<p>What do you think are my chances of successfully transferring to one of these colleges, after my freshman year? I'm currently at George Washington U in DC. I'm basically trying to find a good school for pre-med as well as English major.</p>
<p>Duke
UNC
UVA
UPenn
Washington U at St. Louis</p>
<p>High School Stat
Unweighted GPA 3.5862
Weighted GPA 4.8275
AP - A score of 5 on: World History, US History, EU History, Environmental Sci, English Literature, MacroEconomics, American Gov/Pol
A score of 4 on English Language, and 3 on Calculus AB
I was part of Fellowship of Christian Athletes all four years in HS, and a part of leadership for 3.
Volunteered at Second Chance Pet Adoptions (Shelter for Cats) for a year.
I taught piano lesson for free on and off for about 2-3 years.
Unofficially TA'ed for a hs history teacher (who has his PhD and will write me a letter)</p>
<p>College
High chance of 4.0 GPA at end of 2008 fall semester
Classical guitar lessons
At least 2 professors who will write me recommendations by end of freshman year
Will be taking mainly upper classman by 2nd semester freshman year, including 6th semester German
Currently through federal work study / Office of Community Service employed at local elementary school, working in aftercare teaching pre-k students to read
Next semester (spring 2009) I'll be volunteering at the GWU hospital all day on Thursdays (no that day)</p>
<p>Personal</p>
<p>Piano lessons 12 years
Violin lessons 10 years
Played in orchestra throughout middle school and hs
Played for 8 years in local area orchestra (Raleigh, NC)
Fluent in Korean, getting there in German</p>
<p>Transferring is always tough, especially into the school's you want. UNC seems like your best bet, but your exceptional test scores are attractive. My biggest worry would be the fact that you don't have an outstanding EC on your resume. I'd say your chances for Duke and UVA hover around 40-45%, WashU is maybe 40%, UPenn 35-40%, and UNC 50-55%.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Your ECs are strong as are your AP test scores. What are your ACT or SAT I scores (section-by-section), why do you want to transfer, & did you apply to any of these targeted schools last year? And, if so, what was the result? As a North Carolina resident, UNC is your best bet.</p>
<p>You did not take the SATs or ACTs in highschool?</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins has a terrific premed program and a top 10 english department as well as the #1 creative writing program in America. Consider transferring there :D</p>
<p>Thanks for your post. And I did take the SAT haha, I just forgot about it.</p>
<p>Critical Reading 660<br>
Math 660<br>
Writing 750</p>
<p>And I didn't apply to any of the schools listed above with the exception of UNC, and I got in. Just to give some extra information, the other schools that I got into were UNC, Elon University, UNC at Greensboro (safety), and University of Wisconsin-Madison.</p>
<p>The reason that I want to transfer is that before I applied, I really had no clue where to apply. Ironically, now that I'm at GWU, I've sort of developed what I want to do, and feel that GWU is not the best of places.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies.</p>
<p>PS - I know that my SAT scores are rather weak (2070) - is it possible to retake them as a college student?</p>
<p>Your GPA will be by far the most important factor in transfer admittance. Keep it up there near 4.0 and I am pretty sure you will be accepted at several of those schools.</p>
<p>How much of a chance do you think I would have at any of the Ivy schools or Johns Hopkins, assuming that I do get a 4.0 or a very close to 4.0 first semester freshman year?</p>
<p>Possible for Cornell, Penn or JHU depending upon your coursework & grades at GWU. Not likely, but possible.</p>