Hi everyone, I am currently a freshmen student in a top 12 LAC. However, I wish to transfer out. Here are my stats:
College GPA: 4.0/Top 4%
Credits: I will have completed 32 credits by the end of this year.
High Schol GPA: 4.4/Top 5%. I have a great upward trend from 10th grade on
ACT: 35,35,34,35/35 Composite
APs: 11 AP classes in HS/Mostly 4s and 5s
College Extracurriculars (my weakest point I feel)
Worked as a tutor/admissions assistant for high school students
HS Extracurriculars
Job (biggest EC)
Athletics
Clubs, etc.
Recommendations
I think that both my recommendations should be decent.
And finally, here are the schools I want to transfer into:
University of Virginia (Top choice + in-state)
Vanderbilt University (Co-top choice)
Emory University
Virginia Tech
Georgetown
University of Notre Dame
Cornell University
Thank you so much for reading this; I really appreciate your input!
Why do you want to transfer? Can you express the specific academic reason for your transfer in your application?
Yes happymomof1 I think I have some good, compelling reasons
I’ll tell it straight. Grades are good. You have about the same shot as the next person of getting in. The question is why? You’re already at a really good school. Unless you’re out of state and transferring to an in-state university like UVA, you have absolutely nothing to gain. It’s a bachelors degree.
So, would you say my chances at UVa are decent, coolguy40? Among other things, my current school is very expensive so the in-state tuition will help me a lot.
Private schools such as Notre Dame, Cornell, etc. may be very expensive as well. Also, I agree with @coolguy40. It seems like you’re doing very well at your current institution.
Can you specify your reasons as for transferring?
Hi TransferStalker, I would rather not go into my reasons for transferring too much. The biggest reasons are that my current school is too expensive (I’ve come to realize that high undergrad debt is killer), I do not enjoy the school culture, and that I want to come closer to home.
Sorry you got hosed on your college experience 
UVA and VTech look like really solid chances since they’re in-state and you already have a solid college track record. In-state is usually the better option, in my opinion. Georgetown, ND, and Cornell have acceptance rates that average around 10-13%, so chances are terrible no matter how good your grades are. Best of luck!
If money is a huge issue, and you don’t get into either of the VA universities this round, read up on the guaranteed transfer programs with the VA CCs, and think about transferring to one of those for the fall. If you met the requirements for the guaranteed transfer, you would absolutely get in to the cooperating VA university for fall 2019.