<p>I was a senior in the class of '08 applicant pool and was originally rejected from Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I had a 3.7, 1430/2180, good rec, tons of great ECs/leadership.</p>
<p>I am from Chattanooga, TN and currently a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill. I loveeeee UNC, but I really want a smaller, more liberal arts environment, and I definitely want to apply to transfer, even if I ultimately decide not to.</p>
<p>What sorts of stats do I need to be very competitive? What GPA? I am already getting pretty involved. Does that matter?</p>
<p>I would recommend trying to gather all of the information you can.</p>
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<li><p>Talk to your GC to find out if s/he knows of any deficiencies in your original application. If your GC does not know, perhaps they can find out (so you know how to do things differently).</p></li>
<li><p>Contact Admissions (as they will have your previous application on file). Find out if you need to talk toyour regional representative or if there is a separate committee for transder admissions. Let them know of your intention to reapply. Hey will let you know if you have to complete an entire new transfer application or if you just have to amend the original application. (remember the supplemental forms will aks if you have previously applied to Dartmouth).</p></li>
<li><p>I would suggest carefully reading all of the forms in the transfer process.
Since there is a College Official's Form (which has to be filled out by a Dean or other official at UNC) in addition to the Instructors evaluation form, you should find out who will be filling out this form on your behalf and ask for the opportunity to meet with that person. You would want this person as well as your professor to show you in your best light (vs. they have no basis on which to evaluate you and they simply go through the motions of filling out the boxes).</p></li>
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<p>Get a good (amazing) GPA, and stay involved in your ECs. Dartmouth is incredibly selective for transfers so you need to be as perfect as possible.</p>
<p>Hey Slipper, I hate to be a bother, but is there any way to get in touch with you? Your PM is full and if you don't mind, I have a few questions for you.</p>
<p>From experience with one of my kids I learned that it's easier to get into a school as a transfer that you never applied to as a freshmen. Once a school has rejected you you're asking the adcoms to question themselves. A consultant that helped in his transfer process told us this and in his case it turned out to be 100% true. You should also apply to some Dartmouth level colleges you did not apply to last time around.</p>
<p>I'm not sure that this is true. I had a lot of friends at Dartmouth transfer in after not getting, or being waitlisted, the first time. Most often they did very well at their original schools and Dartmouth reconsidered.</p>
<p>I got in, as a transfer, to two schools that rejected me outta high school (Brown and Duke), and was waitlisted at the other (Harvard). I didn't apply to Dartmouth outta high school. </p>
<p>Anyway good luck! UNC is awesome so have fun this year!</p>