brown transfer

cmlym91 · 10-23-2009, 10:49 PM

Hi everybody,

I am currently a freshman at a private university in PA.
My tentative GPA is a 3.83.

EC's : i am a varsity cross country/track and field runner (the program is division one) and i am involved in the college democrats student organization. i am also holding a work study job in the foreign exchange program. ( i also have a whole slew of ec's from high school such as captain of xc and track teams, all kinds of running mvp awards including local and state recognition, student body representative, national honor society, ap scholar etc.)

My sats from high school are as follows:
CR - 740
Math - 710
Writing - 700 and i am retaking them along with the ACT.

i am also confident that i can write an exceptional essay.

I attended a very competitive private high school that did not release class rankings.

the only thing that could hold me back is my high school GPA, it is somewhere around a 3.2. (but my grades have been on a steady incline since sophomore year, climaxing this year and i hear schools like to see a positive trend)

The college I go to now does not have a strong concentration in the major I would like to pursue and I am definitely transferring. I was wondering if anybody could project my chances for me and also tell me whether or not it would be better for my chances to apply as a sophomore transfer or to apply in the freshman pool.

also, my uncle went to brown, dont know if this helps??

thank you so much for any help you can give

fireandrain · 10-24-2009, 12:58 AM

I think you have to apply as a freshman, no choice there.

I don't believe that uncle is considered a legacy connection.

It's hard to give chances for transfers - the numbers and percentages accepted vary from year to year.

al6200 · 10-24-2009, 01:23 AM

I don't know about the numbers varying that much. According to College Board, Brown accepts 12% of transfers applicants and 14% of freshmen applicants - not a huge difference.

fireandrain · 10-24-2009, 02:10 AM

The total number of transfers accepted and the percentage accepted varies from one year to the next -- as in, one year 12 may be accepted out of 200, another year 50 out of 100. I'm not comparing transfer acceptances to freshmen acceptances.

cmlym91 · 10-24-2009, 04:04 PM

great, thank you. so what do you think my chances are? does my success at the college level discount my relatively low secondary school gpa? do i have any chance at all?

NapoleonInRags · 10-31-2009, 03:46 PM

They primarily look at your college transcript, and your gpa is very high, so yes you have a chance. the reality is that the longer you stay building a solid college transcript, the less consideration your high school transcript will be given. However, how much longer do you really want to stay where you are?

fireandrain is incorrect in saying you have to apply now, but you probably should.

admissions does vary widely every year, and collegeboard is often wrong in its statistics on something like this. you also have to consider that the applicant pool will be decidedly stronger for transfer admission.

If you have need, remember that transfer admissions is NOT need-blind.