<p>Transfer chances, please? </p>
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<p>My daughter is interested in transferring from Smith College to Brown. Her H.S. stats were:</p>
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<li>#3 out of 250. </li>
<li>SAT 2170 (V710, M700, W 760). </li>
<li>SAT II scores of Bio (750), Math II 720. </li>
<li>AP Bio (5), AP Amer. Hist. (4). </li>
<li>She is the Rensselaer Medal Winner from her school (best science student), and also the Harvard Book Award winner; both won in her junior year. </li>
<li>National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist, and finalist. </li>
<li>As a Senior took three more AP courses (English, Stats, Calculus AB) </li>
<li>GPA is a 4.1. </li>
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<p>Her GPA at Smith is currently a 4.0 after first semester, and her courses right now are Org. Chem., Cell Bio., Intro to Neuroscience, Portuguese, and Ballet.</p>
<p>She wishes to major in Neuroscience.Please advise as to chances? Thanks a bunch!</p>
<p><em>BUMP</em> Please respond?</p>
<p>You would get more responses if you post on the transfer thread.
I believe last year was very tough to get into Brown. They used to be very transfer friendly. However, she prob. has better chances than say me since she comes from a college with a great reputation. However her high school record will come into account more since it is only her second semester.
I would say she has a 50% chance, but only since transfering into the ivies is extremely hard. Good Luck. If she waits one more sem., and keeps those grades, her chances may go up.</p>
<p>come to the transfer thread</p>
<p>we won't bite don't worry :P</p>
<p>A lot depends on how many transfer applicants there are and how many spaces. The hard part is that she is trying to transfer after one semester. If she was trying to transfer after one year, Brown could see not only her grades at Smith but how she contributed to the Smith community. Your daughter has competitive SAT scores and grades for Brown but you have not conveyed anything regarding what your daughter was involved with in high school and in college. As I am sure you know it takes more than just competitive SAT scores and grades to get into Brown. The fact that she has a 4.0 average at Smith will indicate that she can do the work at Brown, but I do not think that ever was in question. There are many top students with top SAT scores who apply to Brown and get rejected because they dont have that something extra. I think it is harder to transfer into ivy league schools today than it was years ago. If she can stand out from the other transfer applicants by her involvement in extra curricular activities then she will have a better chance</p>