<p>Clairemont McKenna - Can’t help you much there, except that you’d probably get in
Columbia - REALLY hard to get in as a transfer, depending on what school you apply to.
The New School (accepted in high school) - Pretty good school, but I don’t understand what you want to study/what Bard is not letting you study that you want to change.
Middlebury - Really, really hard for transfers to get into. They accept around 13% transfers, if I am not mistaken. If your GPA was higher, it might have been a little bit more possible. I have a little higher gpa than you (not much), and I just struck Middlebury off my list.
NYU Gallatin (1st choice) - I go to NYU right now. Gallatin offers you the option of fashioning WHATEVER major you want. I heard that some student majored in Awesome, and another in Evil. It is the utmost freedom, so long as you can defend your thesis. However, NYU is pretty bureaucratic. It gets impersonal and I often felt like I was taking part-time high-stress classes. Not my idea of a good college experience. After the close community at Bard, could you adjust? NYC is amazing, true - but would you want to risk your education because of all the things you could do OUTSIDE of the classroom?
UChicago - Applied there, got rejected as a firstyear. It was my dream. However, I hear it’s where “fun goes to die” (don’t quote me on that). It has a very serious academic environment. People study A LOT. NYU is not like that, yes, but it’s still stressful. I am not sure how Bard ranks on the academic stress but UChicago is nearly at the top of the list (along with Swarthmore, ugh). Your GPA probably isn’t enough. I don’t know how your SATs are, but mine were pretty awesome and I didn’t get in despite being valedictorian and stuff. Had to do with my high school being India, probably.
UPenn - Got rejected there too.
URochester - I hear really good things about it. Will give you the freedom you desire. It’s in your homestate (I assume youre from NY with all your high school college classes?). Probably close to home as well…
Penn State University Park (accepted in high school) - It’s a good university. It can be big and impersonal though. My cousin went there, but he was in the honors program. Maybe apply - I dont know if they accept transfers - and if you get in the honors program definitely go?
UC Berkeley - Other side of the coast…different atmosphere from Bard. REALLLLY hard to get into. They don’t accept too many non-California transfers. Your GPA might not cut it.
UMass Amherst - Shouldn’t be hard to get into for you, it’s close by. Try researching your major options there.
UNC Chapel Hill - Really, really good public school. One of the best. Try?</p>
<p>About statistics - Collegeboard has pretty accurate transfer stats (accepted, enrolled, etc.) in its admissions pages of all colleges. If you’re talking about candidate statistics, you could look on the previous years’ threads on this site for each college, or go to the college transfer pages. Sometimes some colleges (like Bucknell) have their transfer student stats. Mostly, they don’t. Just guess from the SAT ranges and acceptance rates at their selectivity? They mostly need you to impress them with your potential, and especially with why you are transferring.</p>
<p>Teaching yourself Hindi? I don’t think that will help on an application. I speak four languages, but I got rejected at all my dream colleges :). Maybe mention it in your essay
if you want to talk about how well-rounded you are? I am not sure. Try to highlight your passion in the essay. </p>
<p>About crossing off schools: give yourself a limit. I gave myself six. I have pondered and pondered for the past three months and tonight, I just cut three off. And I’ve chosen 5, with 4 contenders for position 6. What kind of campus do you want to go to? What majors do you want to explore? Where do you want to go? Do you want to be in a city, the suburbs or a rural area? Do you enjoy competitive, high-stress environments or prefer a more collaborative one? Which ‘scene’ do you …belong to?? (Extra question mark for me, weird grammar). I kind of decided against most preppy schools because as a brown person, I may not fit in there…even though I only have one Indian friend at NYU, I just feel that I would like to be in a more diverse than homogenous place. So think about all these things. Private message me if you want more info :)</p>