Please Chance Me??

Transfer Students
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<p>So here's my situation.</p>

<p>Right now, I'm going to college without any FA because I'm an international student.
Before going to college, I thought many people actually do pay full tuition but after coming here, I realized more than half of my friends get some sort of FA (granted, they're american citizens) and it made me feel really bad making my parents pay for 60+ grands/year for next 3 more years)
So this is why I want to transfer to institutions that do give FA to international students, namely HYM.</p>

<p>I know it is very competitive to transfer into any of those three universities but I just wanted to know if I have at least a realistic chance of getting in before I delve myself into this crazy application process)</p>

<p>I go to top 10 ranked college that is notorious for giving you bad gpa :( (you guys can prob figure out which one)</p>

<p>And here's my stat</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian (getting Canadian citizenship next year even tho I prob won't get it before the admission)</p>

<p>HS: Fairly competitive public school in BC, Canada
HS GPA (UW): (gr.10-12) 3.8~3.85?
IB: 37/45. lol yes.. I gave up studying after I got into college, never thought I'd need to transfer.
Class rank: 10/300 ish?
SAT's: 760CR/800M/720W (single sitting)
SAT 2's: 800 Math 2/800 Phys/780 Chem
EC's: i guess.. just enough to get me into colleges other than HYMPS?
Mostly contest related/some volunteer/some club positions</p>

<p>Intended Major: Physics/Math
College GPA: 3.8 (Took Analysis, Honors physics, humanities(philosophyish) class in fall quarter and will be taking Analysis, Honors physics, Intermediate Mechanics, humanities next quarter, I slacked off first quarter. pretty sure I can pull off 4.0 for next quarter)
EC's: Honestly, I rly have none. Attended some clubs but not rly... maybe playing FIFA 2 hrs everyday on xbox? lol
Recs: I think I can get decent rec from my analysis professor and I'm planning on getting the other one from my mechanics professr next quarter)</p>

<p>So... assuming I get decent recs, provide an adequate academic reason for transfer and start involving myself more into clubs/etc. Will I have a realistic chance (i.e. will I not be wasting my money by applying?) of getting into HYM?</p>

<p>Thank you very much in advance!</p>

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<p>Assuming you go to UChicago, a 3.8 is amazing. But then again, admissions to HYM=crapshoot.</p>

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<p>What about Cornell, Columbia, UPenn??
They’re not really better than my school for math/phys but I hear they have better FA.
Would admissions to these schools also be crapshoot?</p>

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<p>Do you know that your family can even qualify for Aid? If they’re paying full price at Chicago it sounds like they may be seen as having no need.</p>

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<p>I’m 99.9% sure my family qualifies for full financial aid. my mom and dad have some money left but they don’t really work anymore so income= almost 0 and next quarter I’m getting loans from government to pay for the tuition.</p>