Transfer from Top 15 to MIT/Dartmouth/Yale?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone, and this is my first thread at CC.</p>

<p>Please chance me.</p>

<p>SAT: 2260 (CR/M/W = 720/800/740)
SATII:
MathII 800
Physics 800
Chemistry 800
High School GPA: 3.98
College GPA: 4.00</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/achievements/services:
International Violin Competition Finalist
Dean's list since at college
Several scholar titles
Volunteer at the center for higher education of my current college
Third Prize, Chemistry Contest (citywise, dates back to high school)
+100 hr of community services</p>

<p>Recommendations: From three science professors who have gave me A+. So I assume it is
OK.
Ethnicity: Asian male</p>

<p>I know getting into any one of the three above needs luck, and is fairly unpredictable.</p>

<p>Would you please kindly give me any advice or tips?</p>

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<p>what school do you currently attend?</p>

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<p>MIT: [MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “Transfer Wrap-Up 2008”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/misc/miscellaneous/transfer_wrapup_2008.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/misc/miscellaneous/transfer_wrapup_2008.shtml)</p>

<p>Applicants: nearly 300
Admits: high teens
Admit rate: 6%</p>

<p>Exact numbers: this year, we received 288 applications, admitting 16, with 14 enrolling in the fall.</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>What about the other two?</p>

<p>The admission rates are low, which is why I feel like starting this thread.</p>

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<p>You don’t have many ECs, and you don’t seem to be truly passionate about anything in particular. All your stats look fantastic, but you need other things to supplement your app.
That’s my only suggestion, though. My best friend goes to MIT and really enjoys it-- good luck!!!</p>

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<p>Good point!
I have played the violin for over 15 years, and may be this can be counted as “passion”.</p>

<p>Anything else?</p>

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<p>Okay, looking at that all I see is a very academic student. But they want more, as someone said above. You seem to have no ECs, okay you have 15 years of violin, but what else? Honestly speaking, MIT probably has many students with stats like you. </p>

<p>What makes you different? What in the last year or two, while you have been at your other college, has changed you? They didn’t admit you before, so what has changed about you to make them admit you this time?</p>

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<p>Yale has around 4 to 5 percent transfer acceptance rate… It’s kinda sad…</p>

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<p>If you’re a junior transfer with a 4.0 that’s one thing, a one term 4.0 for a soph transfer is another. Whether you applied to them in the past is another factor. If you didn’t get in as a freshmen, a sophomore transfer will be tough.</p>

<p>That said, you’d certainly be in the running anywhere, but with the low acceptance rates at these schools and so many great candidates it will come down to your making a strong case for transfer to the specific schools, your essays and your recs.</p>

<p>A prof who gave you an A+ can say you’re a strong student but you’ll also want recs for this level of school that show what you bring to a campus. They are full of great students and can cherry pick those who really add something where transfers are concerned.</p>