<p>I'm a freshman who is thinking seriously about transferring for the fall 2009 semester. I'm currently at a large state school (not in my state), and I'm unhappy with the lack of academic motivation, large class sizes, large campus, and the fact that everyone else here seems to be from in-state. I graduated in the top 5% of my high school class and was very much involved in volunteering and had several leadership positions. I'm a prospective biology major. I would like to transfer to a smaller school, with high academic prestige, which is closer to my home (I'm from Connecticut). So far I'm considering Brown and Columbia (Reaches), Boston College, Tufts, and Vassar (more match schools). I was wondering if anyone could suggest some other schools to consider. I'm thinking more safety-like schools. If you need me to provide more info, just let me know. Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>As another match school, I would recommend you add Wesleyan University (CT) to your list. If you like Vassar, you’ll probably like it as well. I would also recommend you look into Brandeis University (MA), University of Rochester (NY), and Haverford College ¶. You could also consider adding Bard College (NY) to your list; however, I’m not sure what their biology department is like. Oh, and also, look into Swarthmore College ¶… it’ll be a reach, but it sounds like it has a lot of what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>As for some schools that would be closer to likelies and safeties… Goucher College (MD) could be an option if you want another Vassar-like school, as could Trinity College (CT), Connecticut College (CT), Wheaton College (MA), and Skidmore College (NY). I believe Trinity and Connecticut College both have solid biology programs; however, I’m less certain about what the biology departments at Skidmore, Wheaton, and Goucher are like.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help! Yeah, I was thinking about Wesleyan University as a possibility. Does anyone have suggestions for some other schools that aren’t solely liberal arts colleges?</p>
<p>we can’t tell you match safety or reach schools without your stats</p>
<p>Stats would help, especially when you’re considering schools like Brown.</p>
<p>yeah, i understand that. I was hoping more just for suggestions of schools that were similar to the ones that I posted. As far as stats, I don’t have my college grades yet, but I’m taking biology, art history, astronomy, and microeconomics (and 2 freshmen colloquia). I just took midterms in each of them and got A’s in all of them, so I’m aiming for a 4.0 and if the rest of the semester is anything like so far, I see that as very doable. In high school I graduated 15th in my class out of 400 students. I took 5 AP (got 5’s on all the tests) classes and the rest were honors, and I got all A’s in high school. So my GPA is about a 4.3 weighted, and a 3.9 unweighted. In high school I did a lot of volunteering through Key Club, my church youth group, and a local nursing home. Also, i was a Student Leader at my school, which meant that I assisted freshman in making the transition to high school, and i was an officer on the Youth American Cancer Society and on the American Cancer Society Relay for Life committee. I played varsity tennis. I received several academic awards including Oberlin College Book Award and an award at graduation for having achieved above a 4.0 for all four years of high school. I was on National Honor Society and Math National Honor Society. I feel like I’m missing a few other things, but you got the gist. Now in college, I’m on student government and club tennis, and I’m mentoring an elementary school student. My original SAT’s were 2050 without studying, but I just retook them and haven’t gotten them back yet. On practice tests I was ranging between a 2200 and 2400. I know the Ivy’s are HUGE reaches and I probably wouldn’t get in, but I want to reach for the stars. Really, I’m very much in love with Boston College and would like schools in the northeast that are similar to it. Thanks for any suggestions!</p>
<p>with your disdain for the largeness of your school, i would seriously consider lac’s.<br>
i transferred from penn state to swarthmore and couldn’t be happier; it seems like the reasons we wanted to transfer from our respective huge state schools are almost identical.</p>
<p>Swattransfer- Do you think my stats are competitive enough for a school like Swarthmore? Also, do you have any suggestions for other LAC’s to consider? Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>if you’re looking for a competitive, but small, intimate LAC…why not try for Amhertst, Williams, or Bowdoin? All are small, highly competitive LAC’s. They consistently rank in the top 10 lac’s in the nation, and williams/amherst usually in the top 5, so I’m sure their bio programs must be strong.</p>
<p>I will look at Amherst and Williams. thanks for the suggestions! My only concern is that my stats would not be competitive enough.</p>
<p>did you take sat II’s? if so, what were your scores?</p>
<p>if you had decent scores on your SAT II’s and improved your sat’s, i would say you are a fairly strong candidate for all the schools mentioned in this thread, which i think have all been good suggestions for you</p>
<p>I got a 720 on the Math II and a 760 on the Literature.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about Carnegie Mellon? does it sound like it would fit the description of the type of college I described in my post? thanks for any help!</p>
<p>P.S. Obviously Carnegie Mellon would be difficult to get into, but I’m thinking it could possibly be a match</p>