<p>Hey, I was rejected by Stanford when I applied as a Senior, and am now attending an Ivy league school. My stats were/are pretty good. 2360 combine SATs, 800s on 3 SAT IIs, double legacy, my essays were pretty good. Mainly the factor that was bringing me down was my GPA, a 3.5.</p>
<p>I have completed my first semester at an ivy league school, and my GPA was much higher, 3.9, and am now considering transfering for a number of reasons. I don't like the pre professional culture here and I can't get used to the weather being the main two.</p>
<p>I'd like to to transfer this year, because it would be so much easier to come in as a sophomore than as a junior, but I feel like my chances would be higher next year. </p>
<p>My question is, do I have any chance applying to transfer after having just one additional semester completed. Does applying to transfer now hurt my chances applying next year?</p>
<p>APPLY THIS YEAR! You sound like the best applicant I've read so far.
And a high college gpa- even for one semester- almost completely dissipates your hs GPA. (assuming those courses aren't all easy 100-level humanities)</p>
<p>About the hurting your chances thing: I don't it matters at all- In fact I doubt they keep track. I havent seen the Stanford app as I'm not applying but many colleges ask transfers if they've applied before- whether that means you've applied 3 years in a row or only once I don't think it makes a difference.</p>
<p>Obviously if you managed to maintain that 3.9 for another year that would be even more impressive and stregnthen your app more- but it won't hurt applying now.</p>
<p>Apply now for sophomore transfer. Your GPAs great but make sure your essays are exceptional. They carry more weight than test scores; also your ECs should be few, but strong, and show a continued interest in something that was started in high school, if possible.</p>
<p>"And a high college gpa- even for one semester- almost completely dissipates your hs GPA. (assuming those courses aren't all easy 100-level humanities)"</p>
<p>they released statistics last year. I don't have the exact numbers on me (and I don't care enough to look them up), but it was reported that something like 48-55% of all grades given out at brown are A's.</p>
<p>Sorry for the confusion, I ended up at Penn, not Brown. I thought about trying to transfer there, but I decided that if I go through the process of transfering, It would only be worth it if I could end up on the west coast.</p>
<p>this is all we have though. I have been searching for a bit but I can't find the dang article.</p>
<p>it was about the ivy league schools and their grade inflation, in particular Penn and Brown (both had similar numbers followed by I think Yale). The article compared the percentage of A's given out across the ivy's and pointed out how Penn and Brown were way ahead of the rest when it came to A's. Does it prove beyond any doubts that Brown is grade inflated? No, though nothing has been released (at least not to my knowledge) that has said otherwise.</p>
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Not really, and even if so, I am unsure what contribution your post made to this thread.
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<p>My contribution is supporting gomestar's position. You have a way of not being clear in your posts: if you intend to debate a topic with someone on the internet, make yourself clear for the sake of argument.</p>
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I hope you realize that lack of proof for the claim contrary to the original one does not constitute proof for the latter.
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<p>In other words, I hope you know that if you can't prove it's true, I won't bother proving the converse and no conclusion will be made - ever. You must have read this:</p>
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Does it prove beyond any doubts that Brown is grade inflated? No
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<p>Which of course implies that the topic is being discussed - we're not writing a research paper.</p>
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In other words, I hope you know that if you can't prove it's true, I won't bother proving the converse and no conclusion will be made - ever. You must have read this:
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<p>Huh?</p>
<p>This...</p>
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<p>Is not answered by this...</p>
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Does it prove beyond any doubts that Brown is grade inflated? No
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<p>For your sake, I hope you understand the difference between proof and proof beyond any doubts. Not even I can ask for the latter on this board.</p>
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<p>...nor have I asked for one, but claims like this...</p>
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...especially since brown is one of the most grade-inflated colleges
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<p>...are in no way substantiated by this...</p>
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they released statistics last year. I don't have the exact numbers on me (and I don't care enough to look them up), but it was reported that something like 48-55% of all grades given out at brown are A's.
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<p>While I don't ask for an extensive analysis, I do ask for something beyond the middle-school-grade crap that has been adduced. Clearly, you are committing a false dichotomy.</p>
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<p>Is not answered by this...</p>
<p>Does it prove beyond any doubts that Brown is grade inflated? No<br>
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<p>Nor should it be, since Gomestar's quoted statement appeared before yours. </p>
<p>He has at least provided some sort of evidence. Some do not have the time to go out and do research on everything - often an opinion is based on hearsay or previous investigation that cannot be recalled at the present time. It just gets old when you disagree with anything somebody says and come up with the same old statement:</p>
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