Transferring from Tufts

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi, I'm a first year student at Tufts University. Good school, no doubt about it. The best one i got into, that's why I came here. But, having come from a family that has never stopped working to get the next leg up on the socioeconomic ladder, I feel like I have a real chance at getting into a great school. A good social scene is very important to me and while Tufts is not bad, I would like one of better or at least comparable quality. My prospective majors are either international relations (why I came to Tufts) or economics (what I am beginning to be more interested in). Academically, I am considering school's of Ivy League or comparable quality. Particularly, right now I am interested in UPenn, Georgetown, Harvard, and Northwestern. Of course, I will gladly take any and all suggestions. Here are my stats and I'm looking forward to hearing from you about how realistic my current choices are, what I should do to improve my chances, and where else I should look.</p>

<p>HS Stats
3.14 Unweighted GPA
SAT 1-2270
M-730
W-740
CR-800
SAT 2
Math 1-710
USH-720
Lit-790
AP's
US His-5
Euro His-5
Micro Econ-5
Macro Econ-5
Calc AB-3
Writing-3
A-Levels (British AP Equivelant)
Russian A
High School Activities/Awards
National Merrit Semifinalist
Rap and Produced Hip-Hop Music
Ran an online eBay business
People to People Student Ambassadors Summer before Soph Year
Worked all through Soph more year and summer after
Worked up to assistant manager position at job during junior and senior year
CTY Civic Leadership Institute-Summer before Senior Year
Volunteer Trip to Peru Summer before Fresh Year of College</p>

<p>College Stats:
3.67 GPA (planning to keep it about there)
Write for Conservative Political Magazine and Finance Magazine
Part of a Fraternity
Dj at Radio Station
Volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters</p>

<p>Hooks:
Have lived in three different countries and moving to a fourth
fluent in Russian
great essays (my essay was chosen as one of the ones tufts posts on their site as examples)</p>

<p>Thanks in advance guys</p>

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<p>the deadline passed for harvard, georgetown is in 2 weeks, not sure about penn/northwestern.</p>

<p>its worth a shot if you can mobilize quickly, college GPA is most important and yours is in the range of the schools your looking at, which means you can still be competitive.</p>

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<p>actually, harvard's deadline is tomorrow. you have plenty of time!</p>

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<p>Thanks guys actually i meant I would be transferring for Fall 2009 not n ext fall</p>

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<p>Yeah, that's probably for the best. You definitely should just keep that GPA up as high as possible, that's all I can advise you. You want to show them you've changed since high school where your grades weren't stellar. That's basically what I've tried to do.</p>