<p>Is there a way to transfer from Berkeley to UPenn, Brown, Chicago, Dartmouth, Cornell, Northwestern, or Johns Hopkins?</p>
<p>What types of classes should I take?</p>
<p>Are there any counselors, which specialize in the transfer process?</p>
<p>The transfer process is new to me.</p>
<p>Read the stick thread at the top of the page: Transfer Admissions 101</p>
<p>Don't go into the year with the idea you're not staying. It's a recipe for disaster. </p>
<p>Take whatever classes you should be taking for your major. I knew I was going to be doing some combination of Neuroscience/Chemistry/Psychology, so I took Intro. Chemistry I and II, Intro. Psych, Intro. Biology I, Calculus II and III, etc. </p>
<p>If your SAT/ACTs are not in their 50% range, retake. </p>
<p>Get close to atleast two teachers. You need reccommendations, they are very important. Try for them to be in your major, but it doesn't matter too much (I used a Psychology teacher and my First-Year Seminar Teacher).</p>
<p>Is it recommended to transfer with a declared major?</p>
<p>I have some possible majors that I'm investigating.</p>
<p>Also, my ACT score was a 27.</p>
<p>SAT reasoning: 1640</p>
<p>SAT subject tests:
US History: 720
Math 2: 640</p>
<p>With my scores, would it be possible to transfer as a first year applicant?</p>
<p>Read MLevine's post a second time.</p>
<p>Berkeley is an AMAZING school, and the schools you have listed as wanting to transfer to have mayyyyybe an inch of difference academically/prestige-wise. It's completely unfair to judge Berkeley as a place you want to transfer from before you get a chance to learn about what the school has to offer you. It's one of my favorite schools ever, and it's easy to love. Just give it a fair go.</p>
<p>Not to come off as selfish, I'm not as interested in Berkeley as much as the universities I stated on my first post. Of course, Berkeley is a good school.</p>
<p>However, I don't want to settle for anything less than schools that fit my personality. A top notch education, a new location, great study abroad programs, and good preparation for grad school.</p>
<p>I have even heard of students successfully transfering from an Ivy Leauge school to another Ivy League School. Other students transfer from one prestigious school to another prestigious school.</p>
<p>Also, I did not choose those universities because of prestige alone. They have small class sizes and very good programs for Business, Medicine, etc.</p>
<p>Transferring is not selfish. I want to transfer to universities I feel are a good fit for me. That's why students transfer. Prestige is not the only reason to transfer (in fact, not the main reason).</p>
<p>I transferred from Columbia (which was too much of an urban research university for my taste) to Dartmouth and it was the best decision I've ever made. You're not off base in wanting to potentially leave Cal.</p>
<p>Every year it seems like a few people resolve that the school they are going to isn't "right" for them, or it isn't "good" enough for them, and they think (no, they know) the grass is greener on the other side.</p>
<p>Then they transfer to the other school, imagine it's going to be pure bliss from day 1, and end up being extraordinarily unhappy because they are holding the school to unreasonable expectations. And they miss their friends from the first school!</p>
<p>Don't let yourself be that person.</p>
<p>Of course there are lots of legitimate reasons to transfer from one prestigious school to another, but most of these transfers have a lot to do with fit or educational program.</p>
<p>There is much more to a school than prestige level. "Fit" is incredibly important, you only go to college once.</p>
<p>Not to be rude, but you are going to have to boost your SAT/ACT/SAT subject test scores significantly to have any chance of transfer to the schools you have listed. All of them have test score averages significantly above your current scores.</p>
<p>Yeah, seriously. No offense, but you should be mercilessly thanking your gods for even getting into a school like Berkeley. Beggers can't be choosers.</p>
<p>go to hopkins</p>
<p>Your scores are much too low. Get your ACT up like 5 points, or your SAT up like 600. You have no chance at all unless you have 30+ ACT or a 2100+ SAT, unless you have good ECs (not random clubs), research, and a 4.0.</p>
<p>I want to transfer to the colleges because I did not apply to them for freshman admission (for most of them) and I only discovered that they were a fit during the Spring.</p>
<p>Is there a way to get accepted with good ECs, research, a 4.0, along with the current test scores?</p>
<p>I don't want to take those tests again.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted by Stanford and Brown for freshman admission, so I think I might be able to hopefully transfer to UPenn, Brown, Chicago, Dartmouth, Cornell, Northwestern, or Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>Not to be nitpicky, but all the schools you listed have very little in common with one another except for the fact that they're all ranked higher than Berkely in the USNews rankings. Perhaps that's the theme you're striving for?</p>
<p>Chicago couldn't be any more different from Northwestern, in terms of student body and campus culture. Same goes for UPenn and Brown.</p>
<p>They all have three main factors, which convinced me that they were good universities to apply as a transfer student.</p>
<ul>
<li>Small class sizes</li>
<li>New locations</li>
<li>Good programs for journalism (Northwestern), medicine (Hopkins) and business. All of these campuses offer, at least, some prep for my prospective majors.</li>
</ul>
<p>Take the tests again. You can't guarentee a 4.0 before you start.</p>
<p>If prestige is not your concern, perhaps you should look at the University of Richmond, Villanova, or Hamilton for business. The University of Missouri has a phenomenal undergraduate journalism program, as does Ohio University and Syracuse University. These seem to be more in line with your statistics and they also fit the criteria you are looking at.</p>
<p>Are you a humanities major? 4.0 at berkeley? </p>
<p>You're also a first semester applicant. The colleges you apply too will only see your first term grades and maybe your second or third if you apply to NW or Emory -- places with really late deadlines.</p>
<p>You're scores matter more than your GPA because you don't have the breadth of work that third semester applicants have. They have 15-18 classes. You'll have five. <em>Change accordingly for semester/quarter system</em></p>
<p>This last thing is purely subjective, but you just don't seem sincere. I can't differentiate between your reasons and the thousands of others that are similarly prestige ridden. If I can see that, I think other people will too. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>