Thinking about applying to transfer to Brown

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<p>I’m thinking about applying to transfer to Brown for the Fall 2012 semester. At the moment I’m a Junior, and by that time, will be a Senior at the university I attend, though this is because I had so many credits transfer from the local university. No, they won’t transfer to Harvard and this is my first year attending this university. </p>

<p>I’ll just get straight down to the point. For a first-year college student, how does this resume look and do you think it will hold or manage itself against the other transfer applicants?</p>

<p>I’m currently an English and Mathematics double degree.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8+
Founded a company/website in September. Have formed a team and have been working 4 hours a day with them on average [28 hours a week] with the logistics/design/etc. of the company/website. It is set to launch in 2012 and currently has over $150,000 invested in it through 3rd-party investors, not by parent cash.
Have been accepted into the University Honors Research Scholars and Fellows program and have been conducting liberal arts research that involves studying different literature while relating and critiquing my own.
Through this research, I plan to have my novel, which I’ve been working on since June of 2011 published by the end of summer 2012. My Faculty-mentor will be one of my letter’s of recommendation.
Have been chosen as one of six speakers to talk at a Scholars Annual Conference about my unique first year of college, the starting of my website/company, etc.
Currently I’m ranked 1st in a University-wide Mathematics contest that ends during April. The winner represents the University nationally in a Mathematics event. Definitely not as big a deal as the Putnam, but still holds some weight.
I’ve been tutoring groups of students taking lower-level Math classes every Sunday from 1 PM to 6 PM and am blessed to know my tutoring has helped the students maintain or achieve their A or B that they have wanted in the course.
I’ve been volunteering at an animal shelter for 6~8 hours every Saturday helping animals find homes.</p>

<p>My L.O.R’s have already been decided. Two are professors and one is a Harvard Fellow (I think that’s the proper term). </p>

<p>I don’t know if I would have to state anything about my high school experiences, but my ACT composite is a 32. Not too high, but within range to compete I believe. (I’ve always been adamantly against standardized tests). </p>

<p>I don’t think I missed anything. This is one of the Top 20 Public Universities in the nation.</p>

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<p>Edit: I just noticed that I stated Harvard at some point in the first paragraph. That should be Brown.</p>

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<p>Okay, I think I understand that you are actually a freshman? (year wise), with a lot of previous credits from a “lower level” college (maybe taken while in HS?). Then you will be applying to be a sophomore at Brown? That is actually a better scenario than the confusing picture of applying to be a senior transfer. Given my interpretation, with all your interesting EC I would say it is worth trying /exploring. However, I will say that Brown tends to be interested in transfers who really want to come to Brown for Brown, not because they just want to “trade up”. So you will need to figure out if that is true for you and why. (and I say this not just because you made the cut and paste goof.)</p>

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<p>Yes, you interpreted it correctly and that goof is quite embarrassing on my part.</p>

<p>BrownAlumParent, I know Brown is the school for me. If anything, in the entire nation, Brown would be the school, other than Stanford, that I see myself at most. Through high school Brown was my dream school, and I had the opportunity to attend, but chose otherwise because of the benefits of being a Junior at a large public university, but now, I don’t think it’s worth it. I know exactly why I would go to Brown. :)</p>

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<p>Hey I’m applying to transfer at Brown as well! I think you have a good chance, although your situation with credits is confusing. You’re a junior at your current university credit wise, but you’re saying that without those credits you took in high school, you would be a freshmen? </p>

<p>If you’re applying to Brown for fall 2012, your high school GPA/stats will still matter a lot. However, if you’re applying as a junior transfer, they matter much less, but still matter.</p>

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<p>Portmanteau5, while I was in high school I took classes at the local University and those credits transferred over to my major University and marked me as a Junior, but none of the local University credits would transfer to Brown, so only the major University credits would transfer, rendering me what I would usually be: A Sophomore next year.</p>

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<p>Well then since you’re a sophomore, your high school grades still count a lot. It’ll be around 50/50, high school/college. What was your high school GPA, etc?</p>

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<p>My rank was 3/621, my weighted GPA was approximately 110.23/100 and my unweighted GPA was approximately 97/100.</p>