Thinking of transferring to NYU or Vassar. Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a freshman at Occidental College and I think I might transfer to Vassar or NYU. It's not that I hate Oxy so much as that I think Vassar would be better. I've lived in LA all of my life and I wanted to go out of state but I settled for Occidental for a reason which I don't really understand. Could I get in as a transfer applicant? </p>

<p>Currently a Senior in High School (ranked 80th in the nation among public schools)
GPA UW: 3.61
GPA W: 4.30
10 AP's (Self studied for one, World History (I got a B both semesters in WH Honors) and got a 4):
Sophomore Year:
Euro Hist 5
Junior Year:
US Hist 5
World Hist 4
Psych 5
Senior Year:
Art Hist
Envi Sci
English Language
Microecon
Marcoecon
US Gov't
SAT Scores: 2080 (one sitting)
CR: 670
M: 710
W: 700
2100 (superscore)
only difference is math where I got a 730
Subject Tests
US Hist 800
Math 2 680
Other: Took two foreign languages instead of just one. (I took 4 years of Spanish and got all B's but junior year I took Spanish 4 and French 1 and got A's in French, got an A first semester of French 2)
Extra Circulars:
Played piano for 9 years
Studied Polish in Poland over the summer and had an internship with a Polish software company
Interned and volunteered/campaigned for a local Congresswoman
Freelance Political columnist for school newspaper
Salesman and Distributor of Alkaline Water Filters for a local family friend
Model United Nations
School doesn't do class rank
Race: White
So can I get in?</p>

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<p>What’s your current college GPA?
Are you on financial aid?
If you are on financial aid odds are low that you would get as much financial aid as a transfer.
Why did you choose Occidental? Have things changed?</p>

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<p>I don’t have a college GPA as I’m a first semester freshman, but I think it’ll be something around 3.4. I’m not on financial aid and I don’t plan on being on any, which helps things. I chose Oxy because I didn’t get into the East Coast schools that I wanted to, I got waitlisted to BC, NYU and Bates, but I didn’t visit any of them because I live in California. I got into out of state schools like Reed, Lewis and Clark and University of Puget Sound, I just rejected them for a variety of reasons. I’m prepared to leave all my friends and family behind for the East Coast, so that’s not a problem.</p>