<p>School: The City College of New York, #50+ regionally.<br>
Year: Just finished first semester freshman yr.
Stats: HS GPA- 93.26 with a strong upward trend
Expecting my first semester GPA to be 3.9-4.0
SAT: 740 M 460 R and 600 W (1800/2400) or (1200/1600). I retook the test, and I think my super score will be 2000+
ECs: HS ECs were strong. President+ founder of clubs,,blah blah blah. summer school in stanford+ cornell...
major award during senior year- american federal award for leadership
Currently, I am working part time as an IT on campus. 19 hours per week.
Major: Economics
Prospective career: international businessman btw China and US to help the powerless ones in China.
Hook:
1. parents are divorcing, but they are currently staying together because they want me to transfer, so divorcing wont affect me academically.<br>
2. my school doesn't really have good economics programs and east asian culture studies.
Professor recommendations are strong for both
disadvantages: im poor the school probably has to give me a lot of money.
List:
Columbia College (my sister attends this one, legacy maybe?)
Dartmouth
UPenn
Cornell
U of ROcheter
Boston College
U Michigan
NYU
Stony Brook
Binghamton
Fordham
Boston U</p>
<p>Any suggestions and comments will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Sorry to say you have no chance to get enough aid to make the transfer work for those listed schools. Your Best bet is UR, even you can get in, the FA may not work. Forget about the Ivies, if some one with your stats can get in as a transfer, you will have thousands transfers a year at those schools, while in reality, they only accept a handful.</p>
<p>I think you’d better stay at CCNY for the Jr. Transfer if you can still have 4.0 gpa and it cannot be “expecting”.</p>
<p>@Artloversplus, I don’t really care about the amount of money that I will receive. It can be 0 and I will take out private loans for 50k per year to go. Would that change anything? My GPA is not released yet, thats why I said expecting</p>
<p>Where are you going to get a loan for 50K? You need cosigners, who will be on the hook for the entire 50K (or 100K) if you flake out. That’s a 4 bedroom house in some states–so who do you know that would qualify as a cosigner for that kind of money? Note that this the brick wall that many students run into. Just because YOU are willing to take out 50-100K in private loans doesn’t mean that a bank will take you on.</p>
<p>@Annikasorrensen, thanks for your response. Money is not a problem, I am pretty sure I will receive financial aid and things like that, aid+loan+scholarship+family contribution+assets, I think we can afford 50k per year</p>
<p>Be reasonable.
I am a new immigrant from China and now attending a CUNY school, and going to transfer into SUNY for fall 2012. I once heard from my friend (he transfered into cornell in 2009)that Upenn and Cornell are friendly to transfers. But the problem is it’s hard to get merit-based scholarships, even you have a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>SUNY should be OK, but it also becomes competitive for years.</p>
<p>If your family can afford to pay there are many colleges where you will have a chance. But unfortunately, it doesn’t work the way you seem to think it does where you get ome aid, then loans, then throw on family contribution.</p>
<p>Most schools have little or no gift aid for intnls. Once you get past the ivies on your list you’re looking at zero aid from most. And ivies are probably not going to happen.</p>
<p>So if your family has the money or can borrow, you need to figure out if it’s worth spending big dollars for Stony Brook or Binghampton. Most Americans wouldn’t go into debt for them.</p>
<p>@Waverly, thanks for the response. Yea, I know ivies can offer full ride if my family’s income is under 60k. I also have friends from stony, rochester, and umichigan, and they are only paying about 2k-10k per year.</p>
<p>Let’s set aside financial aid issues. Let’s chance me solely base on my merit. Thanks</p>
<p>If finance is not under consideration, just apply to them all and see what happens. You were going to do it anyway right? Just let you know parents plus loans can be had for the entire COA, IF your parents are willing to sign. The qualifications for Parents Plus loans are much lower than ordinary loans, such as a mortgage.</p>
<p>If you proceed with not worrying about finances until after acceptances, good chance you won’t be transferring. If your friends are intnl and getting great aid at the schools you name, they entered as freshmen, not as transfers.</p>
<p>Americans have to start their searches understanding finances, and intnls do even more so. Your list could not be worse for a poor student with your stats.</p>
<p>@Waverly: #1, what do you mean by good chance I wont be transferring? If I get accepted, I will be, disregarding monetary issues. #2, yes they were freshmen. #3, can I get a break down of how poor I am for my list? I understand I am poor for Columbia, but I don’t understand how poor I am for my list? Such as Binghamton, Rochester, and Stony Brook. It will be great if you can back yourself up with some solid evidences that prove me to be a “student with poor stats”.</p>
<p>I think he meant a poor student financially, not stats-wise. Your stats are alright, Ivies would be kind of impossible and a waste of application fees.</p>
<p>@Milanista, yea, I know ivies are quite impossible. But they are big reaches for everyone. =[ i dont think anyone can call ANY ivies as a SAFETY. I will try my best. =] thank you.</p>