Very confused sophomore: LSE year abroad or transfer?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey Guys,</p>

<p>I am currently attending Trinity College in Hartford and I am a sophomore. I am seriously considering to transfer, but I am also interested to go abroad to the London School of Economics...If I do transfer, I am planning to apply to Columbia University and NYU Stern (I am a math/econ major).</p>

<p>So my dilemma is LSE, Columbia, NYU Stern, or staying at Trinity, but I don't even know if I have a chance at transferring to any of them.
Stats:</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.81 (After this semester probably round 3.7-3.75 Damn Theoretical Math lol)
College ECs: Habitat for Humanity, Big Brother Program, Investment Club, Supplemental Instructor for calculus I (more complex teaching assistant)
Recs: I have two stellar profs here willing to write them
Essays: Should be fine</p>

<p>High School GPA: 3.9 (ranked 12/182)
SAT: 1780... (I know its low)
High School ECs: Marching/Concert/Jazz Band, Section leader, Honor Society, American Red Cross</p>

<p>Work Experience: Various summer jobs but last year I was able to intern for a money management firm (compliance department at Babson Capital)</p>

<p>Any advise would be great...</p>

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<p>If you don’t have to submit your SAT scores, your stats look stellar.</p>

<p>Why is it that you want to transfer? That may play into your chances and, maybe, help us help you sort out whether you really want to.</p>

<p>I don’t know a lot about how easy or difficult it is to get a term/year at LSE… what do you know about that?</p>

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<p>The reason why I a transferring is that I am looking for a stronger econ/finance department. I feel that by going to college in NYC, it will open great opportunities. Also my school’s social scene is mediocre at best. I don’t want to divulge too much further in this or I will sound too negative…</p>

<p>From LSE’s website, you need a 3.5 for the General Course (1 year study abroad)</p>

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<p>I’m looking into going to the UK, but for the most part it doesn’t seem like they take transfers. By the looks of it, you would have to start again as a freshmen if you went to LSE. I might be wrong, but you definitely should look into that (assuming you want to transfer there and not study abroad).</p>

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<p>I would be doing the General Course at LSE. Pretty much it is 1 year abroad for your junior year at college. My problem is that I would like to apply to go abroad to LSE and apply as a transfer to Columbia at the same time but I don’t even know if it is possible.</p>

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<p>I am going to change the title of this thread so that people knowledgeable about the LSE option might notice it. Because I’m wondering why you can’t apply for both… but maybe they will that it is or is not possible to do that.</p>