<p>Im a sophomore transfer applying only to stanford. Im sure alot of people here are applying to stanford as they are one of the few top schools that seems to be good about transfers. So if you are applying (or rather have applied) post here and feel free to post your stats, I'ld like to get to know my compitition :-)</p>
<p>oh, and check out this article, the cover story of the current alum mag is on transfers:</p>
<p>i didn't know private schools accept cc students before...
anyway i wont get in~low gpa...</p>
<p>why not post your stats first?</p>
<p>come here and asking for stats without yours isn't the best way to gain trust.</p>
<p>I wasnt really asking for others stats just if you want to. I was more curious in how many others here are applying. I have no problem posting my stats if you want me to.</p>
<p>it's a common courtesy to post your stats while asking for others. I would be glad to see your stats.</p>
<p>no problem,</p>
<p>stats:</p>
<p>top 5 to 10 % of high school</p>
<p>1470 sat</p>
<p>no special sat2s, 690-750 range</p>
<p>3.8 college (only one semester though)</p>
<p>soccer, debate for high school</p>
<p>involved in 2 research projects this year (I dont know any other freshman even doing one)</p>
<p>2 excellent (i think) college recs</p>
<p>essays are insightful, strong but perhaps without the best prose</p>
<p>from cmu where im going for cog sci + cs minor to symbolic systems</p>
<p>Hey everyone,
How important are HIGH SCHOOL EC's if one is planning to transfer as a junior? (The only ones I did are private tutoring and piano lessons)
Would it be a good idea to take the ACT?(ALthough I have not studied for this yet, I might take this b/c I did poorly on the SAT)
Also, how important are research activities? Essays?</p>
<p>Here's how it works:
If you are a sophomore transfer, they need to see your high school grades (usually). If you are a junior transfer, they figure that two years of college work is enough and you don't need to provide high school grades.</p>
<p>To my knowledge, same thing applies to ECs. Research wouldn't be too important since that's for graduate school. Grades grades grades grades grades. (Essay is probably important too!)</p>
<p>phpguru</p>
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<p>The SAT only determines how well you will perform during your freshman year in college; if you have earned As throughout your freshman and sophomore year, then I do not see why an SAT score would be necessary. Of course, if you are coming from a community college, the situation may be a little different. Coming from a reputable institution does negate the risk of not performing well, which is what is implied by a poor SAT score.</p>
<p>I'm applying transfer to Stanford, too. </p>
<p>My stats are pretty standard for someone applying to transfer to Stanford. I sort of feel like I'm competing with people from my current college to get into Stanford more than anything... we're all in an unusual situation, but it's the same (or similar) unusual situation. I had good high school stats-- 4.56 weighted GPA, 1460 SAT in 10th grade, average SAT II around 750. 3.85 college GPA at an obscure but respected small college.</p>
<p>Edit: Oh, and I'm female and I'm really into math... I love math... analytic philosophy too, but I'm vaguely hoping that what with all the ruckus this year about women in the sciences, my love of math and hope to become a math major and maybe even become a math PhD might help a little... well, we'll see.</p>
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<p>Excellent:) </p>
<p>What pieces in analytic philosophy have you read? Principia Mathematica? Godel's Proof?</p>
<p>The best analytic philosophy thing ive read is godel, escher, bach by douglas hofstadter. though its really more then just that. it progesses to cognative science and artificial intellegence. Its an excellent work that won the pulitzer prize, i would really suggust it if youre into that sort of thing.</p>
<p>I am in the process of dissecting Godel's proof, along with the piece that started it all, Principia Mathematica (by Bertrand Russell and A. N. Whitehead). I am somewhat interested in Frege and I might start looking into cognitive science as well, but I am also interested in quantum mechanics. All of this, however, is secondary to my primary research in ethical/legal philosophy:)</p>
<p>Most of the analytic philosophy I've had a chance to read has been Philosophy of Language, not Philosophy of Math or anything sadly (of course, a lot of topics in philosophy of math I'm not particularly interested in... ie, I find the whole "do numbers exist?" thing to be inane)... I'm still taking Formal Logic, which is an introductory class... my current school is sadly lacking in this sort of thing. My favorite philosophers that I've had a chance to read are Carnap, Putnam, Austin, and Lewis. Grice and Quine are okay-- UNDETACHED RABBIT PARTS!! (Anyone interested in Philosophy and Math-- is it me, or are a lot of the problems of reference solved, or at least a lot easier, if we look at it in terms of Linear Algebra? With the words having a linear map onto referants?) Wittgenstein rocks my socks, too. :) I'm currently working on a project about Aristotelian logic-- it's a really interesting subject, and I rather like ancient philosophy too (Zeno is awesome). Yeah, I have Godel, Escher, and Bach, but I haven't had a chance to read it. I've looked at Godel's Proof, and incompleteness theorems in general, but haven't yet had the time to go in-depth.</p>
<p>I really really hope to study Category Theory, Set Theory, and Proof Theory wherever I go. I'm really interested in Foundations of Mathematics.</p>
<p>How could I forget about Carnap:D</p>
<p>Carnap is awesome.</p>
<p>I'm in a tutorial right now of Philosophy of Language-- just me and one other person-- and the cool thing is, I can totally determine what we read. So we were reading ... I THINK it was Grice... and he mentioned Carnap and the artificial languages... so I requested that we read some Carnap, which we did. It's so cool being able to control what we read for class. </p>
<p>PS-- not really an analytic philosopher, but Mercier is a wonderful writer. She totally managed to change my mind about feminist philosophy.</p>
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<p>Rule of thumb: Never mention the word "feminism" to an analytic philosopher if you wish to survive his/her class, and never utter the word "metaphysics" if you wish to survive a class on Postmodernism:)</p>
<p>nspeds, I need to take the ACT or retake the SAT because these scores are used in transfer selection criteria, as you can see in the university website. Actually, I am transferring from a 4-yr. public university.</p>
<p>anisky, i saw elsewhere that you are trying to transfer into cmu as well. so if you have any questions feel free to ask as that is where I currently am.</p>