Need help picking prospective transfer schools

Transfer Students
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<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>HS: took Calif. CHSPE test when I was 16 and attended CC immediately following, I am going to go back and get a GED so I can apply out-of-state</p>

<p>EC: Volunteering as a writing tutor, part-time retail jobs?, musical stuff, did an internship for a while, </p>

<p>SAT: 2070/2400 or 1320/1600
Writing: 750
Critical Reading: 710
Math: 610</p>

<p>College Record:</p>

<p>Fall 06</p>

<p>(3) Physical Geology - F
(3) Creative Writing - F
(3) Intro to Philosophy - B
(5) Music Theory and Harmony I - B
(3) Intro to Sociology - A</p>

<p>Spring 07</p>

<p>(2) Intro to Music Business A
(3) General Psychology - A
(3) Intro to Business - C
(.5) Rhythm & Blues Performance - C
(3) Intro to Pro Tools - B</p>

<p>Summer 07</p>

<p>(3) Fundamentals of Speech - B
(3) Math for Liberal Arts - A
(.5) Jazz Theory - A</p>

<p>Fall 07 </p>

<p>(3) Freshman English - B
(3) Physical Geology (retake) - A
(1) Physical Geology Lab - A
(3) History of California - B
(3) Music Production - A</p>

<p>Spring 08</p>

<p>(3) Philosophy & Critical Thinking - A
(3) Macroeconomics - A
(3) General Biology - A
(3) Creative Writing (retake) - A
(3) Adv. Music Production - A
(3) Intro to Electronic Music - A
(3) Applied Pro Tools - A</p>

<p>Summer 08</p>

<p>(3) Microeconomics - A
(3) History of Jazz - A
(3) Second Term Spanish - A</p>

<p>Fall 08 (planned)</p>

<p>(5) Honors Calc.
(4) Honors Stat.
(5) Third Term Spanish
(?) and some electives for fun</p>

<p>Current GPA (w/o academic renewal of repeated classes) : 3.3 - 3.4
Current GPA (with academic renewal): 3.65</p>

<p>I want to apply somewhere as an econ or POSSIBLY sociology major</p>

<p>Can anyone suggest some good liberal arts colleges or universities on the east coast or in the midwest? What are my stats good for? If people could suggest some reaches/matches that would be great. Would colleges take into account an upward grade trend?</p>

<p>I can write a good essay</p>

<p>P.S What would my chances be for Northwestern?</p>

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<p>anyone ?</p>

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<p>I think for you, assuming you prefer CA schools, UC Riverside, UC Irvine may be good options for you. Your C and F hurt your chance to top CA schools but you can still apply and see what happens. Try USC if you are rich enough. Also, almost all Calstate schools will probably be your safety.</p>

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<p>I know that the CSU and UC system both accept academic renewal of grades, i am actually wondering about out of state schools? Would they be more likely to average the grades or take the new one?</p>

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<p>for those options, you have abundance of choices, I think you have to narrow down to a state first. </p>

<p>Also, realistically speaking, your profile won’t match the Ivy ones so don’t aim for Harvard or similar ones.</p>

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<p>Also, the most important you should ask is what is your criteria for your dream school? You don’t just wanna ask whether they accept you but you also have to ask whether or not YOU will accept them! Do you look for diverse body students, small class, popular, party …etc? What is your criteria?</p>