<p>Well.. i realise a lot of ppl is thinking of transferring TO UC berkeley but.. i am an international student and they gave me pretty little money.. so i am thinking of trying to transfer to yale, columbia, upenn or stanford.. These schools are likely to give me more money and that honestly.. I dont think there is any other schools worthwhile to transfer to from berkeley.</p>
<p>Any advice on how should build my portfolio in college? anyone with successful stories please help =D</p>
<p>Many colleges have limited financial aid available for transfer students specifically. Also, remember, the schools you've listed all give need-based aid only.</p>
<p>Considering that UC Berkeley is a rather rich school in terms of endowment, I'm not sure how much more these schools will be able to award you.</p>
<p>Jeydomz...I agree with what you are saying about financial aid, but the schools he listed are full-need met schools and state schools aren't, endowed or not.</p>
<p>well.. berkeley have an endowment of 3 billion shared among 40000 undergrad and grad students while schools like yale, columbia, stanford has more than 10 billion shared among 10000 -20000 undergrad n grad students..</p>
<p>But the financial aid system and dispensing of the funds are different at state schools vs. Full Need Met institutions.</p>
<p>Another point to think about is that he/she is an international student, some schools dont give FA to international transfer or that the competition is extremely high. Are these schools need-blind (I dont remember the exact term, which of the schools dont consider the applicant's financial needs during the admission process)?</p>
<p>I transferred to Yale from Berkeley. They didn't give me more money. But ironically Yale tuition is actually slightly cheaper than out-of-state Berkeley tuition, so it worked out anyways. As an international student you're going to have some issues getting financial aid anywhere you go I'd imagine.</p>
<p>As for advice... don't screw up? :P In reality, I guess I'd say just find something you really enjoy that you can devote a lot of time and energy towards and do well. Give a compelling reason for transferring, and find letter writers that know you (I went with two lab TAs, so clearly the importance of having a professor write something for you is overstated).</p>
<p>woah.. MagiTF.. can u tell me more about how and wad u did?? =D</p>
<p>toomuchplaying88, I'm also considering to transfer to a university in the East Coast, primarily Brown. </p>
<p>How are you approaching this situation?</p>