<p>I have applied for transfer to Vanderbilt as a sophomore next year. I am very worried how it would go since my SAT scores are very bad.</p>
<p>Reading : 530
Math : 800
Writing : 600</p>
<p>I am currently in University of Rochester, and I have gotten 3.93 GPA last semester(I took Intro courses of biology, calculus I, and chemistry with college writing course). I will be able to pull off 3.9 GPA this semester too. Although I was born in California, I could not have enough time to learn English due to moving to Korea with parents when I was five. It was freshmen year when i had moved back here and decided to stay. It was very hard to improve English past few years. Believe me, SAT scores do not go up well regardless how much I try. I am not sure if I have at least bit of chance to get in. For essay, I did my best to express how much i want to learn in Vanderbilt and fixed grammar errors by going to Writing Fellows for a week.</p>
<p>not sure if you understand the type of school that Vanderbilt is, you will have to convey that in your essay/reason for transfer. If u are doing well at Rochester, why do you want to transfer, they are two very different schools. Vanderbilt has a very large and dominating drinking/frat/partying scene, while Rochester isn't. that's one of the main reasons people go there and also one of the main reasons why people stay away. </p>
<p>Your SATs are fine, Vanderbilt has gotten more selective in the recent years due to the surge in application #s, but it's still not that bad. Plus your gpa is more important.</p>
<p>aspen, nobody on this board can say whether or not your application will be favorable reviewed. For your information, here is the link to the latest available Common Data Set for Vanderbilt. The information is for students who enrolled in Fall 2007.</p>
<p>The middle 50th percentile SAT scores, for freshman were:</p>
<p>CR 640-740
M 660-740
W 640-730</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is an active campus. About 1/3 of the males and about 1/2 of the female undergraduates belong to Greek organizations. Not all of those who belong are active. Most students are attracted to Vanderbilt because it has an excellent undergraduate program, involved faculty, a beautiful campus and is located in an interesting city. Those who go just because they think it is a party school are few.</p>
<p>Both post #2 and post #3 are right on target. The Univ. of Rochester has a very different campus culture than that of Vanderbilt University. Why Vanderbilt? Why do you want to leave Rochester?</p>