Transfer Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Barnard College
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<p>Hello everyone =) Barnard is my first choice, I am applying to transfer for the Fall 07 semester. </p>

<p>I am currently a sophomore at Northeastern University.</p>

<p>My stats are:</p>

<p>High School-
3.6 GPA
1290 SAT
670 Literature
630 US History
610 Literature</p>

<p>EC’s/experience:
varsity cheer leading captain (10,11,12), varsity soccer (9,10), high honors for four years, editor for the newspaper, class treasurer, leader of junior and senior prom committees, youth in action club founding member, spent a month in Nicaragua building homes, involvement in church youth group, traveled to Europe (France, Scandinavia, England).</p>

<p>-HS Gist: I SUCK at Math and Science (chem and physics, I love biology!) and am a great writer and people person. People are usually very surprised I didn’t have a 4.0 because I seem smarter? That sounds awful but…</p>

<p>College:
3.7 GPA
EC’s/activities: Dean’s List, Alpha Beta Lambda(Freshman Honors Society), Sigma Alpha Lambda (Arts & Science Honors Society), Excellence Scholarship, Officer of Sociology and Anthropology Student Association (SASA)</p>

<p>I’m working on getting an internship at a very prestigious natural history museum this summer, and if I don’t work there I will volunteer at a well known museum as a docent.</p>

<p>I am doing well this semester and will get great recommendations…</p>

<p>Any feedback would be great!</p>

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<p>As a sophomore transfer the adcoms will be much less focused on your high school record, so I wouldn't worry about that at all. You can't change it, so there is no sense in putting any effort into worring about it. Your college numbers seem to be in the competitive range, and your EC's look good too. </p>

<p>At this point, I would focus less on your numbers and more on how to show Barnard through essays and short answers that you're a good fit for the school. I think it's very important for transfers to show Barnard what they have to offer that your current school doesn't - even if it's something social like a greater sense of community or peers more dedicated to academics (my two reasons). You can't change your numbers, but you can influence the way that they see you personally.</p>

<p>Take some time to really craft a wholistic application. I get the sense that if they come away from reading your application with a sense of who you are, they will be better able to determine whether or not you are a good fit for the school (and thus may be more likely to admit you, but that just my theory...). I think the main goal in admitting transfers is to make sure that they will be happy at Barnard. Having the numbers helps, but I think it's more about fit than anything else.</p>

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<p>Whoops...I meant "As a JUNIOR transfer"...</p>

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<p>thanks for the reply...I have my fingers crossed!</p>

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<p>My daughter was accepted as a transfer student (not this year) from Wellesley, with 3.8 GPA her first year there and few college activities. Her high school record was mostly A's with five honors or AP courses per year, and with more community activities than school activities (she hated her high school). Her SAT scores were 720V, 740M, and 750W. Barnard accepts transfers in groups, with the strongest transfer students getting accepts first (with opportunity to pay deposit and sign up for housing), then second group, etc. My daughter was in the first group. I hope that is helpful.</p>