<p>I plan on applying for transfer and I’m wondering what kind of chance I would have.</p>
<p>Here’s my situation:</p>
<p>I am transferring from a top 50 school for location issues and because I’m looking for a more rigorous environment.</p>
<p>HS GPA: 4.3 weighted (school does not do unweighted), well-know, good public HS
SAT: 2150 (710 CR, 640 M, 790 W)
SAT II: 740 U.S. History</p>
<p>First semester college GPA: 3.95 (1 A-, 5 classes)
Extracurriculars: I’m not going to list them all, but in both high school I had decent athletic and community service ECs and in college I have volunteered coaching soccer roughly 4 hours a week.</p>
<p>Does anyone think my solid start to college might be able to overcome a fairly mediocre HS record?</p>
<p>I think it’s more about your essays and what you’ve done in college. Your essay should address what you want to do, how Brown will facilitate that objective, and how all of this is cohesive with who you are and why you are that way. Schools want students who present a package that bundles who the student is, what the student’s objectives are, and how the school is a great match so that both the school and the student will benefit from the relationship. The essays are the vehicles for conveying this package. If you can truly present this package (and they are pretty good at determining whether it’s legit), then go for it.</p>