<p>I posted this on the transfer page, but I was wondering what the Harvard one would have to say.</p>
<p>I'm applying for transfer to Harvard to hopefully enter as a sophomore. I'm a hispanic female fluent in Spanish and basically fluent in French. I was the valedictorian of my high school with a 4.0+ GPA. My SAT I was 800W, 770CR, and 710M. For my SAT IIs I got 790 French, 750 Lit, and 770 US History. At Columbia, for my first semester I took 22 credits, which is the maximum without a waiver (6 academic classes and also piano), and I got a 3.77. (3 As, 2 A-, and 1 B+) My two recs will be great. One of them will be from a class in which I met with the TA individually every week, so I got to know him really well. </p>
<p>As for extracurriculars, I worked at the Spectator translating articles in English to Spanish for the Spanish page. I also worked at the Double Discovery Center to tutor a NYC underprivileged high school student. In high school, I got first place in the National Spanish Exam (bilingual division) junior year, and I got first place regionally every year in the National French Contest and first place nationally in 2004. I'm also a Kluge Scholar at Columbia, and I play piano. I worked first semester as a French tutor.</p>
<p>I really wanted to go to Harvard, and I was waitlisted, so I want to try again. I really like Columbia, but not enough to make me think that it's the absolute best place for me. I also have academic reasons regarding my major.</p>
<p>Good luck! You have fine academic credentials and focused ECs. Transferring from Columbia to Harvard seems unique to me but when it comes to transferring I think it's all about the academic reasons for going to Harvard. They are both essentially (and this has been debated many times) on the same level prestigiously.</p>
<p>Transferring from Columbia to Harvard is a tad retarded imo... -_-;</p>
<p>If you're a Kluge Scholar you go to Fu (Columbia SEAS) correct? There's a huge gap in prestige between Fu and Harvard College. Not so much between Columbia College and Harvard so I guess a) there's a reason to transfer, but b) it's probably harder to transfer as opposed to say... transfer from Columbia College.</p>
<p>I am in fact in the College, not SEAS. Kluge just means that you're from an underrepresented minority group. You must be thinking of the Prescott Scholars, maybe?</p>
<p>You sound like a competitive applicant. Most of the transfers Harvard accepts come from other great colleges like Cornell, Dartmouth, and Georgetown. Good luck -- that's all anyone will be able to tell you.</p>
<p>I transferred out of Columbia with worse stats and had alot of success getting into the top schools as a transfer. I think you have a very good shot.</p>
<p>I think you have a great shot, imo. For what it's worth though I don't think Harvard will necessarily give you greater "opportunities" than Columbia though...</p>
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If you're a Kluge Scholar you go to Fu (Columbia SEAS) correct? There's a huge gap in prestige between Fu and Harvard College. Not so much between Columbia College and Harvard so I guess a) there's a reason to transfer, but b) it's probably harder to transfer as opposed to say... transfer from Columbia College.