Transfer chances to Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Target Schools: Harvard (Stats/Econ Major, Chinese/Math Minor), Penn -- Wharton (Finance, Econ, Stats, Major Chinese Math Minor), Yale, Chicago, NYU - Stern, Northwestern, Cornell, BC, Michigan, Columbia.</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:
720 Average</p>

<p>College Stats:
Year: Freshman
College: Rutgers University
GPA: 4.0
Classes: (17 credits)
Calculus
Regression Methods (400 level applied statistics, hardest offered here)
International Economics (300 level class)
3Honors Classes</p>

<p>Current semester: (17 credits)
Econometrics + 2 Intermediate econ classes that uses multivar calc
Calculus
484 Stats
Stats programming class (380)</p>

<p>I can actually graduate with an econ/stats degree next year.</p>

<p>EC's:
Fed Challenge NY Federal Reserve Semi-Finalist (HS) (Presentator)
Fed Challenge NY Federal Reserve Champions (Presentator)
2nd place in national competition
Harvard University Economics Department (research assistant)
Rutgers University Economics Department (research assistant) -- Worked on a working paper to be published in the Journal of Finance
Financial, International and Monetary Policy Columnist for School Newspaper
Money Manager/Founder of Hedge/mutual fund
LIBOR (Investment Banking Club)
Publishing a research paper, possiblly in Barron's</p>

<p>Internships/Jobs
Dow Jones - Barron's
Bear Stearns - Investment Bank
I work 40 hours a week on Wall Street
Summer:
Probablly at a $1 Billion hedgefund</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
Undergraduate director of the Economics department at Northwestern.. I guess I will get in there.</p>

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<p>with all these prestigious things explain why your gpa is SO TERRIBLE</p>

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<p>that's his gpa from high school, farbdogg71. admittedly that doesn't look great but your college academics and ec's look awesome. you've really managed to accomplish a lot so far. i think it looks really impressive. best of luck.</p>

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<p>Yale is a nearly impossible transfer, so I would say no. Harvard is similar. Penn college is an easier transfer but Wharton is difficult (less leave), so apply to the college. Columbia can be very difficult, so its a maybe. Cornell is a very easy transfer, you are likely in. Michigan is very stats driven, so it could go either way but I would say in.
Northwestern is 50/50.</p>

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<p>Like not that good.</p>

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<p>actually wharton is more difficult than harvard or yale to the best of my knowledge, though the college at penn is decently easier. also, as columbia takes such a small transfer class in actual size, i think it might be more difficult to get in than at harvard, which does admittedly take a smaller percentage of applicants. i personally think the harvard and yale transfer applicant pool might be somewhat diluted by people who have little to no shot applying simply to take a stab at the two "big name" schools, though i cant say i have any sound reason to back that belief up (maybe im just hoping, lol).</p>