<p>Hi, here are my credentials for highschool:
GPA 4
No APs, not offered in my country
Extracurricular activities include establishing a personal development program, many on the ground leadership activities.
SAT score 1810 (740 math, 430 critical reading ( because its my second language), 640 writing)
SAT II (physics 570, math ic 690)</p>
<p>As for university, I got a total GPA of 3.24 and some extracurricular activities</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Thomas: I hate to be the one to tell you this, but a 3.24 on an unweighted scale of 4.0 is equal to an 81 average. Unless you are a recruited athletic with bionic powers or have artistic talents equal to Yo Yo Ma, you have absolutely no chance at a Harvard transfer admissions. Sorry to be so blunt, but see: [The</a> Real 1%: Harvard Admits 15 Transfer Students | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/6/21/transfer-admissions-one-percent/]The”>The Real 1%: Harvard Admits 15 Transfer Students | News | The Harvard Crimson)</p>
<p>But well I have to add that I have finished 3 courses on the edx, 2 from MITx and 1 from Harvardx and intend to finish other three courses the second semester. Does that increase my chances?</p>
<p>What should I do to increase my chances?</p>
<p>Is there any ivy league that could possibly accept me as a transfer?</p>
<p>Are there any extracurricular activities I can do that would increase my chances?</p>
<p>I do really want to be a Harvard student.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>I hate to be blunt, but a 430 CR score is rarely ever in the range of what any ivy league university (or top 20 university for that matter) will consider. You will not do well at a competitive university (which requires a ton of reading/critical thinking) even if you get in – hence why you have a very, very little chance to get in.</p>
<p>As others have said, you stand almost no chance of acceptance. Your GPA is very very low, unless you are currently attending another Ivy League university, you will not be accepted with such grades.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are also very low. While some people have previously been admitted with those scores, they achieved these grades in high school and most likely had extenuating circumstances. Your critical reading score, for example, puts you in the 27th percentile. English being your second language should have no difference. Harvard only accepts people who have fluency in English, just like native speakers.</p>
<p>As for your SAT Subject Tests, you scored very low on the Physics test (far below the average).</p>
<p>Furthermore, your extracurriculars are not Ivy League standard either, unless you haven’t fully explained them.</p>
<p>I second Mr. Bond’s and MeIsHM’s comments. </p>
<p>All selective colleges require students to read and write English proficiently. Having a reading assignment of 200 to 400 pages per week/per class and multiple 10-20 page papers due over the course of a term is the norm for many Harvard courses. A 430 CR indicates that, if admitted, you could not do the work at Harvard. With a score that low, I’m assuming you are a foreign student. Have you taken the TOEFL? I realize that Harvard doesn’t require the TOEFL, but you need to retake the SAT or demonstrate proficiency in English with a great TOEFL score to be admitted to any top US college.</p>
<p>With regards to EdX: Currently EdX (from Harvard and MIT) does not issue grades, only a certificate of completion, so it will NOT increase your chances.</p>
<p>I seldom say that someone has no chance. When gibby is pronouncing an applicant’s application DOA, I’ll be looking for the silver lining in the dark cloud.</p>
<p>There isn’t one here.</p>
<p>Your chances of admission as a transfer student are approximately 0%.</p>
<p>As others have so eloquently pointed out:</p>
<ol>
<li> Harvard takes almost no transfers.</li>
<li> When Harvard takes transfers, they’re highly-qualified students, and often have something special to add.</li>
<li> You have low grades and low test scores. In fact, your CR test score isn’t “low for Harvard,” it’s just low in absolute terms.</li>
</ol>
<p>Realistically, you’re not a competitive candidate for selective universities in the United States.</p>
<p>Thanks all for your comments. </p>
<p>I know they are truthful, but I need to know what are your recommendations for universities I could transfer to that are considered top universities? if an ivy league would be great, and what are your recommendations for what should I do throughout the year to increase my chances of transfer?</p>
<p>Note: I have scored 110 on TOEFL </p>
<p>Again I do believe I can become a Harvard student one day, scores in the end are not everything and they can probably be improved. I’m going to apply to Harvard and I’ll be very honest in my application and I’m sure there is still chance even if it was 1%.</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean that I don’t need your answer for my former questions. </p>
<p>Will be waiting for your answers.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>If you are insistant about transferring to a US college, I would look for universities that DO NOT require an SAT/ACT score: [SAT/ACT</a> Optional 4-Year Universities | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional]SAT/ACT”>ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest).</p>
<p>Your TOEFL score is pretty good. Your chances are better at MIT that does not require the SAT, just the TOEFL and Subject Tests. I would take SAT II in Math II and some other subject in which you can score in the 700s.</p>
<p>Although, the 3.24 GPA is probably better for a B or B+ type college.</p>
<p>“Note: I have scored 110 on TOEFL”</p>
<p>That’s not really consistent with a CR score of 430, if the issue on the CR test was lack of English skills. My understanding is that a score of 110 is hardly world-beating, but suggests reasonable facility with English. It calls into question why you actually got a 430 on the SAT CR.</p>
<p>Your other test scores aren’t really indicative of what it takes to get into a highly-selective school, no less an Ivy, either. As another poster has pointed out, they’re not that great, either.</p>
<p>It may be worthwhile to re-take the SAT, just to see whether you do substantially better. If you don’t do a great deal better, especially on the CR, well…</p>
<p>“scores in the end are not everything and they can probably be improved.”</p>
<p>Grades are extremely important. If you can’t even get a reasonable GPA from your current institution, how will you do at Harvard?</p>
<p>It is realistically impossible for you get transferred this year. Perhaps you can spend an additional year trying to get your grades and scores up to be considered next year.</p>
<p>To any competitive applicant, I’d say Vanderbilt is an easy (and very good) school to transfer into. If I remembered correctly, its acceptance rate for transfer students is ~40%. </p>
<p>However, in your case and with your scores (SATs, SAT2’s, GPA), I’d be hard pressed to say that you stand any chance at a top 50 university. It seems like you certainly have very high standards when it comes to what is considered a “top university,” but your scores are ABSOLUTELY NOT on par with what’s required at a “top university.” </p>
<p>A 3.24 is low, ANYWHERE, ivy league or not (with rampant grade inflation in recent years, average GPA at most ivy league schools (maybe except princeton and cornell) is ~3.6, in some cases even higher).
A 430 CR is low, ANYWHERE, by ANY standards. I am an international applicant from a non-English speaking background as well, and I have an 800 in CR.
570 physics, 690 math1, both low for “top university” standards. </p>
<p>To stand a reasonable chance to transfer into a “top university” (and I will assume that to be a top 30 university), you will AT LEAST need:</p>
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<p>my suggestions are (if you truly want to study at a US institution): do well at your current school and get a >3.8 GPA, retake the SAT and get above 2000, maybe retake your SAT 2’s and get >700 on both, and most importantly, LOWER YOUR STANDARDS.</p>
<p>jamesbon1 is absolutely correct, but I think thomasmandin is applying to Harvard for its generous financial aid policies. A number of other Ivy League universities that are need-blind for international freshman applicants are not so for international transfer applicants.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-6-need-blind-colleges-in-us-for-international-students[/url]”>http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-6-need-blind-colleges-in-us-for-international-students</a></p>
<p>There are only SIX schools in the U.S. that are need-blind and meet full-need of international students:</p>
<p>1) Amherst College
2) Dartmouth College
3) Harvard University
4) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
5) Princeton University
6) Yale University</p>