<p>Just.... don't apply to the SFS.</p>
<p>haha! i'm not that naive! but thanks for the warning.</p>
<p>Interesting!</p>
<p>I will respond to different_steps because there were little to no responses to his stats:</p>
<p>Rice-accept, Harvard/Yale-high to middle reach, possible accept (what can you expect?)</p>
<p>1) Johns Hopkins, Cornell CALS (Biological Sciences), Columbia (Fu, BME)
2) Competitive public high school
3) 2250 SAT, 800 MII 780 Bio SATII
4) 3.78 unweighted HS GPA
5) Top 10% HS
6) EC's and awards: Decent
7) College GPA: Based on my first two midterms, I have a 3.9
8) Extra: I can be extremely charming.</p>
<p>Well this sounds fun!</p>
<p>1.) Columbia, Amherst, Wesleyan, Swarthmore (I could keep going, the list is always changing
)
2.) Competitive public (U.S. News top 150...)
3.) SAT 1440 (790v, 650m)
4.) 90.5 uw, 92 w
5.) Not sure, top 10% started around 95.5 w
6.) Outstanding (I hope)
7.) 3.92 now, >3.8 at end of semester at SUNY Binghamton (quite a drop unfortunately)
8.) Extra: very heavy courseload (taking a senior seminar outside of my major right now as a sophomore) Very strong passion for music (playing drums for over 12 years, founded a percussion club at school, tremendous performing, recording, producing, booking experience) President of philosophy club (my major)</p>
<p>Goyoungha:</p>
<p>You (and everyone) should put where you'll be applying from...but I know it's NYU by your location. </p>
<p>JHU - high match - probable
Cornell CALS - ? but you're competitive
Columbia Fu - high match / low reach - probable</p>
<p>I will respond to different_steps because there were little to no responses to his stats:</p>
<p>Rice-accept, Harvard/Yale-high to middle reach, possible accept (what can you expect?)</p>
<p>How does this make sense? Harvard/Yale high to middle reach, possible accept. Rice-accept?
Harvard and Yale=complete crapshoot
Rice=might be difficult considering you're coming from Houston which doesn't allow you bring in any new personal experiences etc.</p>
<p>1.) MIT, Harvard, Yale
2.) Top 20%?
3.) SAT1: 1540 (need retake)
4.) 4.4 weighted, don't remember UW
5.) 3
6.) Beyond outstanding
7.) 4.0</p>
<p>P.S. no one actually needs to reply, I already know I'm getting in everywhere...</p>
<p>dearsiryes... I am not from Houston, I am from Connecticut. I just moved to Houston in August if that makes any difference. I have contacted each of the perspective colleges and spoken with the transfer admission officer's. Thus far Harvard has shown the most interest for someone in my situation. They even called me back after my initial phone contact and wanted to know more about me. So, we will see how it goes. If I don't get into any of the three this year, I will try again next. From what I have read on these boards, it appears that Rice for undergraduate might just be one of the best experiences around, comparable to Princeton. If I were accepted to Rice and Harvard that might be a real difficult choice.</p>
<p>Which way would you go if presented with that opportunity?</p>
<p>Well, I would go to Harvard since I came close to getting in as a Senior having been Deferred EA then Waitlisted as a Senior despite horrendous school grades. My comments were not intended to be biting criticism, but Harvard/Yale is almost impossible to transfer into. If you go back and check the results for the Harvard transfers, you'll see that those who got in had wonderful stories to tell and great ECs. For example, For Shagonov, who attended a state school, UVM, got in despite so/so SATs, by showing fantastic depth and interest in politics through various activities. </p>
<p>Yale is similar. Did you apply to any of these schools out of HS? PM me if you want personal experiences about applying to Harvard. I applied there both as a junior wanting to graduate early AND as a senior (both times SCEA), both times deferred, waitlist (junior year I got a personal note from them).</p>
<p>Dearsiryes, I was basing my judgements off of his/her stats, which are pretty impressive. I don't like to think of Harvard and Yale transfer admittance as almost impossible, just very improbable. Concerning Rice, I was under the impression that it is one of the few top schools that are transfer friendly. With the aforementioned stats, I don't think it is unreasonable to say that different_steps has a very good shot.</p>
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Rice=might be difficult considering you're coming from Houston which doesn't allow you bring in any new personal experiences etc.
