<p>I think you should be fine, since your courses seem fairly standard. If credits are rejected, you can always appeal; even if that is unsuccessful, you can always seek advice from your business-school advisor. They are in a better position to know about the admissions process.</p>
<p>I know professors who are on the admissions commitee for our Ph.D program, so I have a great source of advice on what they look for, what aspects are "red flags," and so forth. Though an extrapolation from that advice to other grad programs is not the most sound reasoning, it provides one with a semblance of "how things work." I wouldn't be surprised if you could do the same with your professors when you transfer to whatever school.</p>
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<p>I don't go to ND. I currently go to Emory. I am probably going to apply for transfer to ND.</p>
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<p>Well, they're so closely ranked in U.S. News that the ranking difference is meaningless. (Emory is 18th, ND is 20th) If you ask random professionals which college is "better", I think it'd vary based on region and field. ND has a better reputation in the midwest and among Catholics, whereas I think Emory has a better reputation in NYC and among Jews. Also, I think Emory's pre-med program is probably more well known than ND's, and the pre-business schools are very similiar in recognition. ND's liberal arts may have a considerable edge over Emory's.</p>
<p>But ranking is certainly not everything, and I have personal reaons for wanting to transfer.</p>
<p>Btw, my rating is not that good for someone who is on a nationally compettitive chess team. (1700) The main reason we compete nationally is because our first board is one of the best college chess players in the country. (2350? I think) I'm the weakling on the team, but hopefully it'll look good on my resume.</p>
<p>Any educated person want to estimate my chances?</p>
<p>I have found this threat to be really useful especially the part about transfer credits and recommendations.</p>
<p>nspeds: I did not even know that the CEO of the company I work for was a Cornell alum nor that he donated lots to the school until another employee who overheard me talking about wanting the transfer to cornell recommended that I ask him for a recommendation. I am not trying to dispute what you are saying because I definitely see where you are coming from and genuinely do not know enough about this topic to make an informed opinion about it. I can think of at least 3 other advisors at the college who told me the same thing. </p>
<p>I guess I would wonder if having those kind of reommendations could hinder acceptance more than help it and where you are getting your information about this from (respectfully). </p>
<p>Newby - I think you're up against quite a bit at Columbia - as is anyone. I think there was a girl from Canada that got into Columbia this past year but went to UPenn instead. You may be able to find her stats on the forum somewhere.</p>
<p>I would say you've got a shot at Penn for sure (high match / low reach) but it's always difficult to guess for internationals. </p>
<p>FYI Newby - as has been stated on here, Columbia isn't the most transfer friendly school, regardless of the acceptance rate. I've heard they're bad with transfer credit and that it's really hard to transfer in and actually feel like a part of a group. Have you visited yet? When I visited, it was on a weekday during the school year and it seemed like the place was dead. It's a beautiful campus...but I dunno. When I went, I was expecting this gated-in university inside New York where students roamed (like the website pics show). I guess I was just disappointed to see that there wasn't much activity on campus - I thought the NYU area (Washington Square) was much more "happening" and felt like it was actually inside NYC, whereas Columbia is a ways uptown and even Morningside Heights was really quiet. </p>
<p>Just wanted to point that out. If you've visited, obviously, you've already made your own opinion. But Columbia definitely had a different feel than I expected, and I felt like it was a place where, if I did transfer in, I'd be kinda lonely.</p>
<p>Have you considered any other schools? You don't really have any "for sure" schools there, so unless you'd be happy staying at Toronto, you may want to add a few more.</p>
<p>Brand, to me you are like moses of this forum... haha mine got ignored like 2 pages back ... some people mind giving input?</p>
<p>1.) List of schools (UCLA, CAL, USC, Swarthmore, Pomona College, Columbia-- but I just read what brand wrote and i'm reconsidering, and long-shot-what-the-hell-worth a try Stanford)
2.) Muy Frekin Competitive High School
3.) 1320 Sat1 (M 680, V640), 650 Writing, 650 Bio, Math 590 (ouch)
4.) 3.9 (Weighted)
5.) I'm not sure.
