Where to transfer to?

Transfer Students
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<p>Okay, so I definitely need help deciding if I am transferring, where I can possibly transfer to. I'm looking at going to a private university. Money is not an issue as I have no problem taking loans out for 2 years of undergrad. I want a college that has a quality campus, quality social life, and great academics. </p>

<p>The Details</p>

<p>GPA: 3.71 (this will most likely go up to about a 3.8/3.85, since I'm considering transferring for junior year)</p>

<p>(I actually have straight A's + 1 C in a first semester class that is unrelated to my major)
I have taken a very rigorous college schedule for my colleges standards. In the fall I took 5 classes, then I took two winter classes (a 3000 level political science class and a gen psych class, which resulted in reading nearly 200 pages a night during January!) In the summer I worked full time (over 40 hours a week) at a non-for-profit where I did contract management which resulted in creating about 50 jobs for the disabled, while simultaneously doing a class, and going to student government meetings.</p>

<p>I am heavily involved in Student Government, I chaired my own committee last year as a freshman of about 20 people. I was about 5th in line. In addition, I am now the Vice-President of a club and have a fellowship at Hillel, while also being the philanthropy chair of my (Jewish) fraternity. I am also a Provost scholar which gives me access to a bunch of advisement, among other perks. Next semester, I am taking six classes, two of which are honors classes, while working part-time at my non-for-profit and doing my Hillel Fellowship.</p>

<p>Any essay I write would probably either involve</p>

<p>A) My heavy involvement in student government
B) My work at my non-for-profit
C) My turn around from a high school student who averaged about a 3.0.
D) Something about the effect of Judaism on my life </p>

<p>I went to a very rigorous NYC high school which was nationally ranked in the top 100 and my SAT is about ~2000 (~1400 Composite).</p>

<p>I'm majoring in economics with a double minor in law/political science. I go to the City University of New York. All of my professors know me personally and I would have no trouble getting personalized recommendations from my peers, professors, colleagues and supervisors.</p>

<p>I have 12 AP credits from my high school and am in junior standing at my college although I have only finished one academic year.</p>

<p>I have also compiled about 1000 volunteer hours from high school, in addition to about 500 from my work for directing a short documentary (40 min) of holocaust survivors from the former Soviet Union and their story. </p>

<p>The questions I have are</p>

<p>A) What colleges should I apply to?
B) What else can I do to improve my chances of going to a great school?
C) How much of a liability is it to transfer into junior year?</p>

<p>Is there any more additional information someone would like to know?
Thanks</p>

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<p>anyone?..</p>

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<p>I’d recommend doing some googling (or if you’re lazy like me you take a discerning eye to us news rankings) on which schools have the best econ. programs. Then narrow those down based on whether you think you could get in, afford to go, and are attracted to their website. I would then visit the campus to see if you like it aesthetically, as far as social life goes I don’t think there’s a good gauge for it. If it was me it wouldn’t factor into my decision at all.</p>

<p>I’d recommend schools for you but I feel like I’d be wasting letters, you brag sheet is very nice but I don’t think anyone can put a tangible value on your ec’s. You’ll want to apply to a spectrum just like out of hs but this time you need to put an added focus on why you want to go to their college. I can’t tell you what you want. Regardless, good luck and best wishes. you’ll figure it out :D</p>

<p>Edit: Oh part b) Yeah I recommend boosting that GPA even if it means cutting back on your ec’s and narrow your focus academically. It’ll making picking schools easier and you’re application will be that much more desirable.
Part c) I have no idea, maybe? But whether it is or isn’t is there really anything you can do about it</p>

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<p>Doesn’t really help much since the top econ schools are harvard, yale, upenn, stanford etc. Which ones are a reach and which are a match?</p>

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<p>Stuy? Or Bx Sci?</p>

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<p>University of Chicago have a really good econ program if I’m not mistaken.</p>

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<p>Uchicago is top 3 leading schools for sure.
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<p>NYU? They have economics majors at both their Business school and their Arts and Sciences school. Their Arts and Sciences Econ major is definitely easier to get into, but that is also a top 15 ranked program.</p>

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<p>I actually went to Brooklyn Tech. Uchicago, NYU, etc. are all good, but I’d like to know if I have a reasonable chance of getting into these schools. In addition, I really DONT want to go to NYU.</p>

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<p>I guess a better question is, what’s a match and what’s a reach?</p>

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<p>Well if you want a quality campus, NYU certainly isn’t for you. I think with your GPA and EC’s I would apply to a wide range of schools. A “match” school is a school where you’re GPA and SAT reaches the middle 50%. A “reach” school is one where even if you meet the 50%tile for GPA and SAT admissions are still going to be difficult. These schools include the ivies, MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Duke, etc. </p>

<p>I think a good match school for you would be someplace like Vassar or Colgate. ( Are you looking at any LAC’s at all?) </p>

<p>Anyways, good luck! Can you chance me as well? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1197739-transferring-nyu-need-opinions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1197739-transferring-nyu-need-opinions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks, and no I’m not looking at any LACs. I really can’t see myself going to a small college.</p>

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<p>I know what a reach and a match is. I’d like to know if there is a chance I can get into MIT, Stanford, Duke, Upenn, etc. Whether its plausible with a 3.71 and if its plausible with a 3.8 or 3.85</p>

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<p>i can tell you right now that MIT, Stanford, and Duke are going to be extremely unlikely</p>

<p>all of these schools have very low acceptance rates, like low single digits, and you are going to need a really unique quality/“hook” to have a decent chance. also, stanford accepts mainly non-traditional students. for these schools your GPA is a little bit on the low side, and so are your SAT scores. what was your highschool GPA/class rank?</p>

<p>on MIT’s admissions page, they say that they strongly recommend for transfer applicants to have completed a year of calculus and calc-based physics, in addition to a semester of chem and bio. what are the courses you have taken thus far in college?</p>

<p>also keep in mind that there are a ton of schools that fit your three criteria: quality campus, quality social life, and great academics. try to find schools that you have a decent chance of transferring to, and not simply based on USnews rankings</p>

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<p>My high school GPA was actually pretty low I think it was a 3.2 or 3.3 my class rank was actually okay…probably top 25-30%. SAT was around a 2080. </p>

<p>Here is a list of schools I am looking at in no order.</p>

<p>1) USC
2) UPenn
3) UChicago
4) Vanderbilt
5) WASHU
6) Columbia
7) Cornell
8) UMich</p>

<p>and as far as LAC, MAYBE Haverford and Weslyan</p>

<p>I will have taken Micro + Macro, Calc 1, bio, stats, etc.</p>

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<p>Anyone have an idea of not just my chances but what I can improve my chances of going there? What are some other possible schools? Also, how much of a problem is it if for example, I don’t take the cultural awareness class that USC wants, or if I’m going to try to claim anthropology is an equivalent to a study of a culture other than major european/asian ones?</p>

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<p>Taken from USC’s Transfer Brochure: </p>

<p>“Seventy-five percent of your transferable courses
should satisfy General Education or other
Core courses, or subject prerequisites for your
intended major. We do not, however, expect
you to complete all General Education courses
at your current institution, as we encourage
transfer students to take advantage of our
General Education program”</p>