<p>I am a freshman at UPenn in the college of Arts and Sciences and am thinking of applying to transfer to Harvard, BC(Carroll School of Mgmt), and Georgetown(McDonough School of Business). In high school i had about a B+/B GPA with 7 AP classes at the number 1 independent school in the southeast and florida and had 1340 SAT. At Penn, by the end of this first year, I will probably have around 3.3 or 3.4 all while playing Varsity Football here at Penn, which is pretty time consuming. What are my chances of being able to transfer into firstly Harvard? and then Georgetown? I was accepted out of high school to B.C. so I figured it wouldnt be hard to transfer there.</p>
<p>u aint getting into harvard with a 3.3-3.4 buddy and a 1340 SAT. Retake your sats and try to get like a 1400-1450 and then you have a **** and try to get like a 3.6-3.7</p>
<p>bball in earlier post... "i called up columbia today, and I asked if i would get an edge coming from a top school over someone from a thierd tier schools, she asked where, i said cornell, and she said ABSOLUTELY."</p>
<p>you would be transferring from penn with a 3.4, not penn state. considering you did that, coupled with varsity athletics, i'd say you are not in terrible shape.</p>
<p>bball, don't be so mean.</p>
<p>I'd guess you've a shot at Georgetown. If you wanted to wait until sophomore year to try transferring, you could try raising your GPA to 3.5 and be in real good shape.</p>
<p>you can raise your gpa to 3.5 by the end of the semester if you are only a freshman. the fewer the classes, the bigger the fluctuation.</p>
<p>im not saying admissions to all ivies is the same... what would i know about that anyway... but you already got into penn, achieved a 3.4 while participating in varsity athletics at an ivy. to me it doesnt seem to be such a reach. especially if you can help them beat yale on the football field...</p>
<p>dudes and dudes, it is HARVARD, they want like 3.7 or higher. I am saying, get a 3.5 and maybe you have a shot.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>College GPA - 3.4-3.5 by end of year(can be a little higher if I dont take Calc)
College ECs - Varsity Football for UPenn(30 hrs/week), Volunteer Work in West Philly Inner City Communities, La Casa Latina(Hispanic Club)
Work-Study job 15 hours/week in addition to Football
Ethnicity: Cuban
SAT I - 1340
SAT II's - 680 writing, 630 Math, 800 Spanish
Work Experience - 2 years as Lifeguard in the summer(30+ hrs/week) and worked as a Data Analyst for Medical Business Service last summer, was a Surgical Intern at Hospital
High School - Attended number 1 independent school in all of Southeast and Florida(Ransom Everglades)
HS GPA - B+/3.3 Unweighted with 7 AP classes, Duke Book Award
HS Ecs - Captained Football and Soccer teams(9 varsity letters), All-State and All-County in both, Student athlete of the year,etc., 250+ hours of community service, etc.</p>
<p>I am wondering what anyone thinks my chances would be to transfer to Harvard, Brown, Yale, Georgetown(McDonough School of Business), Boston College(Carroll School of Mgmt)? Any further help would be great. Thanks.</p>
<p>I don't know about Harvard and Yale -unless they are recruiting for athletes. But I think your chances at the others are all very good. Why would you transfer from Penn to Brown?</p>
<p>What position do you play? Have you talked to coaches at any of your target schools?</p>
<p>I think Brown's liberal set up is very appealing, Providence is a bit nicer than West Philly too. I just haven't had the experience I thought I would here due to a lot of different factors that I don't really want to get into on here. So I'm looking for change, that's all.</p>
<p>I am a Running Back and I actually was able to walk-on the team here at Penn. I haven't contacted coaches yet but I may do it, I am not sure yet.</p>
<p>One main thing I dislike about Penn is the distant professor-student relationship. Most aren't very accessible, i.e. their office hours are scarce and minimal. Your professor doesn't know your name or face, you are just a number. This is even in the non-intro classes. There are about 12,000 undergrads in addition to about another 13,000 grads so its 25,000 students all at once and for an Ivy, its a lot and you notice it more than you would think.</p>
<p>Well Wifi, that's part of being a freshman at a University. Maybe you'd prefer an elite liberal-arts college for professor-student relationship...</p>
<p>I know I kinda kick myself in the butt sometime because I was accepted by both Williams and Amherst.</p>