Transfering from Berkeley to Stanford?

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<p>Hey All,</p>

<p>I have been at Berkeley for a year and a half, and I feel that there is something missing about the entire experience. I believe I would be happier and more productive at a smaller school, preferably in CA, but far from LA, my hometown. I would like to be at a smaller school for smaller classes, 4 years of housing, more professor interaction, and a more supportive student body. School is school, but I rather be at a small school and know a smaller community. Berkeley is too big for me and I fill like I do not it in and have no real friendships since coming here. I was waitlisted to stanfords engineering program and choose to do architecture at Berkeley. Architecture lead to civil engineering into economics, my current major. I would like to study economics and architectural design ( cee major ) at Stanford, but economics by itself is great. </p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>Berkeley gpa: 3.6
EC: tutoring and outreach to HS youths
work: Anchor Blue, Clark Construction intern
scholarships: 2 architecture scholarships, and many other small ones
HS gpa: 4.0+
APs: 9 ( scores all 4 )
Rank: 14/759
HS ECs: mock trial, engineering programs, business programs (usc and ucla ), architecture programs</p>

<p>I think I have a decend shot at Stanfords new Arch Design Program because I can get good rec letters from Berkeleys Arch profs, and I am very passionate about both economics and architecture. I would send in a portfolio of my architecture work. One of my drawings made it to the graduation commencement. Also, Is econ a hard major to get into stanford as a transfer? </p>

<p>My SATs arent perfect, but I think I show a lot of interest and knowledge when it comes to architecture and economics, and I consider myself more well-rounded than certified genius, actually, Im far from it. </p>

<p>My top four acceptances were: Brown, Columbia, UCLA, and Berkeley. All great schools, but I feel like I belong in a smaller community and I want to know people more intimately. I just haven't found the school and people that i wanted to meet in Berkeley. Any and all comments are appreciated, thanks.</p>

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<p>If you're looking for a smaller school, then why Stanford?</p>

<p>Stanford's about 7 times bigger than UCB. Stanford is the second largest college in the world (I think) at 8180 acres.</p>

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<p>smaller number of people, ....</p>

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<p>haha. as far as people go, then yes, stanford is considerably higher, but in acreage, stanford is much bigger, but that should be no problem</p>

<p>if you feel really bothered by your problems at berkeley, then by all means, apply. you might just find yourself feeling better at stanford. just be aware, i think in a previous thread, someone mentioned that only 40 transfers got in, meaning a 4.5% transfer acceptance rate. i dont know, i might have heard it else where, but i think that might be off a little and really at a whopping 7%. which ever stat you choose to deem as correct, the chances are definitely not easy. give it a shot, but success is hard to come by.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the comments. The number of students is definitely important , but the interaction with professors is what I really like about stanford. Further more, is anyone doing the ARCH DESIGN program or have a friend in it? I think that is my hook for getting in, since I can demonstrate great strength in drawing and design. I was originally not interesting in stanfords engineering because they did not have an architectural component and I feel like I truely belong at this school. More comments are welcomed, thanks.</p>

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Stanford's about 7 times bigger than UCB. Stanford is the second largest college in the world (I think) at 8180 acres.

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<p>Yeah, in physical size, Stanford is bigger in the sense that Stanford owns a lot of land. But I hardly see how that matters. The vast majority of that land you will never use and never visit as a student. Heck, much of that land is ranchland and pasture-land, as befits the term "Stanford Farm". Put another way, if Berkeley went out and bought a whole bunch of farmland, that might make Berkeley technically 'bigger', but it won't affect the student lifestyle.</p>

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<p>How hard is it to get accepted into Stanford's economics major? I will have finished the equilvalent of econ 51, 51 by this years end, thanks.</p>

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<p>Sakky, Stanford's "The Farm" moniker derives its name from the fact that the university was originally built on a farm owened by the Stanford family.</p>

<p>Stanford's econ major is not terribly difficult to get into if your graded are okay and you have the math prerequisites.</p>

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<p>Out of 1,281 Stanford transfer applications, only 50 of 62 admitted applicants actually enrolled, and they probably are not that crazy about Cal students. Stanford, with 19,000 total students, is not a small school. <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/#transfer%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/#transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Though it may be a better for you, what makes you think that you are a good fit for Stanford?</p>

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Sakky, Stanford's "The Farm" moniker derives its name from the fact that the university was originally built on a farm owened by the Stanford family.

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<p>And it's still true that a lot of that land is still there, used for nothing more than ranchland or parkland (or for nothing at all). </p>

<p>The point is that while the Stanford campus may be large if you include all of the land that Stanford owns, the vast majority of it will never be traversed by most students. The true campus of Stanford, which is where the academic buildings are located, is no bigger than most other campuses.</p>