Hello! I am currently a physics and chemistry double major math minor at James Madison University. I love JMU, it’s a place that i definitely call home however I really wish to study material science/engineering, which JMU does not offer, so I am looking at transferring to a to a school that offers that major. I am looking at transferring to one of these for the Fall 2016 semester:
Carnegie Mellon
Virginia Tech
Rice University
Northwestern University
Cornell
Georgia Tech
University of California at either Berkeley or LA
My Information:
Current GPA: 3.836 after 3 semesters
Current Major: physics and chemistry double major
Current Minor: math
SAT scores:
–Math: 750
–Writing: 650
–Reading: 630
SAT subject tests:
–Math 2: 790
–Physics: 800
–Chemistry: 800
High School GPA: ~3.5
Extra Curricular:
Eagle Scout
Held various leadership roles in my boy scout troop
Attended/Ran various leadership camps/programs
Founding member of a Venture crew
300+ volunteer hours at a variety of places
Member of NSCS
Did research in thin films over the past summer and semester and attended the Materials Research Society Conference at which I presented two posters. I also have 4 conference papers published on the research that I conducted.
For the Spring semester of 2016 I will be studying abroad at Oxford University where I will be studying materials science and possibly programming.
So with all of that said, what are my chances at transferring into any of these schools? My top choice is Carnegie Mellon followed by Cornell.