Stanford University Fall 2019 Transfer Thread

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Dear fellow prospective Stanford transfer students,

I recently finished my freshman year at the University of Connecticut as an Economics major. I earned a 3.6 GPA with a relatively rigorous courseload. I applied as a transfer student to Wharton but was rejected.

I will start with a few stats:

Race: Caucasian Jewish American

Gender: Male

Home State: Connecticut

SES: High

SAT: 1020 (Terrible. I took the SAT once a couple years ago and did not study at all. I will be retaking.)

I feel stagnant at my current school and will likely be taking a gap year for 2018/2019 to do something extreme. I am leaving to study abroad in Israel soon, so I may stay there.

At any rate, I wanted to start this thread as early as possible to get the conversation going. I do not expect much activity during summer break, so I am looking forward to conversations with other prospective transfer students this fall.

Good luck to everyone in advance.

Sincerely,

@mgr001

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pleasure to meet you, @mgr001
I will be applying to Stanford for the fall 2019 semester as well.

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@kb199977 @mgr001 I will be as well!

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@mgr001 I also was rejected by wharton lol

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@bazzi11 welcome to the clubbbbbb

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nice to meet you guys I will be applying to transfer to stanford in fall 2019 as well

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Hello everybody, I will be applying for transfer admission to Stanford for Fall 2019 as well. It’s nice to have you guys to talk.

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I am considering applying to Stanford for Fall 2019. What is the area surrounding Stanford like? I am a city person so somewhere like Philadelphia or New York City is an ideal place, but I am also open to suburban areas.

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Hi guys I am also planning to transfer to Stanford next fall. I am pretty much open to any questions and will post my stats when this forum gets going.

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Last time I took new SAT, I got a score of 1260 (pretty low for Stanford) since I’m an international student and am not that good in English . I currently have a GPA of 4.0, and hoping to maintain that over my sophomore year as well. Do you guys recommend me taking the SAT or ACT again, or just get going with the score that I have.

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Hi there. I’m planning to transfer to Stanford in Fall 2019 as a sophomore. If you have any advice or tips to help with the application process please do share here! Thanks in advance!

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Hello, I am planning to transfer to Stanford next fall. I will be a sophomore by that time and please provide with some advice about what should I write for essays and what extracurriculars I should do. Below are my stats:

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (R: 340, W: 400, M: 800)- Second time taking, one-sitting

ACT: N/A

SAT II: Math II 800
Korean 800
Physics 790
US History 740
I’m also considering to retake SATs and adSAT Chem if it would boost my chance.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 something- had one A- in my freshman

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5-7/500+

AP (place score in parenthesis):
Sophomore: Environmental science(2), Calc BC/AB subscore(5)

Junior: Physics 2(4), US History(5), Stats(5), Lang(3)

Senior: CompsciA(5), MacroEcon(5), MicroEcon(5), Physics C E&M(5), Physics C Mechanics(5), Chem(5), 2dArt(4), USGov(4), Lit(2)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:

High school Senior year course load: All APs stated above, but self-studied physics. In econ class, we studied micro 1st semester and macro 2nd.

Expected college freshman course load: planning to take accelerated math (2nd year if possible), compsci, econ, and writing

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):N/A

Minor Awards:
National AP
FBLA National qualifier
DECA Regional Entrepreneurship 4th
Some high school awards everyone receives

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Church(9-11th grade)
Chess club(12th grade)
Key club(10-12th grade)
Deca(10-12th grade)
FBLA(12th grade)
Track&Field(11th grade)
Sci Olympiad(12th grade)
I’m considering to participate in Putnam competition, competitive programming, business club, and maybe making an app(if I can learn how to make it). Please recommend some other ECs.

Job/Work Experience: N/A

Volunteer/Community service: Did some through church and key club. Around 100 hours I think.

Summer Activities:
-Attended FBLA national conference
-Retaking online Multivariable course since one of the colleges I wish to transfer requires it and doesn’t accept high school credit.
-Traveling to Korea to meet friends/family

Essays: I think I poured the most effort and time into last year’s Stanford supplements, yet I’m not a great writer. I think I’ll try to rewrite all my supplements for 2019.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): WA, greencard holder but I might get a citizenship before applying
School Type: Public High, State flagship univ
Race(s) (White, AA, AI/AN, Asian, NH/PI): Unlikeable
Hispanic (Y/N): N
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200K last year, but I think it’ll decrease this year
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
None. Maybe 1.5 generation immigrant?

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Does anyone know if you’re supposed to apply for transfer after completing one year or two? I know Berkeley requires a minimum of 60 units for transfer, but I can’t find anything at all showing what Stanford wants.

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@loanshark there is no minimum - they accept sophomore and junior transfers without bias, based on the entirety of the application. The maximum transferrable is 90 units (of the 180 required to graduate).

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If I was rejected last year and also get rejected this year, would I still be able to transfer next year? I heard that colleges don’t accept applicants who were rejected twice.

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Hey guys, so I’m a rising sophomore at a large state school that plans to apply for junior transfer.

I have a 3.86, but my ACT (which I had taken senior year) is only a 29.

Should I retake again this year, or is it not worth it? How much of an impact will it have on my application?

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@Faexpopuli My understanding is that Stanford allows a maximum of three applications (freshman, sophomore transfer, junior transfer).

@solidbigboss88 For what it’s worth, I received a 28 on the ACT in March 2012, and was accepted in May 2017 as a transfer without re-taking it. But that’s obviously one case in a sea of many, and I had a lot of things in between those five years, as I was pretty nontraditional. I don’t think it will have a huge impact on your application either way, but if you think you can do significantly better and have the resources to try, then why not. But otherwise, don’t sweat it.

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What are your stats? I’ve never heard of anyone getting in with a 28 :0

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@supaflymcnasty They are posted in both the 2017 and 2018 thread. As we get closer, I’m sure I will post them in this thread.

2016 is the most recent year that in-depth data is available for transfers, and 20% of the accepted transfers had ACT scores between 24-29. Standardized tests don’t mean that much (if anything) when you are three, four, five, twenty years removed from having taken the test.

https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/selection/profile16.html .

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What if I took it last year?