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<p>i'm a 2nd year at UCLA, i didn't really think much about college in terms of what i wanted to do, but after i got here and got involved i saw several problems with my current school and things i wanted that are not offered here. the only schools i applied to were the UCs (and USC).</p>

<p>high school stats: 3.85 GPA (or 4.35), SAT: 2250 ACT: 34 (i took honors and AP classes all throughout)</p>

<p>college GPA: 3.98 in the honors program</p>

<p>college activities: work at the school newspaper, involved in/elected official of 2 business societies and i've had 3 internships (ranging from business- banking to non-profit). i want a more liberal arts oriented education and a smaller school. i want a change in location as well; i've lived in southern california all my life and i thought it wouldn't be a big deal living there for 4 more years, but i was wrong. i went to the east coast for the first time the summer after my senior year and fell in love with it. i only regret not applying to the schools there. </p>

<p>i know you're supposed to have a compelling reason and well i don't really know what that means exactly. all i know is that they focus much more on the sciences (especially pre-med) and that's not what i want. don't get me wrong, i like science but that's not all i want- i've spent my quarters here taking math, science, english, writing, and history classes.</p>

<p>so far i've looked into yale, dartmouth, penn and amherst. the problem is they all have ridiculously low transfer rates. it's not discouraging, but i just wanted opinions in terms of what else i could look at. (majors-wise i'm looking into either philosophy, political science possibly economics- yale and penn have a combined major for all three of these and that really caught my attention. i also enjoy writing. i don't want to attend an undergraduate b-school- i want to get an MBA later.) i have professors that i got to know well over my two year stay here and they have written solid recommendations. </p>

<p>i think that's about all the information.</p>

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<p>I would recommend for you to look into Cornell. It is a large university with many different schools. You could take courses at different schools. I think there are also more transfers. You may have a better chance of transfering to Cornell. Marian’s daughter is double majoring in economics and government, maybe she will pop in here to say a few things. Cornell’s campus is beautiful and bigger than Dartmouth. </p>

<p>If you like small LAC atmosphere, you may also want to look into Colgate. It has a very good philosophy, economics and poli sci departments.</p>

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