<p>I am currently a freshman at Rutgers University
Race: African American
MY HS GPA: 3.0 ( Top 50 high school in the nation)
ACT with writing: 26
SAT : Writing:580 Math: 520 English:660
SAT 2: Lit: 650 Hist: 560
College extracurriculars: French Club, Spanish Club, School Newspaper, Job at tutoring center helping underprivileged children
College GPA: First semester estimate 3.8
Major: English Literature </p>
<p>I plan to transfer for the fall semester of 2009. What schools out of the list below do I have a chance at getting into? Any suggestions of schools I should apply to?</p>
<p>NYU ( 31% transfer acceptance rate)( applied before and got denied)
Brown (28% transfer acceptance rate)
UPenn ( 14% transfer acceptance rate)
Johns Hopkins University ( 16% transfer acceptance rate)</p>
<p>Really hard to guesstimate chances (which I usually don’t do anyway, but… would like to help you create a good list). The SAT scores are low for all of the schools you list. The college GPA is excellent. The African American tip factor… I don’t know how to guage.</p>
<p>I would say that, if you are fine with Rutgers as a place to continue if you don’t get into the 4 listed, just go for it. Follow all guidance from the Transfer Admissions 101 thread, especially wrt essays and prof recs.</p>
<p>If you do NOT want to stay at Rutgers, you likely need some safer schools on your list.</p>
<p>As to which schools to suggest, we would need to know your criteria - location, size, atmosphere, etc.</p>
<p>Brown, UPenn, and John Hopkins will all look at your High School record if you’ve completed only one semester of college, so if you don’t get a 4.0(you’re estimating a 3.8) you really don’t have much of a chance</p>