<p>I am currently in my first quarter of my junior year of Northwestern, however I started in winter of my freshman year so I have actually only completed 2 full years of undergrad.
I am unhappy with Northwestern's sense of community, or lack thereof, as well as the lack of accesibility to professors in my department. For this reason, I'm looking to transfer to a small liberal arts school. I'm hoping to form closer bonds with professors, and to feel apart of a campus community. I am very involved at Northwestern, I just find myself dissatisfied with the student body as a whole, in terms of the social life available and the level of engagement in academics. I have made up for the lack of academic engagement by taking graduate level courses in my major, philosophy, but I feel like it's always an uphill battle to get in courses that are set aside for grad students. I was wondering if you all could tell me my chances for transferring to Swarthmore, Wesleyan, and Vassar, and if you could also possibly suggest other schools to apply to. Here are my stats:
Major: Philosophy, GPA: 3.7, Extracurriculars: Exec Board of NU Human Rights Conference, Exec board of Rainbow Alliance, and member of Gender Studies Undergraduate Board.
I feel confident that I can get fairly good letters of rec. Thanks!</p>
<p>Oh, forgot to mention that I'm hispanic. I don't know if that changes things</p>
<p>your posting in the wrong section. vassar has the lowest acceptance rate for transfers of all three schools. I think you'll have a really good shot at wesleyan and possibly swarthmore. the thing to be weary about is that some schools will see a student who has entered his junior year as too far in to transfer.</p>
<p>I know that I've entered my junior year, but have only completed 2 years of coursework and would be entering in as a junior</p>
<p>Also, which section should I post this in?</p>
<p>By the time you actually transfer, you will only have one year left at NU. So you are going to spend extra money and an additional year just to get the LAC experience which may or may not be what you dream of.</p>