min9309

Hello. I'm Freshman in UCLA and need your help to find schools.
I want to study Art History or IR(International Relations) as a major and
my dream schools are now Wellesley and Barnard. I also think about NYU as
an art history major... Please chance me!

Status : International student (non-financial aid)
School : UCLA
Major : Pre - IDS(International Development Studies)
minor : think about art history or Chinese.

High School GPA : about 3.5 (but only for two years. I went to another school in Korea that didn't have American GPA system..however my score was on the upward tendency)
SAT : 2100 (600/800/700)
SAT2 : Math2 / Japanese / Chinese

Available Languages : Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, French (unfortunately French is only for reading writing & listening)

ECs:
(Secondary School)
-Participate Art Exhibition (Asian art)
-School Orchestra (First Clarinet)
-Editor in School magazine (leader at last year)
-Campaign for Environment (leader - I started)
-Volunteer activities in hospital
-Librarian work
-Teaching Assistant work in high school (well, my school had such kind of system)
-Teaching part time job (English & Japanese)
-Volunteer translating work in organization for help kids in troubled region
-MUN
-MG20
-Sports athlete (sprinter) - won bronze medal
-A few writing awards (contest for students - about 7 awards)
(Except part time job / MUN / MG20, others are at least for 2 years)

(Freshman now)
-French Language Club
-Japanese culture club
-Organization for Rights for North Korea


Classes in this quarter : Modern History, History seminar about 16th century, Geography, and 'practice discussion class' for foreign students.

If I get a good college GPA, does it possible to get into those schools?
(Wellesley - IR major, Barnard - Art History major, NYU - Art History major<maybe>)
Also, I want to hear some school recommendations from you But I prefer schools in Boston or NYC.

blueeeish

Hi! Nice to meet you. I'm also a student from South Korea who wants to transfer. If you get 3.8+ gpa and write compelling essays, I think you have good chances on Barnard and NYU. Wellesley might be hard but just try to get good freshmen gpa. Nothing is impossible.

Schools like Vanderbilt and USC have high transfer rates. If you are looking for schools in NYC or Boston, what about Tufts? It has some good IR programs. Wish you all the luck!

min9309

Hi. Thank you for your response I didn't think about Tufts but now I started to research.
If you don't mind, can I ask when will you ask for your letters of recommendation..? I really have no idea that before winter break is better or after is better..

Anyway, again, Thank you for your responseXD Good Luck to all of us!

kkb319

Hey, I am also a South Korean Freshman at UCLA who is trying to transfer.
I think that the most important thing in transfer admissions is your essay. You need a compelling reason as to why you want to transfer in addition to GPA, extracurricular, etc.

For the letter of recs I would ask before winter break (before finals).