6.) Very Good EC's
7.) 3.88 (UCSB)</p>
<p>8.) Comm major, but flexible in the liberal arts (just distinguishing myself from business/science majors). I have very similar reasonings as quatumguy actually. UCSB is extremely party-oriented (But at least I think UT has a reason to party..), and I am... not so much.</p>
<p>I think your SAT scores will not help you with Pomona, USC and Swarthmore. Considering firstly that USC has a huge amount of applicants, I'd figure that the higher your stats the further into the door you'd get. I have no idea about the Berk/LA transfer (try the two other threads). For Pomona and Swathmore, I don't believe either school admits too many transfers however, I think Swarthmore has a 17-22% acceptance rate. With that in mind, I think you need to bump up your test scores to have a chance.</p>
<p>Yeah, basically I wasn't too bright in HS-- gpa wise, as well as SAT..but I experienced some heavy lifechanging "stuff" (not getting into specifics here) after graduation...and this is what drives me in college, and is also the basis for my essays.</p>
<p>Interesting, thank you for that. I knew my scores were low, but I didn't SATs would matter as much-- I guess I will be taking the Jan SAT then.</p>
<p>(Wait, are you a Sophomore?) That would make a HUGE difference. In that case, I doubt your test scores would matter as much for USC or Pomona. Using your strong college grades then, you would be a much better candidate in that light.</p>
<p>shpeel - I think you'll get into USC, UCLA, and probably Cal. </p>
<p>I don't think you'll get into Pomona (sry, but I could be wrong!) or Columbia...and I'm not really sure about Swat, but I'm guessing it's very competitive since it's one of the top 3 LACs. I believe the transfer rate on USNews was around 26%, which is actually really high for such a good school.</p>
<p>Stanford's always worth a shot! </p>
<p>Have you considered Claremont McKenna? I know it did have a 30% transfer rate...may have went down, but it's a WHOLE LOT easier than Pomona, I'm sure.</p>
<p>1.) University of Michigan, NYU Stern
2.) Typical, one of the better public ones in Michigan
3.) 26 ACT
4.) 3.0 not weighted
5.) top 50%, a lot of people were ahead of me due to easy classes
6.) EC: decent, tennis, chamber orch
7.) College GPA - 3.91/4.0 (1st semester, @ western michigan university, don't really wanna do another year...)</p>
<p>8.) Extra: Asian, decently hard classes in HS, same in college, international internship over the summer, and sick mother that took up a lot of energy in HS (severe schizophrenia)</p>
<p>Michigan Match/Lower end. But since you have such a great college GPA, it matters a lot here</p>
<p>NYU Stern, I don't know, maybe reach?</p>
<p>1.) Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, WHARTON!!!
2) high school is top 10 in state
3) 32 ACT, retaking to get a 34 . 800 MATH II, 770 MATH I, 740 BIOLOGY
4) 3.5 UW, 4.5 Weighted.
5) Rank 6/350
6) Amazing EC's, Amazing. College ECs-executive board analyst of Investment club, Webmaster for that club as well
7) College GPA -4.0 1st semester-18 credits, max you can take at University of Michigan</p>
<p>8) extra: Asian, First generation college student, professors all graduated from the schools i want to transfer to, i'm asking them for recs.</p>
<p>I hate to cheat and take all of the OPs customers, but everyone should check this thread out too cause I think it'd be cool to think how good your own predictions are:</p>
<p>Physics major, Sophomore this year, applying for junior.</p>
<p>1) NYU, UMass Amherst, U Rochester, U Chicago, Penn State
2) Public, not competetive at all
3) SAT (old style): 1220 (without studying)
4) 2.7ish (slacked off, did better senior year, aced my Physics/AP Calc/Comp sci classes that year)
5) No clue, probably top 60-70%
6) Decent, borderline poor (For HS), if this refers to scholarships and whatnot I'd say decent.
7) 3.4, but with nothing lower than a B+ in math/sci courses thus far. I'm taking 18 credits all math/sci and am hoping to get 3.6-3.8.</p>
<p>8)
i. I have a very good relation with most of my professors and I'm sure they'd be willing to write good letters of recommendation for me.</p>
<p>ii. It doesn't show up on the resume, but from 6th grade to end of HS/part of beginning of college I was a chronic under-achiever (still breaking out of it). My grades through it do not reflect at all on my ability, rather upon my drive in those years (I honestly did about 10 homework assignments my entire junior year, not many more sophomore or senior year).</p>
<p>iii. For URochester, my college has a very good relationship with URochester, and we do 3-2 programs with them and the like for physics. I'm not sure if this helps or not.</p>
<p>chanman -
Harvard/Standford/MIT - reaches, just because they're top notch schools with low transfer rates...write some awesome essays, and get great recs, and you might have a chance, but honestly, the low HS gpa might hurt, im not sure
Columbia - low reach - with a 4.0 college GPA, i'd say you have a darn good chance
Wharton - dont know</p>
<p>BenjaminRS - (you didnt chance the person before you)
NYU - low reach - your HS gpa isnt very good, but it will matter much less as a junior transfer, so keep up the college GPA and it should be a good shot
UMass Amherst - dont know
U Rochester - dont know
U Chicago - reach...again, keep up the college GPA and get great recs/essays, because a 3.4 is probably on the lower end of transfer GPAs
Penn State - match</p>
<p>1)Wake Forest, Davidson, UNC-CH
2)Average public city school I guess
3)1560/2130 (i only took the new version once, and only got a 620 on the writing)
4)3.999(weighted)
5) 80th percentile
6)poor
7)First Semester: 3.6 probably</p>
<p>8)Im a legacy at Wake and was waitlisted at UNC and Wake last year... I dunno if that means anything.</p>