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<p>So Rice doesn't accept anyone from Houston?</p>
<p>Had a thread but trying here</p>
<p>1) Harvard, UPenn
2) Very large public
3) 2160 (760v/690m/710w) SAT II: 760 US Hist, 740 Math II
4) 3.67w, 3.06 or something uw
5) 154/738
6) Impeccable
7) 3.893 after 2 semesters
8) 5 5's on APs, ROTC scholarship, very heavy and demanding courseload in both high school and college</p>
<p>Goyoungha, I wasn't trying to say that Rice was impossible or anything of that strain. I'm just saying if you look at past Rice results (or I'm pretty close to the one of the former admissions deans Dr. Mark Scheid) and they tend to want to admit more internationals/out of states for transfers to infuse "new personal experiences"-in Dr. Scheid's words. This does not preclude different_steps from entering, but makes it a bit tougher.</p>
<p>Second, I think his stats are definitely impressive and I agree that Harvard/Yale transfer admittance rates are not impossible, but very low. With this said, unless the applicant has some sort of tremendously compelling reason or has a fantastic extracurricular HONOR base (taken from past CC results) then HY cannot be a middle reach, and can only be a high reach/tossup. Right?</p>
<p>I'm not trying to be antagonistic, just providing any information I know. I think diff_steps should add in some more matchy type schools like, i.e. Vandy etc. At any rate, let's end this strain of thread discussion to allow for the thread to keep it's motive.</p>
<p>JFman00, those are both very difficult schools...Penn is probably a high reach, and Harvard a very high reach, but they are for anybody. I think you have as much a shot as anybody has at both. That you have two semesters of college behind you will help to remedy the effects of mediocre high school grades (mediocre for Harvard and Penn, anyway). </p>
<p>My stats:
1.) Penn, NYU Gallatin, Georgetown A&S, Cornell A&S, Barnard, UChicago
2.) Private top school (hell - it's Phillips Andover, for those of you who have heard of it)
3.) 1420/1600; 800 (writing), 670, 700
4.) 4.0, inclined to 5.0 (honors), on a 6.0 scale
5.) top 30%, so nothing great at all
6.) decent/very good
7.) 3.5, but I have taken very heavy courseloads with VERY difficult courses (I'm an English major, and I took physics for physics majors and got a C+, my lowest grade, if that gives any idea)</p>
<p>I don't think you'll have much of a problem at Barnard, Penn or Cornell (ask nspeds for Georgetown) because of your Andover credentials and preparation. I'm not sure what semester you're in, but if you're only a freshman (maybe retake SAT to boost up?). NYU Gallatin can only be eval'd based on your arts talent so no help there. UChicago looks like a good bet with your academic history, but I don't know if they'll be as impressed by a student with an Andover transcript as easily as the other schools. Maybe I'm just overestimating it's influence.</p>
<p>hey I'm an international student currently in a liberal arts college</p>
<p>here goes.
1) WUSTL, AMHERST, HARVARD, BROWN(??)
2) private (British-curriculum based) Secondary school (Boarding)
3)720m/630v
4)do not use GPA scale, cummulative grade after 6yrs : A
5)2/110
6)Outstanding (student gov., vol. service,...........)
7) Biology Major, GPA in Major: 4.0/4.0, GPA overall: 3.80
8)extras: research, hard course load, biochemistry minor.......</p>
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So Rice doesn't accept anyone from Houston?
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<p>For the record, and I've told this story quite a few times, my friend that attended Montgomery CC this past year transferred to Rice with a full ride. He first lived in the northeast and was homeschooled, then came down to Houston and attended MCC for two years. He had a 3.9 and 1500ish SATs as well as pretty good ECs. His courseload, however, was not very difficult and he kind of "breezed through" a bit. </p>
<p>Take from that what you will.</p>
<p>1) Brown, Northwestern, Columbia (Fu, BME), UChicago, Harvard(heheh), UPenn
2) Competitive public high school
3) 31 ACT, 710 MII 750 Chem SATII 730 Physics SATII
4) 3.7 unweighted HS GPA, 5.3/6 weighted
5) Top 10% HS
6) Siemens regional finalist/3 year semifinalist; intel semis...and a lot of other very good ECs
7) College GPA: 4.0 (Sophomore at UT austin)
8) Extra: Extremely passionate about neurobiology and music. few publications under review and my band is currently recording a cd</p>
<p>^^^^
j/w...why do you want to transfer outta UT? It's my <em>safety</em> for transferring, and while I don't think I'll end up there, there's always the possibility. Are you just wanting to get a better degree, or is there something that's actually made you want to leave?</p>
<p>lots of reasons, but mainly because it's difficult to find people truly interested in learning; the classes are massive (for bio major at least) so there are no close interactions with teachers; there are limited classes specific for neuroscience while brown has a slew of classes specific for neuroscience/neurobiology</p>
<p>^^if i were reviewing your application, i would ask you, why do you care if your peers are interested in learning? how do they affect your attitude toward learning?</p>
<p>However, i congratulate you on your acheivement :D</p>