<p>Let's say you're applying from a decent private college like NYU, and you're applying for transfer mid-sophomore year (Spring 2010 transfer). Is a 3.78 to 3.83ish a good range? That's only including 1 year of college, but they'll also see my midterm grades for 1st semester Soph year. I'm not worried about EC's/LoR. My HS stats are kind of in the low range for those schools, but I'm not worried about them because I can't change them now.</p>
<p>I'm majoring in liberal arts by the way (econ major with double minor in IR and history).</p>
<p>both schools, i believe, do not accept mid year transfers. you really need to do your research.</p>
<p>are you in the lsp program at nyu? are you out of hs yet?</p>
<p>anyways, your hs record will have more bearing than your college record if your applying for fall 10, but will have far less importance if your applying for fall '11. take that for what its worth.</p>
<p>but yes, a 3.78-3.83 is very vaguely in range for those schools. if the rest of your application is exceptional you stand a good chance at both schools, if its not then you probably don't.</p>
<p>thanks everyone. the gpa is the only thing I was really wondering about, because I know the average accepted gpa range is probably much higher than the suggested gpa on the site.</p>
<p>The hs record will NOT likely have "more bearing", imo, than your college record. I don't know where that information comes from. It would likely have some bearing.</p>
<p>Your GPA is more than competitive for JHU, which I know from first-hand experience. Good luck.</p>
<p>I'm not asking for chances, I just wanted to know a realistic gpa range (admissions "recommended" at least a 3.3, but I know that won't cut it). </p>
<p>cornell's my first choice, so I'll be applying this fall for spring '10 - if accepted, i'll go, if not, I'll apply to jhu the following semester. and it's not 1 semester btw, cornell will see 1 full year + midyear reports, jhu will see 2 full years + midyear reports. thanks guys</p>
<p>They won't seriously consider all 4 years of HS. Some colleges don't even consider freshman year of HS in their freshman admissions. Colleges will also see your midterm reports, which is indicative of what your second semester will be. So, colleges will have almost a full year of college vs. your 2-3 years in HS. That being said, who knows how much weight any particular college will put on your sophomore-senior years in HS.</p>
<p>I think JHU doesn't require SAT scores for transfers (although I may be wrong but I'm too lazy to check :P)</p>
<p>in case I wasn't clear in my last post, I will be applying for mid-year Soph transfer (after 3 semesters of college) for Cornell, and Junior transfer for JHU, so they'll have plenty of college grades to go by. My HS gpa was only a 3.53uw, but with lots of AP/honors, and it was an upward trend. senior year I took 5 ap's and managed a 3.9ish. I got a 2130 on my SAT I, which is on the low side for both schools, but i'm planning to send it - unless that's a bad idea?</p>
<p>i had a 4.0 my first semester of college and this semester is a little tougher, but going well I think...i still have plenty of time to go before apps are due. thanks again.</p>
<p>1340/1600 is on the low side for Cornell - they don't take the Writing section into account. My Math section is pretty low, but my Writing is high, which is unfortunate because no one cares about Writing and I'm an Econ major. however, they'll see my strong econ/calc grades in college and hopefully overlook a 640 Math score. Or do you think it's better if I don't send it to JHU? Cornell requires it so no choice.</p>
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oberlin to nyu? interesting choice - oberlin's a top LAC.</p>
<p>The most recent published ranges for Fall freshman entrants to Cornell's College of Arts & Sciences ("CAS") was 650- 740 v, 670-770M.</p>
<p>For this Spring's class, CAS admitted 15 transfer students from a pool of 100 or more applicants.</p>
<p>Scores, GPA, etc for these successful transfer applicants are not available. Nor are details of the rest of the application for these 15 individuals, such as : hooks.</p>
<p>A humongously high proportion of the accepted transfer applicants chose to attend, indicating that obvious likelihood of same is probably given significant weight.</p>
<p>How does one evaluate "obvious likelihood?" Cornell is an ivy, it is the top choice for many who do not get into their other ivy choice or other tier 1 school. I think almost all the qualified applicants have an "obvious likelihood" of accepting Cornell's offer of admission. </p>
<p>molly, your SAT score will most likely have very little impact on the overall decision. Your GPA is fine as well. Get the good recs, and write some killer essays, you'll have a real shot at Cornell.</p>
<p>"How does one evaluate "obvious likelihood?" '</p>
<p>" I think almost all the qualified applicants have an "obvious likelihood" of accepting Cornell's offer of admission. "</p>
<p>If the observed transfer yield, % accepting their offer, is double the yield for admitted freshman applicants to the very same college, one might consider that perhaps some likelihoods may be more "obvious" than other likelihoods. YMMV.</p>
<p>They might evaluate it in part by considering whether an applicant has specific compelling ties to Cornell, beyond merely liking the academic programs: Ithaca residence/ faculty child, alumni child with lots of exposure to the school, etc. Or compelling academic tie-in, specific to Cornell. Etc. Such circumstances may be unusual, but with only 15 slots you don't need to have a ton of them.</p>