Transfer out of Middlebury!!!- Chances

Transfer Students
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<p>hey, so i wanted people to chance me for transfer the class of 2014. My primary interests are politics and the environment. I want to apply to columbia, northwestern, tufts, upenn and georgetown. </p>

<p>Middlebury college fall gpa: 3.6 (A Econ, A- Spanish, A- Writing seminar, B comparative politics)
- student government, RSC (in charge of environmental sustainability)
- International Students Organization, organized Indian cultural stuff like a dance performance and cooked for a dinner
- got into a program that fundraises and then does social service in Oakland and the Bay area
- Middlebury Debate Team</p>

<p>i finished my IB, and received a diploma with a score of 38.
English HL- 5
Business HL-6
Economics HL- 6
Math SL- 7
french SL- 7
Biology SL- 6
and one bonus point for my EE (B) and TOK. (D)
my average is just over 6 on 7. and my rank was 3.
transcripts for grades 8, 9 and 10 are close to perfect. 11 and 12, are ok. fairly decent. but my parents were getting a separation, dont know if i should include that, itll sound as an excuse, unless my counselor puts it in.</p>

<p>Extra curricular:
- Student council for 4 years, even though i switched schools for my junior and senior years
- Head of Administration for the MUN organised by my School
- Varsity Basketball (5 years)
- State and National Scrabble Player (newspaper coverage included)
- A lot of MUN, : even went for GYLC at New York and D.C.</p>

<p>Ive taken a gap year, purely for pursuing other non academic interests.
Justification of Gap year:
- certificate course in 3DS Max animation
- Himalayan expedition of 8 days
- Worked with the All India Institute of Local Self Government ( Regional Centre for Urban and Environment Studies)
- Worked with the Mayor Of Mumbai on a huge environmental project (newspaper coverage included)
- French courses at Alliance Francaise, Mumbai</p>

<p>Additonal rec letter from the Mayor.</p>

<p>No financial aid.</p>

2

<p>Sorry, Had* taken a gap year</p>

3

<p>Just curious to know why you want to transfer. Hard to find a better environmental program than Midd’s. I’m assuming you want a more urban environment based on the schools you’re considering. Some of the schools are even slightly less competitive than Midd. Of course they all have strong politics programs or more precisely, strong graduate politics programs.</p>

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<p>Penn and Columbia will be hard. They reject lots of people with 3.8+ GPAs.</p>

5

<p>Penn adcoms say they generally look for at least 3.7. Don’t let that discourage you, however.</p>