Transfer chances to Stanford, Harvard, Yale,

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi everyone, can someone help me with chances for transferring to the following schools with these stats or are they far reaches? </p>

<p>Transfer from U. of Alabama (currently 1st semester freshman dual majoring in Finance/math) to
Stanford, Harvard, Yale (cousin graduated from here), Cornell, Brown, Duke, Emory, Carnegie-Mellon</p>

<p>College:
GPA: 4.00/4.00 Made nothing less than an A on a -/+ (A-,A,A+) scale.
Enrolled in Honors college taking honors classes.</p>

<p>ECs:
Treasurer for Alpha Kappa Psi
Alabama Finance Association
Future Alumni for Tradition and Excellence
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, Adopt-a-mile. </p>

<p>High School (pretty weak):
ACT 26
GPA: 3.54/4.00
Only one honors class, no AP.
Awards: Highest average, geometry. Highest average, law. Highest average, enterpreneurship. 1st place, stock investing competition, perfect attendance</p>

<p>ECs:<br>
Math club, spanish club, FBLA, FFA, Chem club, honor society</p>

<p>Work experience:
Co-founder and CEO, H & A Associates, LLC. A consumer electronics distributor.
Founder, the investor, Website focusing on behavioral finance, still in construction
Manager, McDonald's. 34 hours a week for a year (only worked Fri. Sat, Sun). I was 18 years old. I was one of the 2 youngest managers in the history of that local franchise, which consisted of 13 McDonalds restaurants over 30 years. I have strong work ethic. I had to wake up at 3:30 AM to go to work. I worked 16 hours on my birthday.
Managing a stock portfolio since I was 16.</p>

<p>I really didn't focus on ECs or academics because I was more concerned with starting businesses or working. I wasn't too motivated in high school, but everything's changed ever since I started college. I'm a freshman now, and I hope to transfer after sophomore year. I have one more year to boost honors and ECs. </p>

<p>Do I have any shot with my stats, or should I stay here? If I don't qualify for any of my dream schools, where do I have a shot at? Thanks for your help.</p>

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<p>Oh, my college GPA was actually a 4.13, but they cut it off at 4.00. I don't know if that will help any. Thanks guys</p>

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Yale (cousin graduated from here)

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<p>That will not help.</p>

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<p>Dude, how could your GPA be above 4.0? Does the U of A offer AP college courses now? I've never even heard of a college giving an A+, seeing as how it would be completely meaningless. Either way, unless you could have gotten in as a Highschool senior, your chances of getting in now are very slim. Why do you even want to tranfer? Just saying, "I'd like a more prestigious school" will not get the job done. You have to have some reason outside of the obvious to get into these schools.</p>

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<p>Hi gentleman, thanks for the reply. At the U. of Alabama, an A+ counts as a 4.33, A as a 4.00, and an A- as a 3.67. The reason I want to transfer is because of Harvard's finance program. I have a passion for finance. I'm very interested in the quantitative aspect. They cut GPAs off at 4.00. The only reason I can think of why an A+ counts as a 4.33 is to give students a chance to bring GPAs up, or they want to be competitive (a B- count as a 2.67, which sucks and disqualifies you for many job opportunities.)</p>

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I've never even heard of a college giving an A+, seeing as how it would be completely meaningless.

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<p>Then you have not heard much, since many schools distribute them, though with different methods for how they are computed in the overall GPA.</p>

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<p>can anyone help? i'm starting to think they're all far reaches.</p>

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<p>So its possible to have a gpa above 4.0 at georgetown? Where does the GPA get capped?</p>

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<p>The highest one can earn here is a 4.0, since A+s are not offered, but I know many schools that offer A+s and calculate them as a 4.33. Rice University, for instance, practices this.</p>

<p>Besides, even if your university distributes A+s and only counts them as 4.00s, should you apply to law school, the LSAC will convert them into 4.33s.</p>

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<p>well i dont know about harvard and yale but you certainly have a solid chance at other fine finance programs (like CMU)...dont let ppl discourage you, youre doing the best that you can in college and thats what matters...ure HS stats might be somewhat low for harvard and the like but ure gpa will be one of the highest in their applicant pools, and that def has more weight than an ACT score.</p>

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<p>Harvard has a finance program? I don't think so. Only Ivy that has finance is UPenn.</p>

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<p>i'm fairly certain that Harvard does not offer any type of finance or business majors for undergraduates</p>

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<p>Cornell gives A+ out, but not many get them, ehhh, attribute that to massive grade deflaiton</p>

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<p>whats massive? averages in my college hover around the 67-69 range....thats grade deflation.</p>

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<p>"i'm fairly certain that Harvard does not offer any type of finance or business majors for undergraduates"</p>

<p>"Harvard has a finance program? I don't think so. Only Ivy that has finance is UPenn."</p>

<p>Sorry, I said the wrong thing. You guys are right. Since I'm dual majoring in finance and math at U of A, I wanted to major at Math at one of the Iveys, then go to grad school for finance. Sorry for the confusion.</p>

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I wanted to major at Math at one of the Iveys

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<p>Harvard is not the best place.</p>

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<p>What do you recommend? Do I have a chance at any of the schools I've listed. My #1 pick is Carnegie Mellon. Do I have a chance there?</p>

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My #1 pick is Carnegie Mellon. Do I have a chance there?

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<p>I am unsure. With the exception of Harvard, Yale, and Duke, your list seems fine.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply. That was a little uplifting. Do you think I have a shot a Penn?</p>

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<p>I cannot be sure, to be honest. Your ACT/SAT score is disconcerting.</p>

<p>Though you need not retake it, you would be wise to consider your competition at the schools to which you are applying; the preponderance of them will have better scores. Since you plan to apply as a junior transfer, I am not sure if your scores will even be considered.</p>

<p>If you maintain your GPA, enroll in rigorous courses, attain good recommendations, and write good essays, you have a shot at anywhere except Harvard, Yale, Duke, and MIT; the problem with such schools is that they accept so few and there is nothing extraordinary about your stats to put you in front of the applicant pool.</p>