Official 2016 Fall Transfer Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Grinnell College
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I do not see one. Here we go.

I applied last year and was accepted, but I didn’t attend for some personal reasons.

STATS:

ACT (breakdown): 31(E29,M35, R31, S30)
Weighted College GPA: 4.0. HS:3.9/4.0
Major: Sociology
School: California Community College

[ *] Extracurriculars
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Math tutor at EOPS office, SI for STEM, Peer Mentor at International Student Center
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching Assistant at Mandarin-Immersion Program
[ *] Atheletics: Table Tennis National Trial
[ *] Essays: ok
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[ *] Interview: NO
[ *] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): NO

[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): China

[ *] Strengths: probably essays
[ *] Weaknesses: low ACT score
[ *] Where else did you apply: Pomona, Amherst, Grinnell, Bowdoin, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Hopkins, Stanford, Swarthmore, Upenn, Williams, Columbia, UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, USC
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

ACCEPTED: UCSD/UCSB/UCLA/UCB/UCI/USC/Wesleyan
REJECTED: Pomona/Cornell/Upenn/Amherst/Bowdoin/Johns Hopkins/Stanford

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Hey! I applied as a transfer applicant as well. Decisions come out Friday at 5 PM. Good luck!

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@transfer1313 Hey! did you get an email saying the decision will be released at 5PM?

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@calvinwong I emailed the transfer coordinator!

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@transfer1313 thank you for the info.

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Do you transfer again? Why do not you go to grinnell last year?

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I didn’t attend last year because I didn’t receive any financial aid package. Because of its limited budget towards transfer students, I doubt I will be accepted this year. @QueenEcstacy

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Just called admissions and confirmed that it would be out at 5PM central time. So 45 mins away.

Hope we all get in! Fingers crossed.

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8 minutes!

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I got in!

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rejected…Congrats! @transfer1313

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i did not receive anything…
Do you guys know it by email?

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You can simply log in and check your decision. @QueenEcstacy

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@QueenEcstacy let us know what you hear! And @calvinwong I’m so sorry to hear that

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My nephew, a math-physics major/whiz, just got in. He will land at one of these in the fall: Brandeis, Reed, Carleton, and Grinnell. All have outstanding histories for sending their grads to top ten physics departments for the PhD. An extremely lucky guy.

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@transfer1313 hey, congrats! have you decided on grinnell yet? I think I will commit sometime this week! Quite stoked >_<

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@chrisdongwon I actually decided to attend Macalester instead! It just had more classes geared towards my major and future plans. Best of luck at Grinnell!