<p>Current School: Boston College (Honors Program)
Courses
PH209 (Intro Physics w/calc)- 4 credits- A
PH203 (Intro Physics Lab)- 1 credit- B+
MT202 (Multivariable Calc)- 4 credits- A
CL010 (Elementary Latin I)- 3 credits- A-
HP001-002 (Honors Program Western Cultural Traditions)- 6 credits- B+</p>
<p>GPA: 3.682</p>
<p>EC's: College Bowl, College Republicans, Society of Physics Students, Investment Club</p>
<p>High School:
GPA 98.94 W
Rank: 30/445
SAT: 2180 (790 M, 710 CR, 680 W)
ECs: 2 time all county bowling- 3rd invididually in 2006 state tournament
Empire State Games gold medal in team event, summer 2006
Quiz Bowl- made long island quarterfinals in televised Long Island Challenge quiz show
a few more but im too lazy to list them</p>
<p>what are my chances at: Chicago, Notre Dame, Cornell (CAS)</p>
<p>and i forgot to mention im applying as a physics major and i may want to choose to double major with econ or just major in econ depending on how the rest of my freshman year goes (im taking 21 credits next semester, basically the continuation of the above classes and then adding on the intro to macro class)</p>
<p>and a minor correction my gpa is actually 3.684, not that that makes any difference at all but i just noticed that i wrote it down wrong</p>
<p>I'm a bit sad to see you go, but I believe you stand a fantastic chance at those three schools. Why Chicago? That school is notorious with grade deflation, and beside the Fermi lab, I don't know what else is fun with physics at Chicago, but of course the Econ is top notch.</p>
<p>P.S.
You wouldn't happen to have Duket for HP would you? He is the only I know who would give two B+'s to students. Most prof in HP usually give B+/A- (at the lowest)for the dual grades.</p>
<p>does anyone have any other school suggestions for me as a physics/econ major that you think I could get into (matches or slight reaches i guess)</p>
<p>really? I know kids like it here but there are many other schools that they should be dying to get into more than BC. Im a physics major, and Chicago and Cornell have much larger physics departments specializing more in the area that I am more interested in. Also, the great econ department at Chicago is a factor because I may change my major to econ or add a double major. BC is basically a larger LAC, it doesnt have the same type of opportunities. also, much of the student body at BC fits that prep school stereotype, and its not the top of the prep schools for the most part either (ie rich kids who dont work that hard, because BC admissions favors private school kids). Add that to the fact that there is little diversity because of the terrible financial aid practices (its funny that we say that we are need blind), and I just dont like BC that much. I will miss the ACC sports, however.</p>
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<p>Oh what! i thought BC would hook it up!! maybe its just my friends that would die to go there since they are all catholic and hispanic lol</p>
<p>Haha. OP, you really aren't getting any love from other posters. Your bumps have been utterly unsuccessful.</p>
<p>Why are you applying to Notre Dame when you are dissatisfied with BC? They're similiar colleges, and the student bodies at the two colleges have a large amount of overlap. </p>
<p>Anyways, I probably know less about transfer admissions than you do, especially at Cornell. At UChicago and ND, I think you have good chances because both of those colleges are transfer friendly with high transfer rates. At UChicago, your essay will be very important. At ND, I would say you're in excellent shape considering your impressive stats and how transfer friendly ND is; my only concern - does applying from BC hurt you because I assume they get an unusually high amount of applicants from BC? Also, does your courseload work out with their first year core? They take that into account.</p>
<p>Well, in any case, I think you have better chances than I. I am applying for transfer admission to ND and UChicago as well, but with a 3.58 from Emory and lesser SATs.</p>
<p>Physics major, and about the Notre Dame thing, I really want to go to Chicago so if I only get into ND I might just stay at BC, but I want to give myself the option of going to Notre Dame</p>