Where are YOU planning on transferring? FALL 2014 TRANSFERS

Transfer Students
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<p>Highschool GPA: 3.77</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.4 (End of Freshman Year)</p>

<p>Submitting SAT: 590(Math)/700(CR)/730(Writing) = 2020 Total</p>

<p>Major: Was Agricultural Biotech, applying as History/Pre-Law</p>

<p>Current College: University of Kentucky</p>

<p>Hooks: Not asking for fin. aid and I’m taking what would be my sophomore year off to work/volunteer/maybe travel. Also will be 2nd time applying to UR. Not sure if either of these are advantageous</p>

<p>HS EC’s:
2 Varsity Sports
Horseback Riding
Summer Job
Writing Tutor
National Honor Society
Volunteer Work</p>

<p>College EC’s:
Philosophy Club
Major-related Club
Sorority
Dean’s list 2nd semester
Horseback riding</p>

<p>My Gap year:
Reading 50 books
Going to local college part-time in the Spring
Volunteering at local elementary school
Horseback riding
Working</p>

<p>**Note: My essay will be super - writing is my strength.</p>

<p>COLLEGES (In order of preference) <strong>CHANCE ME I WILL CHANCE YOU</strong></p>

<p>1) University of Richmond
2) William & Mary
3) Wake Forest
4) Elon
5) Furman
6) High Point
7) Wofford</p>

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<p>I attend a small community college in the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina. I’m applying as a Fall 2014 transfer to the University of South Carolina. I’m also considering applying to College of Charleston. I want to major in Social Work (SC) or Women’s and Gender Studies (CofC). Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Highschool GPA: 3.3(UW), 3.7(W)
College GPA: 3.2, 62 credits so far
Current College:Florence Darlington Technical College
Major: Associate of Arts
Hooks: First Generation, African American, Muslim, Single Parent, Non-Traditional
EC: I’ an AmeriCorps member working at a non profit after school program for at-risk and low income children</p>

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<p>UC Santa barbara</p>

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<p>High School GPA: 3.4
ACT: 32
College GPA: 3.85
Major: Political Science
Current College: Virginia Tech</p>

<p>A variety of Ecs with lots of volunteer work</p>

<p>Applying to: BC, BU, U Mich, Villanova</p>

<p>Hope I can get into BC or Nova the most</p>

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<p>Highschool GPA:3.69
SATS: 510 CR 650 M 480 W (taking again in december)
College GPA: 4.0
Current College: VCU
Major: Business (Econ and/or Finance and/or Statistics)
Hooks: Held high leadership positions. High Income (low FinAid). Good Communicator. Worked since I was a freshman in h.s.
EC: Scholarship Leadership Program, Officer in Student Organization, Another Leadership Program.</p>

<p>Schools I’m looking to apply to:
In order of preference

  1. UVA (CAS)
  2. William and Mary
  3. Virginia Tech (Haven’t Visited)</p>
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<p>(I’m doing Spring 2014)
Highschool GPA: 3.25
College GPA: 2.7
Current College: University of Oregon
Major: pre-law
Hooks: part-hispanic and no financial aid
EC: volunteer in special education classroom and work</p>

<p>Schools I’m looking to apply to:
Chapman University, Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine University, Cal Lutheran University, University of Redlands, and American University</p>

<p>Accepted: American
Denied: chapman and Pepperdine
Haven’t heard back from the rest</p>

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<p>Highschool GPA: 3.4
College GPA: 2.7 (4.0 this semester).
Current College: Community.
Major: Eh, not sure yet. Either Sociology or Chinese Language & Culture.
Hooks: Uh, not sure. First generation, single parent household. Dunno if those count.
EC: Marching Band, Community Service (recycling program).</p>

<p>I just got accepted to UMass Amherst, which was my only choice, so I’ll be going there in the Spring. Not as fancy as some schools people here are applying to, but I’m very happy. After bombing college straight out of high school, I’m finally starting to turn things around for myself. C:</p>

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<p>College GPA: as of now, transferable, a 2.59, so we’ll just say a 2.6
Current College: CCC
Major: Business Admin; Finance
Hooks: Black and Middle Eastern, Good income (low fin aid) worked since i was 16 with minimum gaps
Schools Applying To: San Diego State University, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, University of La Verne, UC Riverside</p>

