<p>emory definitely</p>
<p>When you apply as a transfer, there is no much weight on the SAT scores. Altough having a good SAT scores would serve as an advantage, schools put more emphasis on your college work. As a result, many schools do not even require SAT results from a certain amount of credits.
BTW, whats wrong with UC berkeley? I consider it as one of the top schools in the nation. Some might say that brown and emory would be a step down...</p>
<p>I did overload my schedule - 18 credits; taking Phys with calc (honors), O Chem (honors), Calc II, Bio. In Chem and Math I did learn a lot and I loved them. But bio is pretty bad and the labs suck, the phys labs too. Also, I am putting myself through school so I need a need-blind school - major reason for transfer (which I don't know if I should mention in my applications).
I do like UW despite all that, with the exception that it is a little impersonal which is inevitable with 40K+ students.
If I stay in Wisconsin I'd still be happy but since I used to be in math competitions and got some awards I kinda wanted to go somewhere where I would be pushed feven further and a BS in math and chem and PhD in Math would really sound intimidating. I blame it on Good Will Hunting.</p>
<p>JCC: what do you want to major in?</p>
<p>I didn't mean to berate my school - I just want to transfer badly.
Another thing is that as I said I was in math cometitions and olympiads while in high school back home (Bulgaria) and I got 3rd and 5th place nationally. Most of the people that were in top 10 are in Harvard, Oxford, MIT and Princeton.
I guess I have an inferiority complex. The school is not bad. I just want it all.</p>
<p>P.S. berkeley id DEFINITELY better than emory in my book and I would probably have a lot of trouble picking between it and Brown. science in berkeley rocks. that US news ranking is a tricky thing.</p>
<p>I posted the berkeley remark for pinkear(if you were wondering...)
coming from a community college, I have less options than you do martini. Although I am applying to Cornell and, IMHO, I have the grades and course load to have a shot at getting in, I remain pasimistic and plan for the worst case scenario. My dillema is whether UW has a significant enough advantage over Rutgers for me to spend the extra money and the extra distance from home (I heard midwest ppl are really diffrent from ppl on the coasts).<br>
BTW, isn't the class size get significantly smaller once you get to more specialized classes(usually junior year)? I think this is the time you can get personal with your proffessors and get the recogntion you are after.</p>
<p>I think you should go with the better school regardless of money if you can manage financially. UW is definitely a better option. Also I think that you have really good chances of being accepted.
The midwest people are not bad at all. Plus so many people are from all over. And everyone I know is happy with the school.
Good luck!</p>