Official Stanford 2013 Transfer Thread

Transfer Students
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<p>Thought it was about time to start this. We can just discuss/help each other out and potentially trade essays?</p>

<p>I'll go first with the stats dump. Freshman at NYU majoring in Economics. </p>

<p>HS GPA: 3.8/4.0 - 4.25/5.0
ACT - 31 single sitting(33 combined)
College GPA: 3.92/4.0
SAT 2s: 770 USH and 800 Math 2
APs: USH, Computer Science, Calc AB, Calc BC, Env. Science, Literature, Microeconomics</p>

<p>College Classes:
Analytical Statistics
Calculus 3
Linear Algebra
Developmental Economics
Principles of Macroeconomics
GE Liberal Arts class
Another GE liberal arts class
Writing 1 and Writing 2
Elementary Chinese </p>

<p>ECs:
High School:
-Started DECA business club at my high school.
-Interned at the Psychology department at Stanford. Conducted research on issues related to academic performance in teenagers.
-Varsity Tennis
-Organized charity talent shows for 3 years in a row(Interact club).
-Scholar-Athlete
-Honor Roll(3.5+)
College:
-Founded a company, development is in phase, minimum viable product probably by May.
-Developmental Economics Research - Currently working on a paper examining why gender ratios in China, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa are much lower than the developed world.
-Management Consulting Group(Couple of case competitions)
-Planning a 10k race fundraiser for charity:water, a NY based charity organization. Most likely will be held in Central Park or Downtown.</p>

<p>I was actually inspired by my Economics professor(who used to teach at Stanford) to apply. He mentioned that students at Stanford lead rather composite lives where academics is just one facet. He was comparing it to the likes of Yale and Columbia, where academics is generally given more emphasis(Stanford students are usually busy changing the world). Not to say Stanford's academics are weak by any means, I just think Stanford will offer a much richer undergraduate experience coupled with a balance that schools only dream of achieving.</p>

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<p>I’ve been contemplating an application as a dream reach but don’t know if its worth my time…happy to help with essays…stat dump:</p>

<p>Stats: Non-Trad 25, SC resident, Hispanic male
hooks: hispanic, military, research, pro-sports
College: CC(fresh) transferred->College of Charleston(soph)
College GPA: 47 credits 4.0 through this fall - (doing pre-med requirements right now @ CofC)
HS GPA: 3.3
SAT: Math-710 Verbal-630
Me: took a 9 month trial-contract with a professional soccer team in Spain right after HS, didn’t cut it and moved back to the US playing lower level professional soccer for a few years (USL-think A/AA baseball), got something like 13 varsity letters and was an all-state soccer player back in HS, realized I wasn’t good enough to make it to the big time so joined the Air Force reserves to pay tuition (spent a year away @ basic/tech school - graduated w/honors 99% testing/99% fitness of all graduates) and here I am…</p>

<p>current ECs: research in a marine bio lab looking to be published some time late 2013, volunteer at a low income health clinic, monthly AF drill weekends, club soccer, physics tutor</p>

<p>reason for transferring: the state cut the scholarship funding promised to Military personnel so I’m out 9k a year in scholarships looking fwd…</p>

<p>Getting a great LOR from a Chem teacher who is psyched I just scored in the 100th percentile on the ACS final exam…next highest in class of ~80 was 94th percentile</p>

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<p>Hey everyone!
I’m also applying to Stanford, which was my first choice when applying to schools. No shock here, I was rejected for freshman admissions.
I’m currently a freshman at Cornell, looking to double-major in biology and chemistry and with hopes of going to med school. I had a super successful first semester, and I think my high school stats were pretty good as well, so I hope to get in this year!
I heard that they generally only accepted California transfers though… anyone have any insight on this rumor?</p>

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<p>My Stats: CMU
College/ Major Applying to: CAS, Computer Science
Entering as: Sophomore
HS GPA: 4.0/4.0
College GPA: 4.0
SAT: 2380, 2400 superscored</p>

<p>SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 800, Physics I: 750, Physics II: 800, Bio: 780, French: 730
AP scores: Took around 11 AP’s, got all 5s except for French
Units completed: 19
Units in progress (Spring 2013 courses) : 20</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: -Founded a startup with two friends and raised $150,000 in capital, won first place in two app developing contests, Vice-president of Rifle Club, Interned at Twitter as a software engineer, volunteered at a children’s shelter in Haiti, DJ’d for several venue events, placed 4th in a state-wide weight lifting competition, High School Varsity Basketball captain (Senior, Jr year), soccer captain(senior year)</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation: 1 from a professor from Stanford (he mentored me for iOS development… says i’m one of the brightest students he had encountered), 2 from my computer science and linear algebra professor</p>

<p>Other schools I’m applying to: Harvard (got waitlisted last year), MIT, CalTech, Harvey Mudd</p>

<p>I’m half African-American and half Mexican. I hope this might help.</p>

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<p>Class: 2015 </p>

<p>Applying from: Lafayette College</p>

<p>Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry BS</p>

<p>SAT: 1940 (610 CR, 640 M, 690 W) (horrendous, I know)</p>

<p>HS GPA: 3.76</p>

<p>Ranks: 3/114 (private school)</p>

<p>Lafayette GPA: 3.96 (increasing (3.66, 3.95, 4.0, 4.0), with 23 credit hours/semester)</p>

<p>NYU GPA (visiting student): 4.0</p>

<p>Honors/Awards/positions:
McKelvy Scholar (20/2400 students selected to be in honors program)
EXCEL Scholar (honors research program)
Biology Dept. Representative, HHMI Science Horizons Initiative
Campus Lead, Students for Barack Obama Campaign
Admissions ambassador (college and HS)
Cum Laude Society
Order of Old Farms (highest award at grad, for model citizenship)
Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook (won CSPA and ASPA gold)
President, Social activities
President/Founder, Lit. Appreciation Society
President, Art Club
Co-editor, Hippocrene Literary Magazine</p>

<p>Hooks: “Glowing” recommendations, Pacific Islander, Gay (if that even is a hook), Great essays. </p>

<p>Goal: MD/PhD</p>

<p>Applied to: Columbia, Stanford, Yale, UChicago, JHU, WashU, Cornell, UPenn, Brown, Rice, Vandy, Northwestern, Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Pomona, Haverford</p>

<p>College credit for: APLit, APDesign, APDrawing, GenBio1, GenBio2, IntFrench 1, IntFrench2, PrincEcon, IntroSoc, IntroPhil, FreshmenWritingSeminar, SophomoreWritingSeminar, EvolBio, MolecGenetics, MolecMedicine, CellBio, IntroNeuro, GenChem1, GenChem2, Orgo1, Orgo2, Calc1, Calc2, IntroStats</p>