<p>Hi,
I am a freshman in Cornell engineering and wanna transfer to Stanford. I just wanted hear from you guys about my chances.
My stats:
International student
Sponsored by one of the universities in my country (along with a reccomendation from the Dean of engineering-so I will not apply for financial aid)
94.4 high school gpa (3rd in the year)
3.91 first semester gpa at Cornell (dean's list)
A very good recommendation from a Stanford PhD professor at Cornell
Intensive research with the professor above
A very good reason (Cornell does not offer the major that I am looking for)
SAT IIs: Math2c:800, Chem:800, Physics:800
SAT I: reading 600, writing 640, math 800
TOEFL 280(/300)
focused essays and an application with a strong theme
extra curricular: strong in high school but not that strong in college(it is my first semester)
I got rejected by Stanford in freshman admissions.
---thank you..</p>
<p>yeah you got a good shot</p>
<p>I think you have a great shot. Your currently at Cornell engineering which will pay heavy dividends, considering its rigor and prestige. Your GPA is excellent for engineering (specially from engineering from cornell ). Also, all your other tests scores and HS stats put you in a great spot (your V SAT may be a little low but your internationall, engineering and a transfer, so i doubt it matters all that much). That being said stanford is tough, the acceptance rate is tiny, so no one can ever be a for sure in at stanford. Even someone with such exceptional stats as yourself. Also, I'm fairly ill informed about international transfer to Stanford, I'm not entirely sure how much this could work against you or not. But overall you look like a very strong canidate, GL. If all else fails your at Cornell, a premier engineering school.</p>