Sophomore Transfer Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>I hear transferring in as a sophomore is extremely difficult (especially OOS) so I'd like to get a gauge of whether or not my chances are strong.</p>

<p>Asian Indian male from suburban Cleveland, OH.</p>

<p>COLLEGE GPA: 3.93 after 1 semester (13 credits)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Five College Model UN (future)</p>

<p>Harvard National Model UN (future)</p>

<p>International Relations Club (Model UN)</p>

<p>McGill Model UN in Montreal, Canada (end of January 09)
-Panama on Special Political and Decolonization</p>

<p>Security Council Simulation at Yale
-Thailand on the IAEA</p>

<p>Southern Regional Model United Nations
-Malaysia on the WTO</p>

<p>-Chinese Student Organization</p>

<p>Transfer Credit (AP): 6 credits received from AP Spanish Language</p>

<p>Semester 1
ECON101: Intro to Micro (3 credits)
Current Grade: A</p>

<p>BUAD203: Intro to Accounting (3)
Current Grade: A</p>

<p>HISP151 Mexican Cinema (Freshman Seminar 3 credits)
Current Grade: A-</p>

<p>CHIN101: Intro to Chinese (4)
Current Grade: A</p>

<p>Total Credits for Sem 1: 13</p>

<p>Semester 2:</p>

<p>ECON102 (Intro to Macro) 3
ECON303 (Intermediate Micro) 3
CHIN102 4
ECON380 (Experimental Economics) 3</p>

<p>Total Credits for Sem 2: 13</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL</p>

<p>GPA :3.95 Weighted, 3.40-3.50ish Unweighted</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 12% Could possibly be top 10%</p>

<p>Courses: Hardest possible at my school. 8 AP's, 10+ Honors</p>

<p>SAT1: Math: 710 Critical Reading: 720 Writing: 730 Essay:12</p>

<p>1430/1600 2160/2400</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN: Officer 11,12</p>

<p>Spanish Club: Officer 11,12</p>

<p>Math Tutoring</p>

<p>Spanish Tutoring</p>

<p>Project Support: Help organize social activities for special ed. kids at our school</p>

<p>Youth in Government Judicial: will be working with attorneys and ohio supreme court justices</p>

<p>School Newspaper</p>

<p>Played Tennis Freshman and Sophomore year had to quit due to tendonitis</p>

<p>Piano: Have been playing for 10 years. 1 Superior at OMEA music competitions, played for choir, various other performances</p>

<p>Summer 2006: LeadAmerica for Global Business and Entrepreneurship at Bentley College in Waltham, MA</p>

<p>Volunteer: I'd say maybe around 70-100 hours</p>

<p>Travel Exp.: 20 countries on 5 continents</p>

<p>AP Scores: only really good one is a 5 in Spanish Language
Span. Lang: 5
Macroecon: 3
APUSH: 3
Euro: 3
English Lit: 3</p>

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<p>I think you have an excellent chance.</p>

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<p>LOL</p>

<p>Decision: Deny-Trans Courses/Hrs Not Met</p>

<p>Whatever I guess, I don't really want to go to a school that's going to be so strict on course selection.</p>

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<p>13 credits a semester ? ya you do not have any required classes. Did you even go through the requirements before you apply ?</p>

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<p>I did but I didn’t find out there were specific prereqs for econ until awhile later. Yeah, I know only 13 credits but:</p>

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<li>That’s the suggested amount here for freshman because of the difficulty of classes here</li>
<li>I’m taking 2 upper level econ classes which are with 2 of the toughest econ professors here.</li>
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<p>Oh well, it happens. The reason I didn’t take any “required classes” is because I wasn’t planning on transferring when I got in here. William & Mary is great and I didn’t know it wouldn’t be for me until sometime during 2nd semester.</p>