Vanderbilt Student's Transfer Chances.

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<p>I am a Vandy freshman who just finished my first semester at Vanderbilt. I am pre-med who plans on majoring in English. I was wondering what my chances are for transfering to Dartmouth for my sophomore year.</p>

<p>First Semester Stats
Asian Male-Parents are Texas Residents
GPA- 3.55
Took 18 Hours my first semester.</p>

<p>Ecs in College-
Intramural Football
Pre-Med Club
Youth Club
Did Research for 3 weeks at Vanderbilt's Medical Schools
Shadowed a Doctor for 100 Hours at Vanderbilt's Hospital</p>

<p>High School Stats
Unweighted Gpa - 3.8/4.0
Weighted Gpa-4.1/4.0
Class Rank- Top 14 percent at a Huge Public School---fml
10 A.P.s
Sat Score - 2210/2400 (Total)
1490/1600 (Reading and Math only)</p>

<p>Ecs in High School
Pre-Med Club
Tennis
Asian Club
Youth Club
National Honor Society
Transfer2013 is online now</p>

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<p>I freely admit that I don’t know what they look for in transfer students, but on HS stats & ECs alone you look like someone who would have had a decent shot, although not a wildly strong one. </p>

<p>I don’t know what “18 hours” means in terms of course load. I never went to a school that counted credits or hours: a course was a course, and one needed at least 32 to graduate. I’m assuming that 3.55 is a B+?</p>

<p>I’ve always assumed–perhaps incorrectly–that having a really good reason to want to transfer to a particular school is key.</p>

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<p>A 3.55 is somewhere between a B+ and an A-.</p>

<p>Vandy’s grading system is, </p>

<p>A = 93+ = 4.0
A- = 90-93 = 3.7
B+ = 87-89 = 3.3
B = 84-87 = 3.0
etc…</p>

<p>I made an A, A-, A-, and a B- my first semester. I was also taking 2, 1 hour classes.</p>

<p>I was rejected outright as a senior in hs, because of a terrible class rank.</p>

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<p>Transferring into an Ivy without a hook generally requires a ~3.8 college gpa to be competitive. I doubt if a 3.5 would be competitive for Cornell-CAS, which is transfer friendlier than D. You might have a good shot at Cornell-CALS, tho.</p>

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<p>Just out of curiosity, why do you want to transfer out of Vandy… I hear it’s a great school</p>

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<p>Transfer2013, meet BFK: </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/836060-message-2014s.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/836060-message-2014s.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>He’s a Dartmouth student wishing he’d gone to Vandy instead. Perhaps you two can arrange a trade.</p>

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<p>^^^^ hahaha, BFK complains about the alcohol consumption at Dartmouth, wait until he sees the drunken southern aristocrats ******bags at Vandy, it will def. set things in perspective for him. hahahaha</p>

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<p>I don’t find the academic environment at Vandy to be as stimulating as I had hoped for. Bump</p>