Semester Grades In-TRANSFER CHANCES

Transfer Students
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<p>I just want to see my what shot is. Etc. etc. I'll keep this brief and to the point</p>

<p>Schools Looking at: Northwestern, Williams, Columbia</p>

<p>Current School: University of Virginia:
HS GPA (unweighted)-3.8
Took a total of 9 AP's in high school career
SAT-(720 Verbal/710 Math/710 Writing)
SAT II-(Literature 660/U.S. History 690)
HS EC
-Captain of Varsity Cross Country (4 Years)
-Captain of Varsity Indoor Track (4 Years)
-Varsity Lacrosse (4 Years)
-National Honors Society
-Student Government, Secretary
-Film-maker for school (have done various videos with the tv studio that have aired on the morning announcements)</p>

<p>Awards
-Various film making awards
-Winner of many science fair awards (school, county, regions)
-Various Virginia Junior Academy of Science awards (including 1st place)
-Running awards (Coach's award and the like)
College GPA (currently)-3.81
That GPA is after first semester taking:
-Econ 201
-Comm 180
-Span 106
-Soc 252
-RELH 231
Second Semester Schedule:
-Span 201
-Relh 353
-Phy 106
-Classics 202
-Philosophy 154
College EC's:
-Correspondent and writer for Hoo's News (Daily Show type thing for UVA)
-Film Makers Society (making lots of films)
-Madison House (Doing lots of volunteering)
-Communications Coordinator for Dorm Council</p>

<p>I applied and was accepted into Northwestern's School of Communicatino as a senior in high school and was accepted, money was an issue though. I did not apply to Williams or Columbia. I realize the difficulty. Just looking to see if there is a point in applying. </p>

<p>Thanks to all who respond.</p>

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<p>northwestern and williams you should have a very, very good shot at...just make sure your application is in order...write a really good essay and get good recs and youll be in great shape...columbia is a different ballgame...with its 2% xfer acceptance rate or some such, i dont see anything in your app that is mindblowing and it usually takes something of the sort to get into columbia...but youre a very strong applicant to the other schools</p>

<p>gl</p>

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<p>I feel that. Definately won't be applying to Columbia anyway. I'm actually surprised you say I'm a strong applicant to Williams. I thought the difficulty getting into there as a transfer was about the same as Columbia. Regardless, thanks for that, much appreciated</p>

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<p>perhaps i should clarify...i believe that you are a strong applicant to williams and have a better shot than you would at columbia...however just because you are a very strong applicant doesn't mean that you will get in...to take an extreme case, yale probably sees alot of very strong and well qualified applicants, but have to reject a very good portion of them because of their low acceptance rate...under the right circumstances you could definantly get into williams, but its never a sure thing with schools like williams</p>

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<p>I understand for places like Williams, Columbia, etc. there are many, many well qualified applicants, I just wanted to know if I was "qualified" and you very helpfully answered.</p>