worth a chance?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi everyone, I am a cc student at NJ. I major in engineering science (currently it's general), but planning on transferring to a biomedical engineering program.
My stats:
GPA: 4.0 with a very vigorous load, I have completed in 3 semesters 2 classes of calculus based physics(reached maximm level), calc I through calc III, 2 classes of biology for scientists, 2 classes of inorganic chemistry for engineers, eco micro/macro, psychology, CAD, writing composition 1 and 2, programming class(c++), and statics (engineering class). Which brings me over to approximately 60 credits.
However, my ECs are very weak: PHI THETA KAPPA member, member of the international club and member of the math honor society in my college. Thats about it. I had few more ec's in high school but since it wasn't in the united states i doubt i should write them (maybe I'm wrong, can someone coment about that).
my SAT situation is not so great either. I havn't taken it at all. I was never required to do SAT since i graduated high school outside the usa and went straight to CC. However, I do plan to do them. My estimated score is MATH around 720 (math is the strong side) VERB not more then 600, since my native language is not english. However, I am studying vigourously those damn vocabulaty flash cards, which are my weak side.
Of course as everyone in this forum I would like to transfer to the best school I possibly can. I narrowed my options down to the following: BU, carngie, case western, columbia, drexeland rutgers(obviously a safty), WU-S.louis, vanderbilt, duke JHO, NCU, northwestern, syracuse, rochester, U of wisconsin-madison.( I know, not much of a narrowing).
Now finally my question: what do you think are my chances in getting in to the above universities (emphasize on northwestern,duke, JHO, WU, UW-madison and vanderbilt). Also, does it worth the trouble of taking the SAT in order to try and apply to those schools that require them. By worth the trouble I mean whether I have a REAL shot in getting in with my stats and my predictable SAT scores or is it just a reach. </p>

<p>Thank you for reading this far. I will appriciate any help I can get.</p>

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<p>Forgot to metion i am a permanent resident not int. student.
Also i forgot to add to my ec's that I was am microsoft certified pro since i was 15.</p>

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<p>Looks good. May I recommend applying to Bucknell University. Their biomedical engineering program is one of the best. Also, go for Cornell. I think the next issue is your standardized test scores. Take the SAT 1 and do good and you should be fine.</p>

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<p>I would appriciate for opinions. No one else wants to comment?</p>

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<p>bumping it up.</p>

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<p>In order to better assess your situation, one would have to find out whether you are planning on sending transfer applications to competitive schools such as Harvard, Yale, UPenn etc. If so, I would venture a guess at saying that you would need to take the SATs, possibly the SAT IIs as well as handing in a copy of TOEFL as required by other colleges. You should visit the individual website of each school that you plan on sending a transfer application to, as their testing requirements vary. Some schools that aren't in the top 50 may not even require that you submit any standardized tests, as they will base your possible admissions entirely on the work completed at your community college as well as your letters of recommendation. Once again, I'm stressing that you visit each schools website or call those in charge of admissions at the various schools you seek to gain admission to and ask about their testing policies for students with more than a year of college work attained.</p>