transfer advice needed

Transfer Students
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<p>truely not meaning to overload the boards but my previous situation has changed a bit...
I'm currently a freshman at Brandeis and I'm thinking about transfering...Although I enjoy my current classes and the philosophy of the school, I have a major academic problem. At the moment I want to study International Relations and Photography in hopes of going into photojournalism. Brandeis did offer photography courses but no longer has any photography faculty. I have access to the darkroom through involvement with the photography club but I'm not getting anywhere with that. I want to really be educated on the subject. </p>

<p>Stats:
College- very early, I know, but so far I have all A's
activities: photographer for school paper, photography club, student peace alliance, amnesty international, hillel, democracy for america</p>

<p>High School-
10th/approx 300
3.85 gpa
ACT: Eng: 34 Reading: 35 Math: 31 Science: 27 (I know, horrible)
Comp: 31
APs: US Hist: 4 Eng Lit: 5
Activities: Concert Band; Marching Band; Pep Band; Jazz Band; Jewish Youth Group- President, Secretary; NHS; Latin Club-VP, Parliamentarian; JV Tennis Team- Captain, 3 letters
Awards: numerous music (clarinet, sax), numerous art (photography, pottery), Illinois State Scholar, Who's Who, Chase Bank Student of the Week, Semifinalist for student of the year, scholar award in literature, WUIS NPR “This I Believe” Essay Contest Winner and Rotary Club scholarship winner...
Same job for over 2 years</p>

<p>Last year, applying for freshman year I loved WashU, Brown, and Tufts all of which are fairly strong in both of my intended concentrations-
WashU- waitlisted for fall '07- offers spring transfers and has a great fine arts (absolutely amazing facilities!!) as well as a great art/sci college
my one hesitation is my love of the east coast...
Tufts- rejected fall '07 - only offers fall '08
Brown- rejected fall '07- fall '08
Penn- haven't previously applied- fall '08
Yale- haven't previously applied- fall '08</p>

<p>Do I have a legit chance at the east coast schools? should I risk it and wait to apply for fall '08 or go ahead with WashU?
any advice is GREATLY appriciated-</p>

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<p>...bump...</p>

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<p>why don't you apply to all of them in the fall?</p>

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<p>I'm just not sure I can wait that long...I wanted to see if I even have a shot at the east coast schools because if I don't, I don't see any reason to wait-</p>

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<p>what happened to emory? lol</p>

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<p>Sure, you have a shot. Just apply in the spring, and hopefully you'll get into at least one of them for the fall. Add a safety that you like and has good programs in IR and photo.</p>

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<p>thanks, any other advice?</p>

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<p>...bump...</p>

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<p>emorse, what have you decided? are you going to apply to wash u for the spring? i think i am b/c that would be my first choice for fall 2008 anyway, so might as well do it earlier. thanks for mentioning about the spring transfer for wash u. i called them again and quoted what was on the webpage, and they said i could apply if i wanted to, although they usually recommend freshmen to apply for the following fall.</p>

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<p>......bump.......</p>