<p>Race:Caucasian
First member of family to attend university</p>
<p>High school stats</p>
<p>High school: Rural area, very small
Rank: Top 10%
GPA: 3.75'ish
Member of National Honors Society and various other clubs.</p>
<p>University</p>
<p>Received a grant from NASA and got a full ride.</p>
<p>1st Year
First semester: 4.0 GPA (took hardest math/physics courses offered)
Second Semester: 3.7+</p>
<p>2nd Year
Overall GPA 3.3+ (Death in the immediate family)</p>
<p>Courses taken/will be completed:
Calculus
Honors Calculus II
Calculus III
Linear Algebra
Honors Mathematical Logic
Topics course in Analysis
Honors Algebra
Honors Complex Analysis
and a few other Honors mathematics courses.
Over 20 credit hours of honor math courses </p>
<p>EC's:
I have been involved in research on campus for a year and published a mathematical abstract (I was the founder of my research cluster and recruited various math majors across campus to join the research group). I presented my research at various research conferences on campus that is generally reserved for upper class men. While being funded by NASA & my school I did research in Nanotechnology & presented my results on campus.</p>
<p>I am considering as a transfer:
Cornell
UMich
NYU
Penn State
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin Madison
Notre Dame
Rice
Amherst (maybe)
University Minnesota Duluth
Wake Forest</p>
<p>Cornell-High match
UMich-High match
NYU-High match
Penn State-Match
University of Texas-Austin-Match
University of Wisconsin Madison- Match
Notre Dame-High match
Rice-Reach
Amherst (maybe)-Reject
University Minnesota Duluth-Safety
Wake Forest-Match
NU-Reach</p>
<p>Hmm none of those schools are out of reach at all. Actually you should try for MIT, thats also not out of reach. I know your GPA is slightly low, but its explainable and your ECs are just impressive!</p>
<p>most of you schools are match or core (50% chance). You have a very impressive resume. Your gpa is on the lower side but i should not be talking. but personally at my school its very easy to get a gpa like that so if your school is known for being tough i would notworry.</p>
<p>Sorry about the confusion earlier. Ok, imo you have a great shot at most of these schools. Admittedly, the majority have very low acceptance rates, so you’re not a shoe in, but that applies to everyone. Why not give MIT a shot? You never know. And I’m sure that if you explained about the death in your family the adcoms would take that into account.</p>
<p>Thanks bethany55, that is fine. westhamunited32 & bethany55 I definitely would consider MIT! I am studying mathematics at another university this Fall (I’ll be taking some really hard classes!) and am applying as a Spring transfer student. I checked MIT’s website and they require SAT II subject tests. I am not sure if it is worth taking the SAT II subject test now since I am a rising Junior. It might even be unfair to some extent since I have been overexposed to math courses but who knows, maybe the SAT II math subject test is really hard and would be worth taking. Somehow I don’t think it is worth taking the test, but if MIT didn’t have that requirement I would definitely apply there.</p>
<p>I saw your stats and didn’t see the labels high school and university. -headdesk- But still, solid, solid work. I’d have to agree with previous posters about MIT. Also consider Cal Tech in CA. They’re pretty similar (though an MIT or an Cal Tech student will disagree).</p>
<p>A belated (but nonetheless sincere) “I’m sorry.” for the death in the family. It’s definitely worth pointing it out in whatever applications you ultimately send out. Some people might not place a lot of weight on it, but I don’t see why you shouldn’t (especially with your spectacular GPA in your freshman year.)</p>
<p>As for the SATII I encourage you to take it. It’s fairly simple math (though that might be a disadvantage if you haven’t done it for a while). I’m sure you can do it!</p>
<p>Thank you for your sincerity peieratqo. I was looking at [About</a> the SAT Subject Tests](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/college/sat-subject-tests.aspx]About”>SAT Subject Tests | The Princeton Review) and noticed the description for the SAT Math 1 & Math 2 test. I was expecting that the test would consist of advanced calculus (ie Analysis). Instead the website states it consist of: Algebra, geometry, basic trigonometry, Algebraic functions, elementary statistics, logic, elementary number theory, and arithmetic and geometric sequences and the like.</p>
<p>Yep, that just about covers the extent of the SATII Math Level 2 test. Additionally (speculation of course), the curve is insane, meaning you can get something like 3 or 4 actual questions wrong and still get a 800. God bless america’s educational standards. >.></p>
<p>well great stats - I do not nothing about the transfers so I will tell you some things that I thing reading your stats. In my opinion you should try MIT. Great chances for the others, thought. This NASA project is really useful, this is one of the biggest pluses in your application. I wish you good luck and MIT :)</p>
<p>I am considering as a transfer:
Cornell - Reach
UMich - Match
NYU - Match
Penn State - Match
University of Texas-Austin - Match
University of Wisconsin Madison - Match
Notre Dame - Match
Rice - Match (My opinion is this is a good match for you)
Amherst (maybe) - Unsure
University Minnesota Duluth - match
Wake Forest - Match</p>
<p>You’ve got impressive credentials and I think (hope?) colleges understand losing a family member and its effects on students.</p>
<p>What about places like Carnegie-Mellon, Case Western, Georgia Tech? Fits your tech background and is in line with Rice.</p>
<p>Thanks greenlantern! I never thought about the schools you mentioned, but now I will definitely consider them. Thanks for bringing them to my attention! I think the admissions will understand my loss. It was terrible loss and it isn’t something you ever completely get over. Best of luck to you greenlantern.</p>
<p>wakka, Cornell doesn’t require Junior transfer applicants to send in their SAT scores, nor does some of the other colleges I am applying to. I didn’t take the ACT. As a transfer student GPA, and recommendations are looked at mostly from my understanding.</p>
<p>Cornell: Low Reach
UMich: Low Reach
NYU: Low Reach
Penn State: Match
University of Texas-Austin: Match
University of Wisconsin Madison: Match
Notre Dame: Match
Rice: Match
Amherst (maybe): Reach
University Minnesota Duluth: Safety
Wake Forest: Match</p>