Transferring to Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Not that I'm considering it, but was just wondering how hard it is to transfer to ivy schools, or even to top tier schools for students such as myself. Anyone have any experience with it?</p>

<p>I currently go to a private, liberal arts college. It is more or less a tier 3 school (SAT avg. is around 1220 and GPA avg. is roughly 3.9).</p>

<p>I didn't work as hard in HS (or on SAT's), as in college, but here are my overall stats.</p>

<p>College</p>

<p>-Major: Finance
-Minor: Accounting
-GPA: 3.76
-Internship at Wall Street bank
-Part of schools honors program for top business students
-Involved with club sports, fraternity
-Academic scholarship winner</p>

<p>HS</p>

<p>-GPA: 3.7 (unweighted) (probably around a 4.0 weighted)
-SAT Math: 650
-SAT Verbal: 590
-Varsity soccer captain
-National honors society and math honors society</p>

<p>So, is it feasible for someone such as myself to get into Harvard, Stanford, UPenn, etc.? What about non-ivy league schools such as Duke, Emory, Vanderbilt, etc.?</p>

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<p>Nope.
SAT scores will still be looked at.
Maybe take them again.</p>

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<p>Can someone my age (rising junior) even take them? LOL</p>

<p>I wouldn't think they would matter much anymore after 2 years of college. But, that was just my assumption.</p>

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<p>I'm in a similar position than you are... I did horribly in HS, but I'm doing great in college.</p>

<p>They probably get so many apps that they need some sort of way to weed people out, but I'd give it a shot, they could see your grade trend has gone up and probably a good essay would cut it... you never know.</p>

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<p>I actually don't want to transfer, as I really like my school and am in a good position right now. It was just for the sake of getting others opinions, because it's something that makes me think "I wonder if...".</p>

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<p>Anything's possible if you believe.
Isaiah 4: 21-22</p>

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<p>How did you get a Wall Street internship from a tier 3 school?</p>