Trasnfer to UPenn, Gtown, NYU, and Columbia - I'll appreciate your insight!

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<p>Freshman student at St. John's University</p>

<p>High School Stats:</p>

<p>SAT - 2080 - 750 W 710 M 620 V
GPA - 3.77 Weighted 3.55 Unweighted (arguably the biggest pitfall)
AP - 5 in Gov, 4 in Eco, 3 in US and World History
Activities - Two Varsity Letters, Baseball Captain, Eagle Scout, National Honor Society, FBLA Treasurer, the whole nine yards ...</p>

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<li>these stats got me into penn state, saint joseph's university, and my current school. Wait listed at Lehigh and Wake Forest. Denied BC, Georgetown, NYU, GW</li>
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<p>College Stats: (first semester) Economics Major - Honors Program</p>

<p>GPA - 3.96 - A's in all business course and 1 required core (calc, CIS, eco, envi sci) A- in Lit</p>

<p>Activities - University Eco and Finance society, University Debate team</p>

<p>Got an internship on wall street this semester at a wealth management firm. Learned a great deal about finance at the firm and my essays + recommendations will reflect my experiences. </p>

<p>I am reapplying to:</p>

<p>NYU (Stern)
Georgetown (McDonough)</p>

<p>and newly applying to:</p>

<p>UPenn (wharton or cas - please give your thoughts for both)
Columbia </p>

<p>I would appreciate your thoughts, and if you would like a chance send me a message. Thank you</p>

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<p>Please comment i’m pretty anxious to hear your thoughts.</p>

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<p>NYU- Match
Georgetown-Match
Columbia-Mid Reach
UPenn-Low to Mid Reach</p>

<p>I think the Internship may be one of the stronger points that will get you in, best of luck</p>

<p>Your stats,number wise, seem similar to mine, im also applying to GW,GTown, thought about UPenn; if you wouldn’t mine chancing me
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/837410-georgetown-transfer.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/837410-georgetown-transfer.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thank you … any other thoughts? Is one semester of good performance enough to make up for my lackluster high school gpa?</p>

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<p>I think it depends on your coursework really; i took 18 credits this semester;21 next semester three 200 levels mostly to show i can handle an above average (15+) workload at my current university.</p>

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<p>yea my school didn’t allow me to take 200 level courses. I had 15 credits this past semester and I am only taking 16 next semester. I would have taken 18 put my university has a required 1 credit course that must be taken freshman year. Thank you for your post … any other thoughts?</p>

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<p>bump …</p>

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<p>zack, I’m impressed by your motivation to do so well. 15 credits, good grades, ECs, and internships. All a good message and focused to do well enough to transfer. Have you considered applying to G’town’s Arts and Sciences and then major in Economics?</p>

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<p>i have but I really want the quantitative education that comes along with the b.s business aspect of economics … thanks for the posts … any other thoughts? I promise to chance yours if you chance mine!</p>

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<p>I think you will get into NYU but UPENN and GTOWN is a slight reach but still very possible. Columbia will be the hardest to get into. My advice is to apply to all of the because your stats are impressive.</p>

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<p>You should get into nyu…georgetown also is a match…Columbia and Wharton would be kinda difficult as it is for all the applicants</p>

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<p>ok thanks … i would appreciate some more opinions</p>

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<p>please let me know what you think</p>

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<p>pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee</p>

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<p>NYU Stern: Low Reach
Georgetown: Reach
Columbia: Reach
U Penn: High Reach</p>

<p>Chance back ; )
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/844141-help-chance-my-friend.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/844141-help-chance-my-friend.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>ok thanks … more thoughts?</p>