Transfer to Georgetown, UVA, W&M, Columbia, NYU

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm a freshman at University of Wisconsin Madison in the Honors Program and I am thinking of transferring to a few schools primarily based on geographic location and strength of political science that I am lacking at my current school. I am a Virginia resident for in-state purposes below.</p>

<p>My tentative list is: Georgetown, UVA, William & Mary, Columbia, NYU</p>

<p>HS statistics:
-GPA: 3.6 at very competitive public school
-Course load: 8 APs, many honors
-SAT: 2130 (720 math, 710 writing, 700 reading)
-SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Math
-AP: took 8 AP exams, getting a 5 on seven of them, and a 4 on one</p>

<p>HS extracurriculars:
-President of Model UN, 5 individual awards
-Student Government, headed up a bunch of fundraisers
-Mock trial, top position & first place
-President of Amnesty International
-President/founder of Jewish Culture Club
-Worked part-time 11th/12th grade</p>

<p>College statistics:
-GPA: nothing official b/c first semester, but A's on everything so far. Aiming for 3.8 or higher
-Course load: 14 credits, including 8 credits in Honors-only classes</p>

<p>College extracurriculars:
-Army ROTC (4-year scholarship winner, big time commitment)
-Staff political opinion writer for Badger Herald (most circulated school newspaper in nation)
-College Republicans, Freshman Representative to Executive Board
-Part-time job</p>

<p>Essays will be above-average, but probably not the best they'll ever read. Recommendations will be tough since this is my first semester and professors do not know me yet, but I will try. This will be a relative weakness.</p>

<p>What are your thoughts on my chances to these schools? My early indication is Columbia is impossible given my HS GPA, but I'm stubborn. Also, the fact that I am a Freshman and will only have one college semester at application time seems to be a weakness.</p>

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<p>according to virginias (NYU, COLUMBIA AND GEORGETOWN'S) website, it is preferable to have one full year completed before you transfer. So come talk to us when you're ready.</p>

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<p>Mitchell Riess was just added to the poli-sci faculty at William & Mary. He was a big shot at the State Department. They've also got a couple of generals on the staff at the Reeve's center.</p>

<p>Give Henry Broaddus in W&M Admissions a call. His number is (757) 221-4223. Here's their webpage: <a href="http://www.wm.edu/admission/?id=3143%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wm.edu/admission/?id=3143&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>mojo- all those schools say you should complete a year Before transferring, meaning you can apply after your freshman first semester. Georgetown even says that one semester is necessary, not two.</p>

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<p>According to UVA's website
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Transfer applicants include students who have (a) earned twenty-four or more semester hours of college credit after graduating from high school or (b) left high school before graduation to enroll full-time in college courses. Students interested in spring admission must have 24 credit hours earned and completed prior to the application deadline of Nov. 1.

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I rest my case</p>

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Georgetown even says that one semester is necessary, not two.

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<p>Since Georgetown does not take spring transfers, you pretty much need two semesters anyways.</p>

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<p>So one way to apply to Georgetown is to be a spring semester student from another school, finish that semester, then apply for fall transfer admissions to Georgetown?</p>

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<p>what is the reason for leaving UW? I do not know if those schools will necessarily be stronger than UW in poli sci, but certainly less liberal (well... UVA/Gtown/WM)</p>

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<p>To clear up some confusion, I would be applying to transfer for Fall 2007, after I have completed an entire year of work at Wisconsin. The problem is the schools would only see one semester of completed work in the application. I fulfill all the transfer requirements, its the proving I've changed from my HS GPA of 3.6 that worries me.</p>

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The problem is the schools would only see one semester of completed work in the application.

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<p>That is fine, though sending in updates always helps. I had my my mid-term grades faxed directly to the assistant dean of admissions (as per his instructions, of course) when I applied.</p>