<p>I just wrote a really long post and it somehow didn't go through... T___T</p>
<p>So I'm going to be a freshman at Madison in the fall and honestly I do not know if I even want to transfer. It was just something I've been thinking about today so I thought I'd like to get the unbiased opinion of people I do not know. I may end up loving Madison and in that case transferring would be out of the question. I have a lot of good things going there (Honors program, Undergraduate Research Scholar, could graduate in three years) and those things may outweigh transferring. However, I went to a tiny high school (all girls, 170 students 9-12) and I'm not sure if I'll be able to get used to the University of Wisconsin where one lecture is bigger than my entire high school student body. I originally wanted to go to a small LAC but due to life, things did not work out.</p>
<p>Anyway, here are some of my stats:
Female, Asian
WI
HS: small prep school (170 students), rigorous but not prestigious
HS GPA: 92.4 W
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math II 780, Chemistry 740
AP: 5: Bio, Chem, Calc AB, Chinese Language, Spanish Language, US History 4: Human Geo, English Lit
Awards/Honors: Head's List, Cum Laude Society, National Commended Scholar, National AP Scholar, Gold Presidential Service Award, couple of school awards at graduation (Music, Science and Tutoring), music festival participation for violin
EC: Violin (organized recitals, won music award at graduation), JV Ski Race (captain senior year), Tutoring (one of school's first tutors, won first school tutoring award), Research Assistant for a local professor, internships through school activities
Hook: legacy at UChicago (dad went to business school)
"Unhook": school probation for entirety of senior year</p>
<p>College:
GPA: N/A
EC: Honors Program, Undergraduate Research Scholar, plan on joining community service organizations and ski club</p>
<p>When I applied to schools in high school, I got into Hamilton and Madison and was wait-listed at WashU. Hamilton was way too expensive (wanted me to pay 40k a year and that was WITH financial aid). I didn't wait around long enough to hear what WashU's final verdict was. My dream schools were originally UChicago and Amherst. However, I was rejected by both (deferred EA by UC though). I didn't have a whole lot of strong ECs in high school (most of the awards and stuff came at graduation) and I also didn't have a stellar track record. I went to a public HS for my freshman year and really excelled there. But when I transferred my sophomore year, I hit a rough patch and my grades were mostly Bs, one or two measly As, and a C+ in Psych, though to be fair, that was a junior/senior class. The probation looks a lot worse than it really is. I went to a boarding school and one rule was that boarders were not allowed to get into day students' cars. I was already off campus at the time and I thought that rule didn't apply since I was already off school grounds and I got into a friends car to go get pizza. That's as far as my involvement goes. The school found out about it and I was sent to the disciplinary committee. Looking back at the other disciplinary decisions of that year, it was pretty harsh: probation until the end of the year, "campused" until the end of October (not allowed to go off campus on weekends for fun), and a letter of apology to the Head of School. I didn't think it'd affect my college outcomes too much at the time but I think ultimately it did a little just because admissions is so random.</p>
<p>Anyway, if I transferred, it'd probably be to UChicago or a LAC though I know how competitive it is to apply to those as a transfer. Again, I don't even know if I want to transfer but it'd be nice to know if I even stand a reasonable chance.</p>
<p>Sorry if this is mad long. I'm new to the whole CC thing haha.</p>