UC or Ivy

<p>For the Past year or so I have only been thing about UCs but today for the hell of it I went to brown, darmouth and cornell web site and should I even bother to apply to them.
My stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.95
Major: Sociology
EC's: I work at an elementary school and volunteer at the boys and girls club, PTK, some clubs and no honors program
I will have over 63 units at he end of this semester
I never took the SAT's (do I have to take them if tranforing to Brow, Dartmouth or Cornell)
Here's the kicker: I was not so good in HS, my GPA was somewhere around a 2.8
yes, 2.8</p>

<p>If you want you could throw in my chances for UCB or UCLA</p>

<p>so what do you think anything you have to say will be great! Thanks ;)</p>

<p>Of those three, your best chance is Cornell since they usually have good transfer rates. Brown and Dartmouth... almost impossible, but don't let my opinion stop you from applying anyway.</p>

<p>You should take those SATs, I think they are required for Cornell (I might be wrong). Also, those ECs seem a little weak... try participating on something related to your major, be it research or something.</p>

<p>All east coast schools I know of need SAT scores, most ask for HS GPA too :/.</p>

<p>Yeah. But since he's a junior-level transfer I think it will weigh less... I think your chances boil down to Essay/ECs. I just reread Cornell's admission requirements and they do not require SATs (I still suggest you take them though).</p>

<p>UCLA/Cal you have a terrific shot, although I must say Cal's social science department had a 25% admission rate last year. Nevertheless, with your stats, your chances are still pretty damn good.</p>

<p>Not to bring your hopes down, and i honestly hate it when people say that Cornell has extremely good transfer rates, which is NOT true. PropelGel, your chances are REALLY slim, considering the fact that they only accept 8% of their applicants for CAS (you're a sociology major and thats where they offer it) </p>

<p>For those who want more info, or are misinformed, go here for the stats: </p>

<p><a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You should apply to UCB/UCLA as a back up for sure.</p>

<p>From what i have heard about Cornell it seems like PTK + Cornell = Very good and it has been true for most of the people I know</p>