Possibilities for Inter Ivy junior transfer? Help :O

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I've been poking around on this forum the last two or so weeks, and it seems there was some pretty good advice given. So, I'll hope I get some honest advice as well.</p>

<p>Were I to finalize on my decision to transfer (just finished freshman year), I would appreciate if someone could tell me my honest chances of transferring out (I've noticed incredibly low transfer rates).</p>

<p>Quick Rundown:</p>

<p>HS:
GPA: 3.7-3.8 UW
Class rank: ~15/538, top 2.8%
ACT: 34.25, 12 writing, 33 english, 36 math, 36 Sci, 32 reading
Sat Subjects: Math 2: 800, Chem: 780
Class rigor: Most rigorous in grade, 2 college classes, ap nat. scholar, etc.</p>

<p>ECs:
look them up in a chance me thread if you want, won't write much detail. but, it was by far the strongest part of my app when applying</p>

<ul>
<li>~2000 hours table tennis, nat. competitor, nationally ranked, blah blah</li>
<li>400+ hours of research, 4 internships (quantitative chem, environ. sci. mathematics, mat sci. engineering), sci fair medalist</li>
<li>aime qualifier, captain of math team, qualified for states/new englands, ARML A team (#5), euler award, blah etc.</li>
<li>sci bowl captain, 2 time state winners, trained middle school, etc.</li>
<li>tutor for high school/ middle school students for 4 years</li>
<li>250+ hours volunteering</li>
</ul>

<p>Favorite subjects: English, Psychology, Mathematics, Economics, Art</p>

<p>College, cornell:
Presidential Scholar (< 2% of students selected), college of engineering
Cum GPA: 3.8/4.0
Major GPA: 3.9/4.0
Credits (as of May 2012): 80
Credits toward Major (as of May 2012): 72/126</p>

<p>Course rigor: mostly sophomore/junior level classes, 1 grad course</p>

<p>Test Scores: noneeeee, taking GMAT in 2 months though, so i'll update then. been prepping since last summer, so i expect to do very well.</p>

<p>Outside college (only listing most important stuff):</p>

<p>-Cornell Varsity Table Tennis Captain
-Treasurer Cornell Table Tennis Club
-Co-founded company (private investment firm), raised 6k in capital
-UBS Financial Services externship
-Cornell Venture Capital, Analyst. Now allowed to say much, but do work for Castile Ventures, large venture capital firm in MA, acceptance rate: very low
-Mutual Investment Club of Cornell (60k AUM), Junior Quantitative Analyst, acceptance rate: very low (but now as low as above)
-Mutual Investment Club of Cornell, Structuring Group Associate, manage 8k in capital to invest in variety of low debt securities (reits, munis, puts, money market etfs, etc.), acceptance rate: asked by president to do it
-Cornell Investment Club, Junior Analyst, Alternative Investment Group, acceptance rate: medium/low
-Behavioral Economics Finance Organization, Research Associate and Trading Analyst, acceptance rate: medium</p>

<p>Research (listing all since freshman year hs):
-Cornell, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Behavioral Economics, basically in charge of my work here.
-Cambridge, OnlineMathCircle, Research Intern, Mathematics- Harmonic Analysis
-UConn, Research Intern, ChemE/Mat.Sci.E- Applied Catalysis
-UHart, Research Intern, Quantitative Chemistry- Non-Metal Redox Kinetics
-UHart, Research, Environmental Sci- OSWV Anodic Stripping Analysis</p>

<p>Plan to get involved in 1 more research project next sem., preferably in either Applied Physics or Financial Engineering (I should have enough background by then..)</p>

<p>Brother, Social Fraternity (won't list specifically)</p>

<p>-Manage private portfolio (5k AUM), 63.4% annual return, basically spending time reading news/creating valuations/speculating 24/7 (takes up a lot of my time)</p>

<p>Competitions (cornell):
-Freshman Mathematics Challenge
-Pricewaterhouse Coopers CASE Challenge
-Facebook Hackathon
-Google Code Jam
-Investopedia Simulator Challenge (top 1.3% out of 26,000, 89.2% annual return)
-Cornell Mathematics Contest in Modeling</p>

<p>Languages familar with/knowledge of: Python, Java, MATLAB, R, SQL, Perl, C++, VB, LaTeX, Minitab, HTML, CSS, PHP, mySQL and JavaScript</p>

<p>err ya i like comp sci- find it useful</p>

<p>Summer:
-Research at Cornell
-Taking GMAT
-India visit for 1 month
-Possibly an internship in Wealth Management when I get back (applied to Merril Lynch's, Morgan Stanley's, UBS', RBC's wealth management divisions)</p>