<p>I listed them in order of preference, really hoping to get into SDSU and experience a new area, get out on my own. hoping i can get my gpa high enough for them and get accepted :/</p>

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<p>I’m an international student planning to transfer on my sophomore year</p>

<p>Highschool GPA: 3.9
College GPA: 3.72
SAT: 1690 (retaking it this december and aiming for 1900+)
Current College: an Asian university
Major: Biomedical Engineering (or Pharmaceutical Sciences/ Neuroscience/ Public Health/ Biology)
Hooks: Asian, Woman planning to pursue graduate studies, Top 10% of high school graduating batch
EC: Student body business manager, volunteers occasionally, batch council business manager, History club (batch representative), Science Club member</p>

<p>Schools I’m looking to apply to:
UC Irvine
USC
Any other suggestions? :slight_smile:
I don’t really expect much but do I have any chance?</p>

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<p>Highschool GPA: Not sure, I was in a french high school. But ~3.9?
SAT: 2090 (690R, 740M, 670W)
College GPA: N/A yet, but aiming for 3.6
Current College: University of Toronto
Major: Life Sciences program, if I stay I’ll be double-majoring in Biology and Human Geography
Hooks: Don’t think I have any, if I recall from the freshman admissions process. I’m Middle-Eastern, but that counts as white so…</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>-UTMUN staff (helping organize the Model UN that we host for canadian high schools)
-Camera Club
-Page at OMWHO (Ontario Model World Health Organization)
-Student Run Newspaper</p>

<p>Jobs:</p>

<p>-Subway (working the cash in my mom’s store)
-Still interviewing but hoping to land this part-time job as a medical receptionist</p>

<p>College I’m Applying To:</p>

<p>-Amherst
-Brown
-Dartmouth</p>

<p>I’m really looking for a smaller, tight-knit campus with close relationships with profs and other faculty (my school has about 25000 undergrads so it’s a little troublesome). I know that all three schools are a HUGE reach for me but I’m just taking my chances. I really like the flexibility of their curriculums, I’m finding my school to be a little rigid in that regard.
On a personal note, I’m commuting from home so if I get into any of these schools (which would be an absolute dream), I’m looking forward to living on campus. There are so many commuter students, it feels more like a job, there’s no community here.
OK BYE :)</p>

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<p>I’m transferring spring 2014. </p>

<p>Got into GWU elliot school of International affairs- will most likely go there (put deposit down). I actually applied for freshman year but didn’t get in…</p>

<p>Waiting to hear from NYU- applied for the global public health program there. </p>

<p>Currently at a small mid atlantic/north eastern liberal arts college</p>

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<p>Going to be incoming sophomore transfer for fall 2014.
High School GPA: 3.7 haha I think… grading scale super hard and sort of obscure…
SAT: 2200
College GPA: 3.9
E.C’s: Literary magazine editor at current university, various clubs that have to do w/major, tennis, s.b., compete with and have played piano for 14 yrs., service in and outside the country-regularly done, pres. service award three yrs. in high school, NHS, music awards, athletic awards, creative writing awards, foreign language awards, personality awards (that sounds so vain I almost can’t stand it, so sorry, but true)… and all the rest of that jazz:)
Major: English/International Relations and French; Minor: Music performance.
Hooks: none inherently… certified social advocate, seriously passionate about a turn back to classical culture… season symphony ticket holder, no generic social media affiliations, planning on going onto professional school, top 10% graduating class, lived alone outside the U.S for a year in non english speaking country, (planning on doing that again for a time).
@: a university I never thought I’d be attending!-not in a positive way…(financial uncertainty)
Transfer to: now that all’s back on track, I’m reapplying to Barnard, which is really where I’ve had my heart set on for, um, ever.
Vassar.
Bryn Mawr
Wellesley
Plus, I’m super close with a good number of my professors at current school, and hopefully good recs. will be sent my way, or at least Barnard’s…</p>

<p>Any hope???:)</p>

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<p>I’m looking to transfer from Saint Joseph’s University to Villanova University. I am currently a freshman. I’m looking to apply in the late winter/early spring for the Fall of 2014. </p>

<p>My High School GPA:3.8
College GPA (For first semester): 3.2
Major: History with a Minor in Secondary Education. </p>

