<p>I'm currently a freshmen enrolled at one of the top 10 liberal arts colleges and am looking to transfer to Yale, Brown, Penn, Darmtouh, or Cornell. I would appreciate any input on my chances. Suggestions welcome.</p>
<p>Stats
GPA: Will be between 3.3 & 3.6 (College is notorious for grade deflation)
SATS: 740V/660M</p>
<p>High School: Attended well respected high school A/B average (GPA not calculated) 100% attend college.
EC
Editor of Literary Publication
two Varsity Sport (one a school award for leadership)
captain of a JV team
volunteer at an elementary school
Representative for school community service work</p>
<p>Have direct legacy status at Penn... Second generation legacy at Yale. </p>
<p>I'd say, with a 3.6 you have a chance. Below 3.5, and your chances rapidly decline. Which school? Because there are many that are "known" for grade deflation...</p>
<p>yea i actually have pretty much the exact same HS/College stats as jimmythorton, EC's are similar, i'm coming from a top 10 LAC and i'm looking to transfer into the same schools.
i'm also playing football and rugby at my school, looking to play one of the two at the transfer ones so any feedback would be great.</p>
<p>You'll likely get into Brown with those stats (maybe not with 3.3, though). Brown accepts 150 transfers fall semester, and another 50 or so spring semester. I don't know how many applicants we get, though. And as for Penn, I'm pretty sure their class size jumps a ton from fresh to soph year. I don't think they guarantee housing, though (which is why their class size jumps), so that may or may not affect your decision. Cornell is a terrible place in a terrible part of the US. You don't want to go there. No one I know who goes there wants to be there. I would guess that Yale doesn't accept many transfers, and those that they accept are really the top of the top.</p>
<p>Just my $.02. Definitely correct for Brown, may or may not be correct for other places.</p>
<p>I will also likely be applying to Brown. I am curious, though- it seems that one's stats don't need to necessarily be perfect to get in. I have heard that overall Brown is looking for a specific "Brown" type of person. What does that mean? What makes someone a "Brown" person?</p>
<p>PV - I don't know for sure. I guess it just means that they want you to have a reason for applying to Brown other than the fact that it's an Ivy with name recognition. Transferring is a really big decision, and they want to know why you think you'd be a better fit at Brown than where you are currently, I guess. That's really true for any school, though, so I don't know.</p>
<p>Anyway, in your apps, make sure to really make it clear why it isn't working for you where you are now, and specifically what about the school you're applying to makes you think that things will work out there. Make sure, though, that you don't bad mouth your current school. Nothing could be worse than doing that.</p>
<p>One more thing about Brown. Very, very few transfers get financial aid. Up till this year, no transfer had ever gotten any aid. I think more may be getting aid next year, but I'm not sure. Don't know if that affects any of you or not.</p>
<p>Brown transfer admissions are not need blind, so that would make sense why no transfer's would get aid, because they mainly accept those who don't need it. That sucks, a lot.</p>