Hi I’m a freshmen thinking of transferring out of Cornell. My first semester GPA was 4.15 and I had strong ECs in my first semester here as well. More so I was also able to get a really strong letter of recommendation from one of my professors. However I have two downsides to my application. Number one that I’m an international student and number two is my reason to transfer. I don’t have any financial aid at Cornell and I want to transfer to a place which is less strict on their aid distribution policy. That being said the colleges I’m thinking of transferring to are the Ivys (except Princeton). U Chicago, Stanford and MIT. What do you think my chances are ?
As a transfer, I doubt that you will get aids if you can’t get from Cornell as freshman.