<p>Hey, I currently attend University of Maryland- College Park but I am looking to transfer to a top flight institution for Fall 09 as a junior. My stats are as follows:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.79/4.0
SAT:1510/1600, 2270/2400(770 M, 740 CR, 760 W)
ECs: Finance/Banking and Investment Club, Society for Green Business
Work: I have been working in the managerial office of a small business the past two summers but will be a summer analyst this coming summer at Morgan Stanley in NY.</p>
<p>So......how are my chances for the following:</p>
<p>Are you a New York resident? It would make it that much easier for you to get into the AEM program at Cornell since your numbers are within the range of transfers accepted to CALS.</p>
<p>You're a solid candidate and would be competitive at any of those schools, but we can be little help other than that. Make sure your statements and recommendations are stellar.</p>
<p>Did you apply as a freshman to any of those schools? If so, and you were not accepted, it doesn't mean you won't be this time.... but you would want to try and figure out what might have been the missing ingredient. Which we can't tell from the pure stats you've provided, which are excellent. If so and you were accepted, that would bode well although not guarantee a transfer acceptance.</p>
<p>btw, UMd-CP <em>is</em> a top-flight school.</p>
<p>yea i know UMD is a great school. Basically, when going through the app process I did not put the proper time into it because i was immature and had a difficult time accepting the growing up process. The only schools from the above list that i applied to were Duke(waitlisted-denied), Wharton(denied), and Cornell(accepted) but in the long run i took the full ride from UMD. I have decided that although UMD is a fine school, I would like to test the waters of the schools listed above. I am just looking for something a bit smaller with a more challenging/intense environment.</p>
<p>I hope that you apply to all of your listed schools & post an update on CC as you then would have some expertise to share with us all. While reading your post, I was wondering if you would really give up a full ride from a state flagship after completing two full years to pay full price (close to $60,000 an academic year when including travel & personal expenses) at a more challenging and elite school. P.S. Most schools will estimate costs at about $54,000 for a nine month academic year, which I find to be a bit low.
I am also curious to know whether or not your standardized test scores from three years ago are even relevant, and, if so, will they hurt you as you are not at a highly competitive school & have not performed at an eye popping level for one whose SATs are about 300 points on the 1600 point scale above your fellow students.
My best guess is that only your GPA, prof. recs & reason for wanting to transfer will be relevant. If I am right, than you may be unsuccessful as your reason is to find a more challenging environment when you have not mastered your current curriculum despite being in the top one (1%) of students based on your SAT scores.
Please don't be offended by my analysis of your situation as I am just trying to give honest, constructive feedback. I think that if you were a community college student, then you would stand a much better chance of getting accepted as a transfer student to these elite schools.</p>
<p>Well each of my first 2 semesters i got 1 B+ but at UMD a B+ is only worth 3 not 3.33 so that is what my 3.79 is calculated from, just for clarification. If using the +/- scale(which i think alot of schools use, i know cornell does) I would have a more like a 3.88/4. I am in the scholars program as well, where the average SAT for the kids in most of my classes is more like 1400/1600. I am not offended by your comments, they are definitely fair inquiries.</p>