Possible Transfer looking for Thoughts about my Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I believe that I articulated my reasoning for wanting to transfer pretty well on the Common App and think that it’s a pretty valid reason. I’m only looking at upper tier schools because I can tough out my situation for two more years if need be, but I’d really prefer to transfer. I also know I’ll probably get rejected by a lot of these schools, I just want to know if my stats are good enough to warrant a look and possibly an acceptance to a few of these places.

Schools I’m looking at:
University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences)
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
WUSTL
Emory
Vanderbilt
Brandeis
Duke
Brown
Columbia

College:
College GPA: 4.0/4.0 over 53 credits
English major and Classics minor
Currently a second semester sophomore
Will need Financial Aid
I’m currently at a university ranked around #50

HS (only had W GPAs, they did not calculate UW):
Secular Studies GPA: 5.07/4.3 (straight A’s and A+’s in all Honors – school did not offer any AP classes)
Jewish Studies GPA: 3.97/4.3 (shows upward trend every year to where I got straight A’s, but was in Regulars)
I had on average 18 classes a semester in high school due to the dual curriculum.
I only took one AP (English Lit) during high school and received a 4 - I self studied.
I was accepted to my current university through an Early Admissions program, which let me skip 12th grade. So I only went to high school for 3 years.

SAT: 2220 (770 CR, 760 W, 690 M)
ACT: 32 (36 E, 34 CR, 32 M, 27 S)
Did not take SAT Subject Tests ever

Extracurriculars: I have a list of all the ones I’ve written on my Common App, but I’d prefer not to post them here.

Recommendations: Two professors I’ve taken twice each (one is an English professor and one is a Math professor). I went to their office hours a lot so they know me quite well, and I received A’s and A+'s from them both.

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We cant chance you if you won’t post ECs. So far you have the academic qualifications, but so does everyone else.

What is your reason for transferring, specifically? Can’t chance you w/o this either.

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@okon2122

I still don’t want to go into my reasoning so much, but I feel it’s a solid reason (not prestige). I researched all of the schools extensively and I think that shows in my essay supplements.

Extracurriculars:
Reporter for School Newspaper

Internship at the Mayor’s Office in a Nearby City
Paid Peer Tutor at the University
On the Committee for Programming at the Hillel on Campus
Member of University’s Grievance Committee
Note-Taker for Office of Disabilities at the University
Coach for a Little League Sports Team on Sundays
Social Director for the Condo I Live in
Founding Member of University’s Classics Table
Founding Member of University’s Fantasy Sports Club

Also, my HS did not rank.

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I’m going to bump this.

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I think you have posted enough to assess whether transfer seems reasonable. These chance threads really can’t go beyond that anyway. You seem very strong. I doubt Wash U because you are not full pay. But you seem competitive for most of the others. Good luck.

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I was wondering about bumping this thread since I finished sending in all my applications and I’m nervous. :slight_smile:

Some updated information:
I’m enrolled in 15 credits this semester and I’m expecting 5 A’s on the midterm report (I’m at the top of my classes or still in solid A range in them all).

I also plugged my HS grades in and calculated the UW GPA for secular studies to be 3.99/4.00 and the Jewish studies to be 3.86/4.00. although these are not on my HS transcript. I really am not sure about how the Jewish studies grades from high school will affect my application, because I don’t think many admissions counselors will have any idea what they are.

What do you all think about my chances to these places?