Please Chance me for Top Publics, a Few Privates, and an Ivy

Transfer Students
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<p>PA Resident
Race: Black
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Colleges:
-Penn State-University Park (Top choice)
-University of Maryland-College Park (Top choice)
-University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
-University of Georgia
-University of Florida
-CU-Boulder
-University of Arizona (Barrett Honors College)
-USC
-Saint John's University
-Columbia University</p>

<p>Intended major: Biochemistry</p>

<p>Current Major: Chemistry
GPA: 3.60 (My transferrable GPA is between 3.7 and 3.9 with 5 A's and 1 C)
College: Northampton Community College. This college was ranked in the top 50 among community colleges nationally</p>

<p>Clubs and Activities:
-Science Club: 1st and 2nd semesters
-Engineering Club: 1st semester
-Spring 2014 Leadership Class (I learned about leadership principles and met with business leaders in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania)
-Residence Life Council: General member
-Phi Theta Kappa: General member freshman year; elected as secretary for my sophomore year</p>

<p>Hooks:
-Possible first generation student (Mom and dad don't have a Bachelor's degrees; however, my mom has an Associate's degree)
-Single parent household (I don't know if this is an actual hook or not, but I just decided to throw that out there)
-URM</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
-Made the Dean's List for the Fall 2013 semester
-I am am in the honor's program, and I have taken three honors courses thus far
-I am a SMaRT Scholar, or a recipient of a scholarship from the National Science Foundation, based on my intent to enter a STEM field
-Member of Phi Theta Kappa</p>

<p>Work Experience/Internships:
-POS Associate (Cashier) at Kohl's during my senior year of high school
-Hired as an RA for the dorms</p>

<p>Do I have a good chance at admission with any of these schools?</p>

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<p>It’s hard to say how much of a factor URM plays for transfers. And for some publics, like UF, it can’t legally be taken into account at all. </p>

<p>Is cost a factor? Just asking because of so many OOS publics on your list.</p>

<p>Does Penn State have a transfer agreement with your CC? Seems like your CC advisor should be able to give you a very good idea of what you need to transfer there.</p>

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<p>@entomom Cost may or may not be a factor as my mother and I will take out loans to cover whatever difference may come up. Even though we are solid middle class, my mom has a way of making things happen.</p>

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<p>Anyone else have any input?</p>

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<p>I think you have solid chances at all of those schools, except Columbia (reach) because it is an Ivy, but I assume you expected it would be a reach anyway. You have an impressive list of EC’s though so keep working on your GPA. Good luck!</p>

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<p>There are many definitions of ‘solid middle class’, so I won’t attempt to know what you mean. Other than UVA and UNC-CH, OOS publics are rarely a good financial option since they offer little to no FA. And taking loans for UG are a concern, particularly if, as you member name alludes, you are planning on med school in the future. </p>

<p>What you do is up to you, I’m just stating this because we get lots of students who post after being accepted and receiving poor FA and complain about the high cost of an OOS public, when it was a given from the onset.</p>