What are my chances to Duke, Northwestern Transfer?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, just would like to receive some comments on whether my chances to these schools are realistic before I apply to them. Would really appreciate it!
I'm Singaporean but been living as a Permanent Resident in Missouri for over 8 years</p>

<p>Current School: Saint Louis University (86th Usnews)
Entering: Sophomore
Intended Major: Biology (Pre-med)</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.59
High School GPA: 3.65UW, 3.85W
ACT: 30 (Got 36 for Mathematics)
AP Test: Calc I(5) Gov(4)</p>

<p>College EC: Research at Washington University Medical School (about to be published), Externship at Bausch and Lomb Cataract Research Facility, Shadowing MDs, Intramurals, SLU Honors Program and HSA, Pre-health Professional Club, International Partner (helped international students to acclimate into college), Asian American Association.. members of additional stuff..</p>

<p>HS EC: Soccer, Tennis, trained with Team Vaghi Brazilian Jiujitsu, Played Division A Select Soccer, Volunteered- congregation drummer weekly, volunteer- babysitter, volunteered -poverty building project. .. additional EC...</p>

<p>comments: Currently taking a stop from College to go abroad to Singapore to perform military service for 2 years (as a medic)
- Graduated from High School at age 16 (finished high school in 3 years)
- Started college at age 17</p>

<p>College I'm thinking on applying to transfer: Duke, Northwestern, WashU, Cornell, Vanderbilt, USC, Michigan, Boston College, NYU, UIllinois, UMiami</p>

<p>Would really appreciate if people who have been accepted to these college that have similar crudentials to me give me their 2cents. Thnx!</p>

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<p>Chances at Duke are hard to say. Usually their admissions rate is around 8-10%, but they overenrolled the Class of 2014 and so their rate this year was like ~1%. I think you have fair chances at all of these schools, you have some very interesting ECs and the military experience is a good eye-catcher. Your grades aren’t spectacularm, however. Especially considering that for sophomore transfers a good amount of weight is placed on your HS record. For Cornell it is crucial that you demonstrate why Cornell is the school for you. </p>

<p>How do you plan to pay for these schools?</p>

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<p>Thanks Knight!
Yeah my grades aren’t too good- It’s one thing I really regret not working on more… I concentrated too much on my social life and left out time to study and crammed the day before exams.</p>

<p>But you mentioned that I had a fair chance on the other colleges listed; however, are there any on the list that are more than fair for me in terms of acceptance?? </p>

<p>To answer your question about paying for college: As much as my family and i would like to get scholarships, we are willing to pay for the tuition even if there was none. My family and i truly belief going to a good school as a important priority. It is by no means easy to pay 50k a year but i feel that it is definitely worth it and i would make the best of it. Would definitely pick a scholarship at USC or Michigan over paying full at Cornell or Northwestern tho!</p>

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<p>Actually, just to add more details… I’ve applied to UMiami in High School and got Accepted; however, I had no scholarship and my parents still thought Miami wasnt worth paying the 40k tuition + 13k Housing. I’m reapplying to see if I would get scholarship this time. Did anyone here get scholarship from UMiami?</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for the background. </p>

<p>Transfer scholarships are definitely hard to come by. Check the Transfer Forum for some details on schools that offer them, because not many do.</p>

<p>As far as schools go, I would think you have a great chance at Miami because you got in in HS and your stats are still good. I know Vandy and WashU are pretty transfer-friendly, as is Cornell. Duke will be hard but because you have a somewhat unique background, I would think anything is possible. I don’t know that much about the other schools, but I know USC gets a lot of transfer apps.</p>

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<p>Thank knight!</p>

<p>Appreciate the helpful comments! I’ve been soo caught up lately with picking colleges and am a little more at ease now after your help. I initially thought those colleges are a long shot for me.</p>

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<p>Any other opinions? I really want to get to USC, is this very reachable?</p>