Transfer chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a freshman who is very unhappy at my current university and intend on transferring for the fall 2009 semester. I attend a large state school that is not in my state, and I'm unhappy with the large size, difficulty getting to know professors, lack of academic motivation, high crime rate, and the commuter campus atmosphere. I'm considering transferring to:
Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Cornell (I know ivies are major crapshoots)
Boston College, Tufts, Vassar, Wesleyan
Holy Cross, Villanova, Fordham
My stats are:
Major: Biology
High School GPA: 4.3; Top 4% of my class
5 AP Classes: US (5), Euro (4), Lit (5), Lang&Comp (4), Stat (5)
SAT I: CR=780, Math=690, Writing=720; 2190/2400; 1470/1600
SAT II: Math II=720, Lit=760
Current Courses: 2 Freshman Colloquia, Bio with Lab, Astronomy, Art History, Microeconomics (Have taken midterms and gotten all A’s and am finding classes very easy so I’m aiming for 4.0 first semester)
High School Activities:
Worked as a nanny, and designed a website for a software company
Varsity Tennis, Varsity Indoor Track, Afterschool Tennis Academy at local club
Student Ambassador
Key Club member
Youth American Cancer Society officer
Church youth group member
Nursing home volunteer for 2 summers
Relay for Life committee officer
College Activities:
Club Tennis Team
Tutor at local elementary school
Student government association
Honors/Awards:
National Society of High School Scholars
Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (with 10 hours tutoring each year)
National Honor Society (with 20 hours community service each year)
Oberlin college book award
Headmaster’s Award for maintaining a 4.0 or higher all 4 years of HS
AP Scholar with Distinction
President’s Scholarship-Merit scholarship at current University
Also, I’m a member of my university’s Scholars Life Sciences program which is a highly regarded honors community on campus where we must perform community service, do leadership activities, take certain classes, and attend field trips</p>

<p>What are my chances at the above mentioned schools? Thanks for any input and sorry about the long post!</p>

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<p>If you get a 4.0 in your first semester, then you have excellent chances at all the schools on your list except the Ivies.</p>

<p>The Ivies are another story. They are highly unlikely to allow you to transfer unless you would have qualified had you applied as a senior high school student--and they would also have been more likely to let you transfer if you had come from a similar level school to theirs (like a different Ivy--or Georgetown, UC Berkeley, Duke, John Hopkins, Vanderbilt, or Notre Dame). </p>

<p>Since you did not go to one of those schools, and based upon what you wrote here (particularly the fact that you were top 4% at your high school), I'd say you have no chance at Columbia, just "middling" chances at Penn, a 50-50 chance at Brown, but pretty good chances at Cornell. I'd really try to get into just these last two Ivies (Brown and Cornell), and not waste my efforts on Columbia and Penn--which, coincidentally, would also hurt your chances at the other two Ivies.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>Do Columbia and Penn only want people who were like valedictorians of their class? I wrote 4% because when we graduated the top 4% of the class had graduated with above 4.0's so we got recognized at the ceremony. However, my rank was 10/400. Also, why would Columbia and Penn hurt my chances at Brown and Cornell? thanks for the input!</p>

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<p>Bump.......</p>

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<p>More chances please!</p>

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<p>Bump..........</p>

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<p>Bump...Bump...</p>

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<p>Please chance me!</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance at any school. Your grades are great and you have a lot of ECs. The only gating factor is the number of slots the schools have for transfers. Some of the top schools have high retention rates, so not too many places open up. Good luck.</p>

<p>I'm also a big Sox fan...glad the Phillies beat the Rays!</p>