Transfer Chances?

<p>I'm currently a freshman at William & Mary. Since coming here I've taken a strong liking to economics making UC the perfect place. I'm not quite sure if I like it here at W&M so I would like to consider transferring to a top econ school. </p>

<p>Asian Indian male from suburban Cleveland, OH.</p>

<p>COLLEGE GPA: 4.0 after 1 semester (13 credits)</p>

<p>Slight Chance I'll be at a 3.93</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>International Relations Club (Model UN)</p>

<p>McGill Model UN in Montreal, Canada (end of January 09)
-Panama on Special Political and Decolonization</p>

<p>Security Council Simulation at Yale
-Thailand on the IAEA</p>

<p>Southern Regional Model United Nations
-Malaysia on the WTO</p>

<p>-Chinese Student Organization</p>

<p>Transfer Credit (AP): 6 credits received from AP Spanish Language</p>

<p>Semester 1
ECON101: Intro to Micro (3 credits)
Current Grade (after 2nd set of midterms): A</p>

<p>BUAD203: Intro to Accounting (3)
Current Grade: A</p>

<p>HISP151 Mexican Cinema (Freshman Seminar 3 credits)
Current Grade: A</p>

<p>CHIN101: Intro to Chinese (4)
Current Grade: A</p>

<p>Total Credits for Sem 1: 13</p>

<p>Semester 2:
Prospective...</p>

<p>ECON102 (Intro to Macro) 3
ECON303 (Intermediate Micro) 3
CHIN102 4
MATH111 (Calculus I) 4</p>

<p>Total Credits for Sem 2: 14</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL</p>

<p>GPA :3.95 Weighted, 3.45-3.5ish Unweighted</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 12% Could possibly be top 10%</p>

<p>Courses: Hardest possible at my school. 8 AP's, 10+ Honors</p>

<p>SAT1: Math: 710 Critical Reading: 720 Writing: 730 Essay:12</p>

<p>1430/1600 2160/2400</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN: Officer 11,12</p>

<p>Spanish Club: Officer 11,12</p>

<p>Math Tutoring</p>

<p>Spanish Tutoring</p>

<p>Project Support: Help organize social activities for special ed. kids at our school</p>

<p>Youth in Government Judicial: will be working with attorneys and ohio supreme court justices</p>

<p>School Newspaper</p>

<p>Played Tennis Freshman and Sophomore year had to quit due to tendonitis</p>

<p>Piano: Have been playing for 10 years. 1 Superior at OMEA music competitions, played for choir, various other performances</p>

<p>Summer 2006: LeadAmerica for Global Business and Entrepreneurship at Bentley College in Waltham, MA</p>

<p>Volunteer: I'd say maybe around 70-100 hours</p>

<p>Travel Exp.: 20 countries on 5 continents</p>

<p>AP Scores: only really good one is a 5 in Spanish Language
Span. Lang: 5
Macroecon: 3
APUSH: 3
Euro: 3
English Lit: 3</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>First determine whether you want to transfer, whether you've determined that you can't get from W&M whatever you might want from it, then and whether you've researched the U of C enough to know that you like it beyond its economics program.</p>

<p>It looks like your math background is not very strong, and that will hurt you applying for econ.</p>