Transfer/Chance Statistics for Ivy League Colleges

Transfer Students
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<p>Target Schools: Harvard (Stats/Econ Major, Chinese/Math Minor), Penn -- Wharton (Finance, Econ, Stats, Chinese Minor), Yale, Chicago, NYU -- Stern, Northwesterm, Cornell, Washington University - St. Louis. Whoever is willing to take me really.. AHHA.</p>

<p>Chances?</p>

<p>HS Stats:
Freshman GPA: 2.3
Sophomore GPA: 2.5
Junior GPA: 3.68 (unweighted)
Senior GPA: 3.87 (unweighted) 4.44 (weighted)
SAT:
1380
SAT II's:
Retaking...</p>

<p>College Stats:
Year: Freshman
College: Rutgers University Honors Program
GPA: 4.0 (lowest possible is 3.8)
Classes: (17 credits)
Calculus
Regression Methods (400 level applied statistics, hardest offered here)
International Economics (300 level class)
Honors Writing
Honors Seminar
Honors Colloqieum</p>

<p>Next semester: (20 credits)
Econometrics and 2 other Econ classes
Calculus
3 Honors Classes</p>

<p>EC's:(College)
Fed Challenge NY Federal Reserve Semi-Finalist (HS) (Presentator)
Fed Challenge NY Federal Reserve Champions (Presentator)
Fed Challenge Board of Governors National Competition... to be decided, going down to DC next monday.
Harvard University Economics Department (research assistant)
Financial, International and Monetary Policy Columnist for School Newspaper through the Honors Economics Department program.
Money Manager/Founder of $30,000 mutual fund (investment club). -- I work as an economist and technical analyst. Most of our holdings are in derivatives products and equity.</p>

<p>Description of Fed challenge. It is a big competition on Wall-Street.
Presentations should include:
Discussion of current economic and financial conditions
Near-term forecast of economic and financial conditions that affect monetary policy
Identification of risks that threaten the economic well-being of the country
Recommendation as to the action the Fed should take with regard to short-term interest rates
<a href="http://www.ny.frb.org/education/fedchallenge_college.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ny.frb.org/education/fedchallenge_college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Recs: (All three should be great)
Undergraduate Director of the Economics deparment here.
Private Sector Economist who I have worked with.
HS Fed Challenge Advisor</p>

<p>Internships:
Working on connections at Deutsche, JP Morgan, Mitsubishi Life Insurance, and Moody's.</p>

<p>Additional Capabilities:
I have taught myself beyond intro-Calculus, up to and including linear algebra and multivariable calculus.</p>

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<p>if youre applying as a sophomore transfer, your HS gpa, which doesnt seem to average out very well, and your SATs will be weighted more, which may result in rejection. However, if youre waiting till next year to apply, your excellent college resume will put you very much in play.</p>