<p>Hi, everyone! I'm currently an international student at Texas Christian University with an Honor standing. I just finished my freshman year with a GPA of 3.93 which I hope I could maintain, or raise, after the Fall semester of my sophomore year. Personally, I think my high school's stats were ok: 2080 SAT, 102 Toefl, GPA: 4.16 (weighted), a 5 for both AP Calculus BC and AP Statistic. I do quite a decent amount of extra activities in high school and college. Do y'all think I have a good shot getting accepted into Cornell, UPenn, or MIT? I'm a business major by the way and I need financial aid.</p>
<p>Your high school stats don’t affect your transfer chances.</p>
<p>Your GPA is good, but a 4.0 would be better.</p>
<p>If your ECs are as good as you say they are and your essay is good then you have as good of a chance as anyone…</p>
<p>MIT isn’t an Ivy League school. There is a common misconception that the Ivy League are the best universities in America, but they are not. I’d say places like UChicago, Northwestern, etc. are about the same level as Cornell. In addition, Stanford, which is one of the best institutions in the world, is not an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>There are other really good top 20 business schools out there. Georgetown, USC Marshall, UVA, Michigan, Emory, etc.</p>
<p>Transferring into top schools is incredibly difficult. Few people leave every year and few people turn down their offers of acceptance - the top schools are very good at predicting yield for the year and filling their classes. Often they only accept 20-30 transfers a year, and may get thousands of applications.</p>
<p>Knowing this, ALL of the competitive transfers will have stats like yours - 3.7+ GPAs, great extracurriculars and high SAT scores. I disagree that they will not care how you did in high school. MIT, Cornell, and Penn all require high school transcripts and SAT or ACT scores, so your high school performance will affect your transfer.</p>
<p>Yes, there is some false information in this thread. I’d suggest the OP consult face to face advising instead of getting information from high schoolers who aren’t familiar with the process.</p>
<p>@giantmidget: Thank you for your response and I do know MIT is not an Ivy school. The title is a bit misleading.
Thank you everyone else for your advice.</p>