Transfering to UVA & UNC

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey everyone, how are you? I am currently a 1st year student at Villanova Univ (w/ a sophomore standing -- 32 Credits). I am looking to transfer to UVA and UNC-Chapel Hill for the Fall of 2005. I was wondering if anyone could tell me whether it's worth applying, b/c I am from New York, so in both cases, I will be an out-of-state applicant. Here's my info:</p>

<p>In the college of commerce and finance -- finance/economics double major; minor in mathematics</p>

<p>First semester GPA: 3.73</p>

<p>Classes & Grades for 1st semester:
--Business Calc B+ (reverse curve killed me)
--Intro to Micro A
--Core Humanities seminar A-
--Intro to Italian A-
--Legal Env of Business A</p>

<p>Dean's List....</p>

<p>Second Semester Classes:</p>

<p>--Intro to Financial Accounting
--Intro to Macro
--Intro to MIS
--Core Humanities Seminar
--English Comp
--Business Calc II</p>

<p>Lots of activities and one leadership role in college.</p>

<p>SAT's - 620 M/570 V, both times i toook it
ACT's - 30 E/28 M/ 34 R/ 25 S</p>

<p>High school GPA: 3.82; graduated with honors in top 15% of class (out of 350)</p>

<p>Had a lot of leadership roles/sports in high school...</p>

<p>I am really looking to write a few REAL good essays for these apps.</p>

<p>THANKS A LOT!</p>

<p>PS. Anyone familar with the UVA app, how long should the the supplement questions be (NOT the formal essay where u have to pick one of the 3 choices). For instance, one of them is "why are you leaving your school and why do u want to come to UVA?" Mine are about a page long for each question but I am not sure if they want a formal essay.</p>

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<p>Your stats are very similar to my daughter's, except that she's in-state and currently attending UMD. Both UVA and UNC are very difficult to get into from out-of-state, but it's certainly worth a try. On the UVA app, my daughter is only doing a paragraph for all the responses, with the exception of the essay. I don't think they'll take the time to read a page per response because they have so many apps to review...just my opinion.</p>

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<p>thanks...bump. anyone else?</p>

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<p>Actually, you should stand a very good chance of getting into UNC. I think the main factor is if you are transferring as a freshman or sophmore. I have heard that it is much harder transferring as a freshman than it is to transfer as a sophmore. Also, I am pretty sure if you are transferring that it doesn't matter whether your in state or out of state.</p>

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<p>"Also, I am pretty sure if you are transferring that it doesn't matter whether your in state or out of state."</p>

<p>That may be true for UNC, but it definitely isn't true for UVA.</p>

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<p>UNC drops its quota for out of state students for transfers. So basically I think you have a good chance there.</p>

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<p>I think you will have no problem getting into UNC, because they are usually look for a 3.5 and above</p>