64lakers

ey there

I am an aerospace engg major (classified as international student) and a physics & math minor at Texas A&M, College Station campus. I have completed 2 Physics courses, 2 maths courses and 2 engg design courses with straight As in all but made a B in ENGLISH composition, My current GPA is 3.85. I am also currently doing research in high energy physics in collaboration with CDF at A&M. I want to transfer to MIT for the same major, what are the chances of doing that in the next academic calender, by then I should have taken 2 semesters of aerospace classes too and hope to keep up my GPA. What other private colleges should I look at for the same major (stanford and caltech checked out since they don't have aero in undergrad). The main reason i want to transfer is because I feel I am not learning anything here, the courses are not challenging at all and students around score so bad that there is always a curve. Plus there are very few people whoa re worried about academics, the move to SEC should further hamper the student quality who are only worried about football and nightlife.

When I was planning to come to US i was looking at Ivy league and MIT but for some unavoidable reasons I could not even apply there by the jan 15 deadline. things got better in May 2011 and that is when I started my application and could only apply to schools with rolling admission and A&M was the best among those.

Or should I just stay and look for grad school? (i will attend grad school for sure). How good a chance will have then?

entomom

You might want to also ask your questions on the Engineering Major forum.

As far as getting into grad school from A&M, it's a well respected school, so it all depends on how you do there for gpa, LORs and research and how you do on your GREs.

It sounds like you will be a competitive transfer candidate, but with the low transfer rates at the level school you are talking about, it's impossible to predict chances.

My advice, if you really want to leave A&M, is to apply to these schools, but also include on your list some schools with higher transfer rates. I understand that as an Intl. student, FA may play a part and limit the schools that you could reasonably afford. If that's the case, there's still not harm in applying to these selective colleges and staying at A&M if none come through.