In addition to getting straight A's and higher SAT scores, what else could I do in my first two years of college that would increase my chances of getting into a top school (I mean Stanford, Penn - Wharton School, Columbia, etc.)</p>

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<p>Internships are HUGE in transfer admissions, according to my cousin, who got his GED after his jr year and is applying to top schools out of a CC.</p>

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<p>^ I assume you mean paid internships? What about a full-time job with AT LEAST 40 hours a week? I had the job for over a year and go to school at the same time. Is that just as helpful?</p>

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<p>Try to get into an honors program at the CC you will go to. Also look at the transfer requirements of each of those schools and plan a curriculum around that. Wharton requires specific courses as prerequisites for example.</p>