<p>I am a freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania, and I have come to realize that the city life, among other things, is just not for me. I am going to try to make it work, but I feel I should look at other options:</p>
<p>Major at Penn: Bioengineering (which I would want to continue at Dartmouth)
GPA First Semester: 3.71
High School GPA: 97/100 (High School Valedictorian)
SAT I: 1550/2310
SAT II: 800, 800, 760 (Math II, European History, Biology)
EC: A lot of stuff for high school, (SGA, sports, lots of leadership); less for college but a few</p>
<p>I did not apply to Dartmouth senior year.</p>
<p>Any chances and/or advice would be greatly appreciated? I am not really sure how I should be approaching this whole "transfer process"?</p>
<p>The transfer acceptance rate at Dartmouth is probably around 5%. That said, you're coming from a great school with a great resume. As long as you have strong, legitimate, persuasive reasons for transfering, and express that in your application, you probably have a good chance.</p>
<p>I don't think Dartmouth cares what you want to study. I love Dartmouth and have a son there who will take a few engineering classes, but why Dartmouth if you want engineering, it's not exactly a strength there?</p>
<p>Engineering at Dartmouth, if you want to go to graduate school or get an elite consulting or VC/finance type job is fantastic. Its not as strong (like most of the ivies) at direct engineering hires into the workforce.</p>
<p>Overall I'd say solid shot! You never know but you are definitely a strong contender.</p>