This one time at cringe camp, I looked at my GPA..

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hoping to transfer to one of the following, what do you reckon?</p>

<p>[Universities are in decreasing chance of entry, i think..]</p>

<ol>
<li>syracuse; </li>
<li>u of illinois;
3.Northeastern;</li>
<li>GWU;</li>
<li>ucal berkeley; </li>
<li>NYU;</li>
<li>UPenn; </li>
<li>Washington U in St Louis; </li>
<li>Dartmouth.. </li>
</ol>

<p>About me:
Currently studying at University of Western Australia
- double degree of -
1. Arts (65% average<em>)
Majs: Advanced French, Politics
&
2. Economics (67% average</em>)
Majs: Quantitative Economics, Economic History
*Marks are from previous semester</p>

<p>Went to top high school and achieved a final mark of TER90.05 (top 9.95 of the state), and was generally top 15% of my classes.</p>

<p>Grades:
- Ancient History B (70%)
- Art B+ (76%)
- Applicable Mathematics A (85%)
- Chemistry C+ (64%):-(
- Literature B+ (78%) </p>

<p>SAT (1st attempt, didn't study.. so I should get better marks next time):
Reading 600
Writing 640
Math 600
Total: 1840</p>

<p>Subject tests:
French 680
Literature 600
History 620</p>

<p>ECs:
- Tennis honors from winning inter-school cup, continue to play at a high level
- Have won giant slalom ski races, also achieved level 2 instructor
- School prefect
- Mentor for younger students at school
- Was public speaking captain of my house
- Fluent in french (after 6 months living in France)
- Volunteer surf lifesaver for 3 years. </p>

<p>I also play lots of instruments, write and paint.</p>

<p>Work:
- Was a tennis coach for 4 years
- Ski instructor for the past two winters
- Worked as an intern for an MP in the British Parliament
- Worked as an intern for African Governance Initiative in London </p>

<p>Good rec's from jobs held.</p>

<p>Not applying for financial aid.</p>

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<p>bump, bump… buuuump</p>

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<p>I know people with lower SAT scores in the first four schools on your list, but they are all from Asia and none of them are transfer students, so probably i am not being helpful.</p>

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<p>good to know. thanks.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth and Penn take few transfers, and frankly with above stats are not worth the application. WashU and berkeley unlikely. The rest look good.</p>

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<p>thanks. how about stanford or boston u?</p>

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<p>Stanford — I’d say a big longshot</p>

<p>Boston U – I can’t find any transfer stats, but SAT is about 50% right now so I’d say you have a decent chance and some uniquely interesting EC;s </p>

<p>Of course, I have this unnatural fascination with Australia and NZ in general so if there is somebody on the admission committee with a similar idea then you may get a boost.</p>

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<p>haha ok. it’s gotta be our accents!</p>

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<p>Probably, but several of my favorite professors were Underlings. While they were very smart and very good teachers they just seemed a lot more open, laid back, and happy than a lot of equally bright people from US/UK schools. They weren’t as hypercritical as most of the US professors and seemingly depressed (maybe bitter) as it seemed most of my European trained PhD/MD’s seemed to be.</p>

<p>Everytime things are going badly, I start going to the NZ websites and looking for that nice mountainside to retire to (or maybe hide out). A nice little psychiatric inpatient facility in Perth sounds pretty pleasant some days.</p>

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<p>i get that a lot. i don’t know what it is, i guess we just got raised to act relaxed and be less judgmental… speaking generics of course…</p>

<p>perth is a pretty good place to relax, make sure you live in the western suburbs - people will pay anything for a psych. and it also has nice beaches :D</p>

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<p><em>UPDATE</em>
reconsidering which universities - add vanderbilt, boston u and wesleyan u </p>

<p>:D</p>

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<p>With Syracuse, you’re okay.</p>

<p>Some of these schools are such huge reaches that you shouldn’t even bother wasting money on their application fees… For example, Washington University at St. Louis.</p>

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<p>ok cheers, man. </p>

<p>does anyone think i have any chance for nyu? that’s my dream uni…</p>

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<p>Do some research. You think you may have a shot at Stanford when Dartmouth and Penn are a no go?!</p>

<p>Look at schools where your GPA and scores are what they expect from freshmen. Vandy and Wes would be tough. NYU maybe, but can you afford $55k/yr? No aid for intnls.</p>

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<p>syracuse is a great school you’d be good for there</p>

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<p>@redroses, when you put it that way i feel like an idiot haha. i’ll continue researching, thanks for your help.</p>

<p>on the funding side, i’ll have no problem with payment of uni fees - this seems to be my only plus!</p>

<p>@eloves2012, syracuse is in my top three. it does look like a nice school. do you go there?</p>