<p>I'm a freshman at the George Washington University looking to transfer. My current major is IR, but I'm thinking about Economics as well. How would my chances be to theses schools with my stats.
First Semester GPA: 3.80 (17 credits)
High School: 4.0 (Small rural high school though, APs not offered)
SAT: CR 680 Math 650 Writing 670
The school I'm thinking about are:
UChicago
Tufts
Georgetown
Columbia
Cornell
JHU
UPenn
Yale
I know some of these are a hugh reach. I think I only want to apply to about 4 or 5 which should I choose, especially considering IR or Econ? Should I think about retaking the SATs - it's been over a year since I last took them? Thanks.</p>
<p>for ir and economics, definitely go for georgetown and upenn.
i know columbia, cornell and yale have econ- but i don't know if they have ir- so look into that.
considering your gpas- you can also try for tufts and uchicago,
just curious- i applied to gw- why are you transfering? you can message me if you don't want to post it here. thanks and good luck!</p>
<p>As far as my reasons for leaving GW. They advertise the Elliott School a lot, but very few of the courses you will take will actual be through the Elliott School, most of it seems very thrown together. Actually, the Elliott School doesn't really exist, it has a few offices, but it's mostly just a name. </p>
<p>More importantly though the student body at GW doesn't seem all that serious or intellectual. Everyone is just interested in going to parties or clubs and because most everyone comes from very wealth backgrounds no one tries very hard. I've yet to have a single night where I could just sit around and talk with people with or without alcohol. I'm hoping to transfer to a more competive school to be around more academicly serious and intellectual people, more than to just raise my ranking. </p>
<p>Please don't think that this is just a part of the college experience, I've been to parties up at Georgetown (it's a 20 minute walk from GW) and the experience is quite different. I'm not against having fun in college, but if you do decide to come to GW be willing to accept that the people will be incredibly shallow and bland. (You may be able to find a few people who are different - I have - but they are few and far between.)</p>
<p>Just to clarify Columbia actually does have a very good IR program it's one of their top majors. Cornell and Yale don't, but they have decent econ departments. I honestly would probably choose either major depending on the school I ended up going to because I'm torn between both right now. You didn't really say what you thought my chances were, would you mind just taking a guess. I know my chances are very slim at a school like Yale, but I'm not too sure about some of the others.</p>
<p>Thanks and good luck as well. (Also make sure and try to visit the schools if you can, I was never able to afford to - grew up in Washington state and only applied to schools on the East Coast.)</p>
<p>Transferring is really hard. The acceptance rates at top schools liek the ones you're listing are usually in the single digits. Cornell is the only one which has somewhat decent rates. It'll really be a crapshoot. Pick some safeties in case you REALLY don't want to stay at GWU. Otherwise, aim high and if you don't get in anywhere, make the best of your situation where you are. Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks for responding!</p>
<p>i agree with lolabelle- transferring into all of those schools will be hard, especially georgetown because i hear that a lot of gw students try and transfer there.</p>
<p>i think you have the best chances at tufts, cornell, and uchicago. but i would also consider some other schools that are easier to get in to but that are also good: umich, uva, bu/bc, lehigh, etc.</p>
<p>Hi, if anyone has anymore advice that would help a lot, thanks.</p>