<p>Summary: </p>

<p>-As you can probably see, in college, outside activities are my #1 priority, at Cornell
-Academics is my lowest priority at Cornell (in rant why)
-I can graduate engineering at the age of 18 due to the amount of credits I've taken/earned this last year (bad idea :/ ), and from what I found, making me one of the youngest people to graduate cornell engineering in the last ~100 years [can I use this to help for transfer apps?]
-I like challenges.</p>

<p>Why transfer?
You can go read my rant on the cornell forum, but i'll tell you right now it's for legit reasons. (or why else would I be willing to leave all this behind)</p>

<p>Why wait till junior transfer?
-I wanted to make sure I was exposed to everything Cornell has to offer before I decided to leave
-** I'm not a quitter by principle **
-I've decided to try and change what I find unhappy with Cornell Engineering instead of complaining and running away. We'll see if it works. I'll finally have some academic power next sem. (TA for junior level class, Comp. Consultant, AEW facilitator, Course Assistant), so we'll see how much I can get done.</p>

<p>Where I'm currently looking at so far:
Wharton
Harvard</p>

<p>Also, got rejected at both penn and harvard when I applied for hs.</p>

<p> ** So, aside from my essays and reasons for transferring, do I stand a chance at transferring, or is it a lost cause for a junior transfer?? ** </p>

<p>EDIT: You can probably guess the line of work I'm interested in pursuing as a career ;)</p>

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<p>Additionally, if need be, I would surrender all my credit upon transferring and be willing to start over again.</p>

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<p>What major would you like to complete at the new place? No one can give you good advice unless you state that more explicitly.</p>

<p>You want to explore Cornell. How many classes have you taken in CALS and HUMEC? Psych, Math, Art, Economics could add up to a whole new major in design and environmental analysis or consumer economics in HUMEC. Your math and modeling background might make Meteorology attractive - that department used to be on the top floor of Bradford Hall with the best view of the whole campus.</p>

<p>Why on earth are you taking the GMAT now? Wait and take it when you are ready to apply to an MBA program. And please, remember that the good ones will expect 3-5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience before you apply.</p>

<p>Lastly, there is nothing wrong with just taking a year off to work and gain perspective on your life before heading back to college at CU or elsewhere. Think that option through this summer, and see if it makes sense for you.</p>

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<p>What are you asking? Are you able to transfer? Well your activities and stats are pretty outstanding & you’ve proven you can succeed at Cornell, so yes you have a good shot at Harvard or Penn.</p>

<p>By the way, it would be stupid of you to “surrender your credits” and start over. That would mean wasting all the money your parents paid for two whole years at Cornell. I’m sure most of your credits will transfer anyways.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply happymomof1.</p>

<p>If you want to know why I want to transfer out of Cornell, look at posts #184, #191, and #195 are some of the main reasons. </p>

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<p>Oh, sorry I wasn’t clear. I have my mind very much set on a specific job field (maybe fixed income trading/ quant/ equity capital markets at a bb/ etc.) I have finalized this through my past experiences/internships/talked with alums/seniors at Cornell. </p>

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<p>I’ve talked to current alums in the field, and they said it shows a level of adeptness and can only help in the process. Also, GMAT is valid for up to 5 years. </p>

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<p>Yes: I’m considering this as well, but it does not seem to go by well with my parents (who currently contribute 99% of my tuition as I’m currently 17 and cannot really not listen to them and risk earning my tuition myself). </p>

<p> Also, I’d mainly appreciate if anyone had any thoughts as to whether I am competitive enough to apply to the schools I mentioned. I’m only asking because I noticed that many have said on here transfer admission to Harvard/Wharton/the like is extremely difficult (<1%) and even much more difficult for junior transfers. I want to prioritize my time, so if I do have a chance, I’ll start working on transfer apps now. </p>

<p>EDIT: emma, I’m asking the thing I just wrote in red. It wasn’t very clear in that giant post up there. </p>

<p>Well, if they don’t accept the credit, then I can’t do much, but even if they do, I’d like to retake some classes, since whatever classes I’ve taken at Cornell are definitely not of equal rigor.</p>

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<p>Well, they accept 10-12 kids each year out of thousands. Are they looking for students in my position, or students have struggled throughout high school, went to a community college, realized their potential, worked extremely hard and now want a second chance? Because, if the latter, it seems there’s no reason for me to apply.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/9/1/students-transfer-harvard-new/[/url]”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/9/1/students-transfer-harvard-new/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Okay: thanks for the link. I’m going to go ahead and take that as a ‘I should go ahead and apply’ sign. Thanks for the help, all.</p>

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<p>is this some sort of joke?</p>

<p>u have 80 credits, almost a perfect gpa, can graduate at 18 yrs old, have an internship at a venture capital firm, manage 1000s of dollars, captain of a sports team and all that other stuff and u wanna transfer?</p>

<p>you crazy man</p>