Transfer from UK to Stanford/Harvard

Transfer Students
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<p>Any experiences please help?</p>

2

<p>What do you want to know? Both of these colleges admit very few transfers, they’re places you apply to as part of a list of more realistic choices. If you apply exclusively to S & H, then you should be happy to stay at your current school in the likelihood that you aren’t admitted to either.</p>

3

<p>I’ll be Transfering from a Top 25 College in the UK.</p>

<p>My GPA is around 3.6-3.7 across my Academic Career,

  • I’ve had a year at one of the largest corporations in the world
  • Also a National Award in the subject I wish to be majoring in - for work in my native country, and with inner city kids
  • And I’ve also worked with the equivalent of a Senator here in the UK. </p>

<p>Hence I will be going in 1 year older than most of the other Transfer students, and I’ve had a few External Circumstances which hindered my GPA from being 4.0 - do I have to mention this to the Counselor’s at my Schools? </p>

<p>I don’t think I have any legacy at either of these schools or any one I know who has gone. </p>

<p>One person from one of my previous schools went to Harvard.</p>

<p>QUESTIONS (thank you very much in advance for any answers):</p>

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<li>I understand essays are important but HOW important is my SAT Result, what type of score do I have to get and HOW long will it take for me to prepare, if I have taken tough subjects through my academic career</li>
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4

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Go ask him/her.</p>

5

<p>^^ I see okay, but it was I went to school with him age 11-13 then moved, so it is several years ago now.</p>

<p>If you can provide any other advice, anything would be great.</p>

<p>Thank you all in advance.</p>

6

<p>You can always try, but the odds are definitely not in your favor. A top 25 UK school means very little in US unless it is Oxbridge, and occiationally Imperial and LSE.</p>

7

<p>Standardized tests are less important for jr than for soph transfers, however, since these are two of the most selective colleges in the country, everything counts.</p>

<p>There are no SAT limits as test scores are taken in context with the rest of your application. In general, 2100 is baseline, 2250+ better. It’s impossible to say how long it will take you to prep, see the test prep forums here on CC.</p>