ND, Vanderbilt, Duke Transfer Chances?

Transfer Students
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<p>Possibly thinking of transferring to Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, or Duke; just wanted to be realistic/gauge my chances:</p>

<p>Currently: Freshman Undergraduate, University of Michigan, School of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Intended Major: Political Science with a possible double major/minor in Middle Eastern Studies
Originally Applied to: Notre Dame, University of Michigan
Results: Accepted at Michigan, waitlisted at Notre Dame</p>

<p>High School Profile:
Type: Highly-rated Catholic prep school in Metro Detroit
GPA: 4.4
Rank: 10/215
Academic Accomplishments: 2007 National Merit Commended Scholar; 2007 AP Scholar with Distinction; 2007 MHSAA-Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar Athlete Award Runner-Up; 2007 Detroit News/CATCH Outstanding High School Graduate Runner Up; 2007 NROTC Four-Year Scholarship recipient; National Honor Society member (speaker at ceremony); school departmental awards in History, English, Theology and
Latin
Extracurriculars: All-Detroit Catholic League in football; Football Preseason All-State Honorable Mention; All-Area Football Honorable Mention; Varsity football captain; Football Defensive MVP senior year; two-year letterwinner in football; letterwinner in track; elected Class President sophomore year; lector for school Campus Ministry; Latin tutor; Mother's Club volunteer; Volunteer experience with coaching youth football, University of Michigan Cancer Center activities</p>

<p>Standardized Test Scores:
SAT: 700 Verbal, 670 Math, 650 Writing
ACT Highest Composites: 34 English, 30 Math, 32 Reading, 26 Science
AP Test Scores: American History 5, European History 5, English 4, American Government 4, Calculus AB 3, Chemistry 2 (as you can tell, I'm not a science/math person lol)</p>

<p>Currently: NROTC midshipman at the University of Michigan; taking 18 credits with approximately a 3.6-3.7 average; looking at pursuing a Political Science degree with the chance of studying Arabic in the future.</p>

<p>Other Comments: I think what ultimately got me waitlisted at ND was my Science subscore on the ACT, which lowered my composite to a 30 and put me in the thick of ACT scores for 2007 applicants. Pretty happy in Ann Arbor, but it's been a lifelong dream of mine to attend Notre Dame. Regretted not applying to Vanderbilt or Duke originally, so I'm putting in a transfer application to see what happens. Originally recruited to play football at Navy, Georgetown, and Ivies, but put football on hold to attend Notre Dame :-/ Out of the three, Notre Dame is definitely my top choice to attend.</p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>You got a chance at ND and Vandy which accept about 30% of transfers; forget Duke, they accept less than 10% (unless you call Spurrier and tell him you want to be part of his Blue Devil defense). Make sure you get that 3.6-3.7 this semester, since you'll have real college grades instead of just hs and an exam (the SAT) that is a predictor of frosh grades. Push the Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies.</p>