Penn State Transfer

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello I am currently a Penn State student looking to transfer to another school. The reasons I am transferring are because PSU does not offer an economics degree through the undergraduate business school and only through the liberal arts college. I would also like the degree to be focused on applied economics(business economics). I would like to transfer to a better ranked school for my major and a more academically focused school. I want to go to school in a more urban area as well. Please give me your thoughts on where I stand and I will also chance you back!</p>

<p>Schools I am applying to: Upenn(Wharton or CAS haven't decided yet), Cornell (Dyson), NYU (Stern), Columbia, Brown, Yale(just for fun), UChicago, Georgetown, Berkley, and Notre Dame. </p>

<p>College: Penn State (honors)
Major: Economics
Minor: Sustainability, Spanish
College GPA: 3.7-3.8
36 credits completed sophomore year
Transferring in as a junior</p>

<p>Jobs: Supervisor(intern) at work study program through psychology firm for juveniles
Tutor at Penn State's writing center
Intern and employee at Mortgage Banking Company</p>

<p>E.C.'s: Sustainability Economics Research sophomore year(hopefully will be published)
Traveled to several research conferences with honors program
Lots of international experience
President and founder of sustainability club
Active member of honors club and entrepreneurship club
500+ hours volunteering through the salvation army, habitat for humanity, relay for life, working at state parks, and coaching youth baseball.
Baseball player(could have played at least Division 2 but chose not too)
Excellent Piano Player</p>

<p>Recommendations:
2 Excellent Recommendations from very close professors
1 Strong Recommendation from honors coordinator
1 Strong Recommendation from Admissions Dean</p>

<p>Awards(post high school): Deans list award (twice)
Penn State Superior Academic Achievement Award (twice)
Penn State honors acceptance after freshman year and penn state honors society acceptance
Valedictorian of my major thus far</p>

<p>Other Factors: White (Caucasian)
Family income 500,000+
Both parents are college grads</p>

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<p>bumpin bump</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Ill chance back</p>

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<p>No offense but if you don’t know your own chances as a transfer student, how can you effectively chance someone else?</p>

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<p>Other than ND (which I don’t know much about), you have only schools that are very tough to transfer to. And that’s fine as long as you’re OK with staying at Penn State if none of them accept you. But if you definitely want to get out of PS, then you should replace some of those with less selective schools.</p>

<p>P.S. You don’t have to respond that you only want a prestigious school, all business/econ majors want that even though they say ‘better ranked and more academically focused’ ;).</p>

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<p>Well Penn State is a good school. I just feel like its not the fit for me and I can’t see myself getting a degree from here. Also I have been told that I should be good for Villanova, Berkley, Notre Dame, and NYU so I have those as my safety schools assuming that I have about a 50/50 shot at each.</p>

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<p>Since NYU overall accepts 24% of transfers, it’s interesting that you have a 50% chance at Stern which is more selective. Similar for UCBerkeley (note the spelling) which accepts 21% of transfers, most of which are CCC or other IS applicants. However, since it looks like you’re full pay at both, that could help.</p>

<p>p.s. a 50% chance is not the definition of a safety school.</p>

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<p>Okay sorry I am new to all of this. I was told by the admissions dean here(who used to be a dean at Rice) that I at least had a 50/50 shot at those schools. I think she was judging me in comparison to other applicants. I understand what you are saying though.</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>definitely want to hear some more feedback bump</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>please give me some more feedback guys.</p>