WashU

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi everyone, I'm a freshman at WashU in my first semester. I think that I want to go back home to the east coast, so I was thinking of transfering. </p>

<p>My midterm grades are all B's and unfortunately I am only taking 4 classes this semester. I'm also in the Olin School of Business.</p>

<p>I'm treasurer of my residential college, a member of the college republicans and on the club baseball team. </p>

<p>I was thinking of applying to Harvard, Penn, Columbia, Yale, Georgetown, Tufts and maybe NYU.</p>

<p>My high school SAT's were 2210, 790M 740V 690W</p>

<p>What types of grades must I get at washu in order to transfer to the colleges I am interested in, and what are some other schools that maybe I could consider in the Northeast?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Bs probably won't cut it for harvard, penn, columbia or yale.</p>

<p>i'd say you're more or less fine at georgetown and tufts, and safe at nyu</p>

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<p>Your B's do not make Georgetown, Tufts, and therefore any of the rest easy acceptances. I agree that NYU would probably take you because WashU is probably a harder school.</p>

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<p>"I agree that NYU would probably take you because WashU is probably a harder school."</p>

<p>probably heh? on the berkeley law study i saw, which rated how difficult it was to receive an A at different undergraduate schools (using things like LSATS, # of hours studying, courseload, eventual performance in law school, etc.) NYU rated lower than many state schools and well out of the top 50</p>

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<p>I didn't want to irk any NYUers so I took a demure approach, that's all. I also didn't want to offend the OP who is considering transferring from a school I would consider great to one I would consider not as good as her original school. However, she might have strong reasons to do so.</p>

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<p>yeah, i agree, i didn't mean NYU is not good, only that it has alot of grade inflation and only according to the study i read, and i know washu to be very difficult academically.</p>

<p>But i agree with lolabelle</p>

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<p>You guys are all forgetting ONE MAJOR IMPORTANT POINT:</p>

<p>He's applying for NYU STERN.
And I certainly doubt that a 3.0 GPA (well he said he got all B's, so im assuming he's GPA's a 3.0, if not very close) is enough to say that stern is a safety.</p>

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<p>well it's only a midterm, so he still has a chance to bring it up right?</p>

<p>my midterms aren't counted onmy transcripts and only shown to see where you are atm</p>

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<p>yeah it's just a midterm, I expect my grades to go up. The midterm grades are not reported. Do the schools I'm looking at see second semester grades, or is it just a 1 semester thing. Also, how many classes should I take second semester to counter the fact I took only 4 this semester?</p>