<p>So I was rejected EA, but I really want to go to UChicago. I can keep up with the work load. What should I focus on for an easy transfer for my sophomore year.</p>
<p>They accept 25 people out of over 1000 applicants usually. There’s no “easy transfer.”</p>
<p>Agree with the above reply completely. However, in order to give yourself the best chance, get as high a GPA as possible, join any and all honors societies you can, volunteer, work, etc.</p>
<p>“Easy transfer” doesn’t exist in transfer admissions to UChicago. </p>
<p>Get a perfect or near perfect GPA with as many honors sections as you can. Get involved in a lot of extracurriculars and honor societies. If you can get any internships or undergraduate research opportunities in, that will definitely help. </p>
<p>Do all of that, and you will have as good of a shot at transferring to UChicago as anyone else that has a reasonable shot at it. UChicago’s undergraduate enrollment is relatively small. Around 5500 undergrads, as I recall. They don’t have a lot of people transferring out of there either in comparison to a lot of other schools. It’s important to realize that an extremely qualified candidate for transfer admissions could be denied simply because they don’t have room. If their physics department (or whatever department) is full, and you are applying as a physics major…they aren’t going to be able to take you. Admission will be contingent on whether or not there is room in the department for which you are applying, beyond every other aspect of the admissions process.</p>
<p>That said, UChicago is a fantastic school. I once had a dream of transferring there from my community college, but I’ve since realized that I would ultimately prefer UIUC in the long run, because of the wider range of courses that they offer in their physics department.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks do standardized test score matter when you try to transfer</p>
<p>UChicago requires SAT/ACT scores from all applicants, transfer students included. They may not carry as much weight as they would for freshmen admissions, but they do still matter.</p>
<p>Thanks, also does it matter which college you spent your first year in?</p>