<p>Hello everyone, I would really appreciate your thoughts on my junior transfer chances:</p>
<p>I am currently at UNC Chapel Hill and am applying to:</p>
<p>Cornell
Duke
Dartmouth
Brown
UPenn (Wharton)</p>
<p>HS GPA: 3.8 (unweighted) - International HS, I am an international student.
SAT: 1850/2400 - I understand this is SUB PAR, but I am taking the SAT again in January and hope to raise scores at least 200 points. </p>
<p>UNC GPA: 3.79*
* I got a B in philosophy 101, but I had maintained an A average until the final exam a few days before which I found out that two close friends passed away in a car accident...but the B is what it is. Everything else on my transcript is an A/A-. </p>
<p>UNC ECs:
1. Board of Directors of the school newspaper - deal with the budget, manage brokerage portfolio and other finances of the paper
2. Student Congress Fee Audit Committee - evaluate any proposed increases in student tuition and audit the books of anyone club who is asking for more funds
3. Investment Club - Use a piece of software used by wall street firms to research stocks in the club's portfolio and recommend what to do
4. Computer tech (my job) - provide on site technical support to hall residents</p>
<p>I also have a relevant internship in accounting and finance my freshman summer. My proposed major would be finance for Wharton, econ for the others. </p>
<p>I am sure I would be able to get a stellar recommendation from my sociology 101 graduate student who is teaching it, and a stellar recommendation from a professor I took two history classes with. He has his PhD but is currently only a lecturer at the university for personal reasons. If this will not work I can get a good recommendation from my intermediate macro econ professor. </p>
<p>most of these schools seem to be medium to high reaches for you...those sat scores are VERY low even if you are able to increase them by a couple hundred points...retaking sat scores in college are rarely looked well upon either</p>
<p>you might have a shot at a few of those schools, but if you really want to get out of UNC i suggest you lower your expectations a bit</p>
<p>I disagree, dufflebagjesus doesn't realize how hard it is to get a 3.8 GPA at UNC, I think you have a great shot at transferring to Cornell, Duke, and UPenn</p>
<p>but Dartmouth and Brown don't take anyone for transfer so those are definitely high reaches</p>
<p>once you complete about 50+ credits SAT's don't matter anymore and UNC is a prestigious school so your 3.8 college GPA will weigh heavily</p>
<p>i never once said anything about his gpa nor do i deny how hard it is to do well at unc...i should know, my cousin is a junior there, please think twice before asserting that "i don't understand" something, as it may make you look foolish</p>
<p>his gpa at a reputable school would put likely put him in the range for accepted applicants to the ivies and duke, however his sat's are about 200-300 points lower than most competitive applicants...while they certainly matter less than they would for a freshman applicant or somebody applying earlier on in her/his college experience, to say that your sat's "don't matter" is a completely baseless assertion...</p>
<p>Keep in mind, Wharton is a reach for anybody - transfer rate is 12%, so having business/work experience helps.
I think you have a shot at Cornell. Keep in mind, it doesn't matter what we say - do your best and try hard.</p>
<p>And the others on that list aren't difficult? Duke has a lower acceptance percentage than every other school on the list. Yes, lower than both dartmouth and brown.</p>
<p>For Wharton, and I'd imagine the others too, a rec from a 101 prof will not fly. They will want meaningful references from profs in your key area of study. Entering Wharton as a junior will be extremely hard. Hopefully you've taken all the pre reqs at UNC's business school.</p>
<p>I didn't say the others weren't difficult either I just feel he has a chance at those schools, Duke and UPenn are also very difficult to transfer to, but Cornell is more accepting.</p>
<p>hmom5 - I was wondering the same thing. I've taken the pre reqs, but accounting and stats are both huge lecture halls of 300-400 people. That said, I can get one rec from an ECON 420 professor, the other one I'll have to figure out.</p>
<p>A question about recs: I'm applying to Brown. I took a first year seminar with a prominent professor who graduated from Brown. The professor in question has is well respected in her field and has a couple patents etc. BUT the class was for a first year seminar. Should I still get a rec from her when applying to Brown?</p>