<p>What are my chances of getting into Villanova?
(+ my mom went there)
(+ My grandfather is a professor there)</p>

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<p>Hey guys! I’m currently at community college and I’ll be transferring in as a junior for fall 2014.</p>

<p>Highschool GPA: 3.4 weighted, I have no idea what it was unweighted. I had a lot of personal problems during high school: I had a death in the family during my freshman year, and my parents began a messy divorce battle. These events exacerbated my struggles with depression, which seriously affected my academic performance. However, I’ve made a complete turnaround in college. I focused my common app essay on overcoming those struggles, and made it clear that I’ve put them behind me. I’m hoping that the adcoms will be able to focus on my current strengths and successes instead of my past weaknesses.</p>

<p>SAT: 1700 (retaking this month and aiming for 1900+)</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.8. The only Bs I have received were in math and science. I took physics and computer programming, and while I could’ve taken easier courses, I failed math in HS and wanted to demonstrate improvement. I’m in the honors program and Phi Theta Kappa. I’ve also received several scholarships and awards from my community college.</p>

<p>Major: Currently Liberal Arts, hoping to major in English and Art History.
Hooks: URM (Caribbean American), first generation, passionate about activism and social justice. I’m hoping that my status as a CC student will be a hook as well. I visited Brown and Amherst and both transfer directors told me that CC students are the “hot new group” that some elite schools are hoping to attract.</p>

<p>EC: I’ve worked since I was fourteen. I’m a student aide and I’ve also worked as a pharmacy technician and receptionist at a law office. I hold several leadership positions as well. I completed a year-long internship with the NYPIRG, and I’m a Project Leader for my campus chapter. Last year, I was elected to be a delegate for my college on the organization’s Board of Directors. I’m VP of my school’s Women’s Student Association, and will likely become President in the spring. I conducted a sexual harassment survey last semester and I’ll be sitting on the sexual harassment committee in the spring. I’ve been an orientation leader for almost two years, and I was Treasurer of the SGA Programming Board. I also volunteer at Planned Parenthood.</p>

<p>Schools I’m looking to apply to: Barnard is my first choice. I’m also applying to Brown, Smith, Vassar, Wesleyan, and Sarah Lawrence. I’ve applied to Lang and a couple of CUNYs and SUNYs as safeties.</p>

<p>My high school grades and SAT scores aren’t the best, but I’m hoping that my accomplishments in college will balance things out. I’m a strong writer and know that I’ll have great recs, so I’m hoping that everything will work in my favor. Anyone care to chance me?</p>

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<p>HS GPA (2008): 2.34
College GPA :4.0
Current College: Community College
Major: Liberal Arts (declaring communications, film studies, or the like)
Hooks: Convicted felon (drug possession 2010)
EC: Student Government Association, Spanish Club, Black Student Union, member of County Emergency Response Team (CERT), volunteer hours at homeless children’s shelter (Covenant House), Tutor, various part time and full time jobs over the years</p>

<p>Schools applying to:</p>

<h1>1 Brown University RUE</h1>

<p>Cornell University
Columbia GS
Swarthmore
Occidental
Colby
Macalester</p>

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<p>Highschool GPA: 3.3 GPA
College GPA: Unknown but I earned an A in Intro to Econ.
Current College: Reed College
Major: Mathematics-Economics
Hooks: Dual citizen, SCUBA Diver, Jordanian Bedouin and Orthodox Christian.
EC: Treasurer of the Economics Club</p>

<p>I’m a freshman who is interested in applying to transfer to the Wharton School at Upenn, Brown, UChicago, Dartmouth, Yale and U-Mich.</p>

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<p>Highschool GPA: 3.3ish unweighted
College GPA: 3.75
Current College: Middle-tier SUNY (Albany, Buffalo, New Paltz)
Major: Pre-finance transferring to be economics/public policy/individualized program
Hooks: I wouldn’t say I have any that I know of.
EC: Theatre club, leadership position in two business clubs, Dean’s Student Advisory Board. Lotta decent high school EC’s
My SATs are pretty mediocre but avoiding submissions of them where I can
Schools I’m looking to apply to (Ordered in my own twisted preference):
Cornell
Amherst
UVA
NYU Gallatin
Vanderbilt
UNC Chapel Hill
USC</p>

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<p>anyone an architecture major?</p>