<p>I'm an out of state freshman at UNC who's looking to transfer to Brown. My SATs are: 790 math/770 verbal/720 writing, as well as 750 math IIc, 710 bio, and 710 world history. I went to an extremely competitive New England boarding school (The Lawrenceville School) where in my senior year my average was a 3.7/4.0. I have a lot of solid extracurriculars from high school, including the school newspaper, a lot of community service (including gutting houses for Katrina relief in Mississippi and volunteering in third world operating rooms), and filmmaking, as well as an internship this past summer in DC working for a Congressional subcommittee. Here at UNC, I'm taking Arabic 101, Econ 101, an upper level English seminar, and an honors geology course. I'm only taking four classes, which comes to a total of 13 credit hours, but this is because Arabic is extremely time consuming (2-3 hours of homework per night). I probably have A's in all of my classes except for Arabic, in which I have a B. I am a member of the UNC Rugby team and a representative in UNC student congress. Do you think I have a shot to transfer to Brown? How about Dartmouth, Columbia, or Amherst?</p>
<p>I think you have a GREAT shot, keep up the grades. Also (as a transfer from Columbia to Dartmouth), Dartmouth is a MUCH better transfer experience. Probably the best treatment of transfers in the country.</p>
<p>You're grades in HS and test scores are outstanding; there's no question about it. However, you really out to have more math and science courses mixed in with your schedule. That's not to say the courses you're taking now are easy, they may very well be quite difficult, but I think I'm right when I assume that it's always harder to gauge grades in liberal arts than in natural sciences (no?). </p>
<p>Four classes that are only liberal arts (geology may be a liberal art, depending on which department houses it) may not seem quite as strong on paper, however, I have no idea what your major is. Just keep in mind that most schools will require some sort of math/science requirement for a degree, and adcoms won't want to see you dodging it (if you even are. I don't know, you may have already gotten AP credit).</p>
<p>I've placed out of all my math/science requirements at Carolina, I have credit for math through Calc I as well as Biology, Vertebrate Biology (both from AP Bio) and Psychology</p>