<p>hello people.
I am an indian student. I will starting my UG course at the University of Bristol this september (MEng in mechanical Engg). i intend to transfer to US universities like Harvard, MIT, Yale, Brown, Cornell etc. I know its tough to get in as a transfer student. I saw the transfer acceptance rates of these colleges..Cornell, UC Berkeley UCLA Brown accept a considerable number of transfer students. so even i will try my luck at these colleges.
My profile:
High School: CBSE (Indian Education Board) 95.6%- chem-95, physics-95 maths-97 (PCM) - i think thats equivalent to 3.824 GPA. class rank-1(science stream). class size: 150 (all included)
SAT- 750 maths 710 critical writing 740 reading (SAT is not imp. for cornell as far as i know) (i might be re-taking SAT while at Bristol)
Hope to score as high as possible in college semester exams..(can any one tell me the required GPA for entry into such colleges) as far as i know..according to Fullbright commission a score of 70+ in british Undergraduate is equivalent to 3.68-4,00 GPA..
i will be trying hard to get around 80-85 in college..
GOLD Medal In international Olympiad of mathematics
Silver Medal In International olympiad of mathematics
Bronze Medal In international olympiad of science
Silver medal In national mathematics olympiad
100% score in national mathematics olympiad.
School topper
DST govt scholarship awardee.
Work experience: I was a student-teacher in my school. i taught students of my grade as well as my juniors in my high-school. I even taught the poor children of my society. i will also be working during my university days.
i will also be able to get 2 strong recommendations from university teachers.
a strong essay is a must. i will also be giving a strong reason to join.
so,
what are my chances of getting into-
1. harvard
2. MIT
3. Brown
4. Cornell
5. Yale
6. UCLA/Berkeley etc
and plz give suggestions to improve my chances to get into these colleges.</p>
<p>It’s pointless to inquire at this point as it’s almost entirely dependent on your performance at the school you’re transferring from.</p>
<p>That being said, Harvard, Yale, MIT, etc take very few transfers and virtually no international transfers.</p>
<p>what about Cornell and Brown?? UC’s</p>
<p>Do you need financial aid? Realize that most of these schools do not accept international students needing financial aid (with the exception of Harvard and a few others)</p>
<p>sir…cornell, brown, UC give financial aid even to the transfer students irrespective of nationality…do i stand a chance if i do extremely good at the college? how can i improve my chances?? what other colleges do i stand a chance for?</p>
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<p>You are talking about schools that take very few transfers, even fewer transfers in STEM programs and still fewer international STEM transfers. </p>
<p>Why are you looking to transfer OUT of a school that you have not even started yet?</p>
<p>If you are INTENT on going to one of these schools, you’d be far, far better off taking a gap year and then applying as a first-year student rather than a transfer.</p>
<p>You’re going to get rejected by all of them. I was a sophomore transfer and I applied to all of these places. </p>
<p>did you get transferred?? if yes, to which university??</p>
<p>okay people…then i wont apply anywhere…thank you for your advice. :)</p>
<p>Your record is impressive… did you apply to these schools this time around? If not, I would advise taking a gap year and applying as a freshman student (as a Gold/silver/bronze medalist you stand strong chances at one of them).</p>
<p>Applying as a transfer, especially a transfer needing financial aid, is almost impossible. The most generous school is UPenn, and it only admits 5 international transfers who need financial aid (and most of them will be “lateral”, ie., transferring from another American college.)</p>
<p>Your record as presented here warrants admission to Top 25 universities/LACs but whereas you stand a decent chance if you apply as a freshman (perhaps as high as 1 in 10 - considering it may be 1 in 20 to 1 in 30 typically) it may be as low as 1 in 200 as a transfer…</p>
<p>Caveat: UC’s DO NOT have financial aid for international students, whether freshman or transfer applicants.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 no…i didnt apply for any US university this time…the problem is I dont wanna waste a year…so i thought studying in UK for one year and achieving high scores in the college exams and transferring to US uni…i am trying hard for cornell…will i stand a chance to get transferred to cornell irrespective of financial aid??
are there any other uni for which i have a good chance for transferring??</p>
<p>Transferring to these schools is hard no matter what. I suggest you stay in England and see how your college is there. If you like it you might as well stay there and save yourself from the stress of applying. </p>
<p>@lahula521<br>
what if i do extremely good at the university…?? i really wish to get my UG degree from a reputed US college…is there any chance for me?? </p>
<p>Hi there! Thanks for chancing me :)</p>
<p>Although you have some really good EC’s/awards/GPA/SAT during your high school years, college transfer decisions rely mainly on your performance in the school you’re transferring from. You haven’t started yet though so it’s not yet possible to chance you without seeing your college scores. </p>
<p>The schools you listed are all super competitive especially for transfer students. If you do extremely well in college, you will have a good shot but it’s still not guaranteed, considering you haven’t started college yet. I agree with MYOS1634-- you will have a better shot at entering one of these schools as a freshman applicant. You don’t have ti “waste” a year though-- there a lot of gap-year opportunities. Some gap-year volunteer programs will give you a considerable amount of money towards your college education in exchange for your time. </p>
<p>I don’t know much about transfer systems at other schools, but here in California we have a really good transfer system between community colleges and UC’s. If you’re willing to set aside your hopes for getting into one of the ivies, you could consider going to a CC in California and transferring to one of the UC’s after two years-- it’s fairly easy to get to UCB/UCLA from a CC if you have a good transcript. And if you don’t get into one of those, the other UC’s all have very good programs including UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine (including excellent engineering programs-- I’m assuming you are interested in a STEM career considering your STEM-related EC’s). </p>
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<p>If this is really a priority for you, your absolute best course of action would be to take a gap year and apply as a freshman. By applying as an international transfer you are putting yourself an almost insurmountable disadvantage.</p>