Transferring from Top 30 to an Ivy

Transfer Students
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<p>I am a freshman at a Top 30 school and would like to transfer to an Ivy League school or another top school. My major is Economics and International Relations.</p>

<p>The schools I am looking at are:</p>

<p>Brown University
Cornell University
Columbia University
Duke University
Vanderbilt University</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 32
HS GPA: 3.4 UW or 3.8W from a private school
College GPA: 3.94
Major GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Subjective: (HS)
-Varsity Football and Varsity Soccer
-President of Business Club
-Model UN board member
-volunteer at animal shelter (100-150ish hours)
-some other clubs/volunteering</p>

<p>Subjective: (college)
-Teaching Assistant for a course in my major (Spring 2012)
-Editor/Writer for school's Newspaper
-Editor in Chief of the business section for the school's newspaper
-intramural soccer
-Member of Young Democrats, Business Club, Scuba Club, and Writing/Literature Club</p>

<p>Mainly people have been telling me to wait to transfer after two years, but I feel like the school that I am at right now is holding me back.</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>your highschool GPA is very low, and almost all of those schools have transfer acceptance rates well under 10% with the exception of vanderbilt.</p>

<p>the only school i can see you having a realistic chance at is vanderbilt, and even vanderbilt is getting very competitive for transfer admissions. remember that if you weren’t admitted as a freshman to a particular school, it’s extremely unlikely that you would be admitted after one semester of college. in your case it’s probably best to wait until your sophomore year</p>

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<p>Transferring ‘up’ is always difficult as a soph transfer. But, there’s nothing to lose except time, money and energy.</p>

<p>If applying for FA, B is need aware for transfers.</p>

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<p>I will not be applying for FA.</p>

<p>Also I will have two great letters of recommendations from my professors.</p>

5

<p>The HS GPA is gonna hold you back from most if not all of those schools. I mean as a sophomore transfer, 50% of your hs stats and ec’s are weighted. You can probably deduce the results yourself.</p>

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<p>GO FOR IT I honestly think you have a great chance, especially with Vanderbilt and Cornell. Just draft your essays a million times and have it looked over. Have a good reason for transferring and clearly articulate it in the essays.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. Just made my CommonApp account!</p>

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<p>You have almost no shot at the Ivies or Duke because of the hs GPA (unless you want to change majors and go into ecology or ILR at Cornell).</p>

<p>Vanderbilt is your best shot. You have a good shot. However, something tells me that this is your last choice. So, if you really would prefer an Ivy or Duke (etc.), wait another year.</p>

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<p>Thanks for everyones’ input. I know it seems pointless, but I’m going to go ahead and apply to those 5 schools. I believe my essays will/could be compelling enough for at least one admissions person to think I’m a good candidate.</p>

<p>@itransferred11, I have no clue which school I would like to go to and they were ordered alphabetically so we’ll see what happens in May.</p>

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<p>Do you mind sharing what you will say about why you are transferring ? Isn’t that important?</p>

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<p>Sent you a message. Any other comments?</p>

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<p>kid, my advise would be if you in a top 30 school don’t bother transferring, you should just stay there and not be try to get greedy. a top 30 school will have around the same academic rigor as any of those schools listed, its really just a subjective perspective of the level of rigor. the academic course work at those schools your looking at won’t be much different than where your at now.</p>

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<p>!!!bump!!!</p>

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<p>don’t expect to get into any of these schools, except perhaps vanderbilt. i would not waste the money personally with your stats</p>