<p>Now, I'm shooting for Cal but I really wanna know that is there any possibility to shooting some higher-tier schools like Columbia(Econ), NYU(Econ), Cornell(Econ), Standford(Econ), CalTech(Econ)?</p>
<p>Let's say I ends up with GPAx 3.90-3.98, do I have a good chance for that?</p>
<p>They will also take into account your high school record.</p>
<p>NYU would be the most transfer friendly, and that has to do with basic statistics of transfer admissions, especially because you're aiming for Econ instead of Business. You may consider Northwestern which is also very transfer friendly and has really good Econ.</p>
<p>If you were me, do you think it is worth to spend higher tuition fees for NYU and Northwestern? (Let's say you've been admitted from those three.)</p>