Which colleges for me?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I applied for Fall transfer to Yale this year without really having decided that I wanted to study in the US. Yes that's right, only Yale. After being turned down following a rather lengthy waiting list proceeding, I've decided that I really do want to study in the US.</p>

<p>I'm an international student from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, with a college GPA of ~8.3 on a 1-9 scale studying Engineering Science, however if I were to transfer I would prefer to major in computer science or math. I also skipped the first year of my degree (time wise) but am catching up the course credits as I go, at the moment I have 3 semesters at 1.25 full time equivalent. </p>

<p>SAT grades were 680(W) 750(R) 720(M), no SATIIs.</p>

<p>It looks as if i'll be heading to the UK for the next couple of months to take up a research job at Imperial college and would hope to head to the US and resume studies in the spring.</p>

<p>Which (Good) colleges take spring transfers and have good financial aid policies (needs based)?</p>

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<p>Cornell comes to mind. Check some threads for a list of top schools that accept spring transfers, then narrow the list down to those that give intl students aid.</p>

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<p>Cornell Engineering does not admit spring transfers.</p>

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<p>Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences takes Spring transfers and has both, a Computer Science and a Mathematics major. </p>

<p>The downside to your situation is that most colleges (especially very competitive ones) don’t take very many Spring transfers due to availability. </p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks. Also do you know how ivies react to taking time off formal study in transfer situations. I would still be working in academia but don’t know how its seen by admissions</p>

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<p>As long as you’re being productive and gaining from it (and you explain it) it should be fine. Life experience is always a good thing, even if it’s not an education in school.</p>

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<p>Thanks stryke. I’ll definitely need financial aid (i can probably push to pay ~15000US a year) but would not do it for a crap school, and apparently cornell only offers a small minority of international applicants fin aid. Damn I really wished I had put more effort into the Yale app. Anyway are there any others that have better aid policies for internationals? Yale and Harvard I know but neither of them are taking spring transfers, Stanford only domestics and the same for MIT. ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH, my life. Damn Yale</p>

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<p>Amherst: <a href=“https://www.amherst.edu/offices/financialaid/firstyear_transfer[/url]”>https://www.amherst.edu/offices/financialaid/firstyear_transfer&lt;/a&gt; & <a href=“https://www.amherst.edu/admission/apply/transfer[/url]”>https://www.amherst.edu/admission/apply/transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Not easy to get into.</p>