michaelungerrr

I'm transferring from Gannon University, a small private catholic university in Erie,PA to George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs:
(Also just for interest, would I be able to get into to any of the following schools?:

Yale
Georgetown
Columbia
University of Chicago
UC Berkeley
UF
NYU

Major International Business/Affairs; minor Chinese

COLLEGE:Freshman applying with 24 credits in January; hopefully 45 by end of the year.
Projected GPA Semester 1: 4.0; probable (3.88 Worst Case Scenario)
Family Income: $53,000 (EFC around $3700)
White Male
Visiting/Interview at GWU November 14th
Recommendations- High School Superintendent, HS Principal, Gannon's Service Learning Volunteer Campus Coordinator,HS Academic Decathlon Coach
-All VERY Strong.

Co-Curricular
Habitat for Humanity-Very Active,attended National Conference in Chicago with campus executive board,volunteering in Indonesia, interviewed for event by local news.
Student Government Freshman Representative-Leadership Development Committee,Homecoming,GUTS (School Spirit),Library Renovation Committee

Volunteer Service:
Habitat for Humanity Local Construction
St. Joseph’s Retirement Center
Accepted for Mission Trip to New Orleans Service Learning (February 2010)
Accepted for Habitat for Humanity Indonesia (May 22- June 6 2010)
Conversation Partner with International Student (From China)


HIGH SCHOOL: Moniteau (small, rural, poor public school; class size 133)
(FYR best college attended from my class; one student Penn State Main)
GPA: 3.56/4.0
Honors/AP: AP Biology (2),AP US History (2) [School only offered 5]
Honors English 9-11
Honors Math 9-10
SAT: 1050 (RETAKING December)
ACT: N/A (TAKING December)
SAT2: Debating whether to take in January

Extracurricular:
Creepers and Crawlers (Animal Care)
Marching ,Pep,Jazz,Honors Kent State & Grove City Bands
-(Drumline Captain Junior & Senior Year)
Student Council (Senior Representative)
Cross Country (Lettered)
Academic Decathlon (Captain Senior Year)
Academic Sports League (Captain Senior Year)
Musical Productions
National Honors Society
St. Louis Youth Group
Participated in World Youth Day 2007; Sydney, Australia

Volunteer Service:
Creepers & Crawlers caring for animals (about 120 hours)
TASOW (The Awesome Spirit of Wildlife); Presented Animals
Co-Organized a Reptile Exposition
Church Youth Group with Elderly Home; sending letters/ baked goods

Awards:
Principal’s Honor’s Award
Honor Roll Four Years
Best Dressed Senior 2009
Academic Decathlon/Academic Sports League Medals (around 25)
-Highest Scoring Student on team Junior Year
-Number 3 Varsity Small School in State Junior Year
-Participation in Small School Nationals USAD 2009, team number 1 in state.

I'm wondering what I need to bring my SAT/ACTs up to, whether I should take my SAT2s, and how they will act towards my financial situation.
Thanks

michaelungerrr

bump^^^^^^

michaelungerrr

anyone????

entomom

As a soph transfer, it's very difficult to transfer 'up' as you will be assessed on mostly your HS record (gpa and course rigor) and test scores since you will only have completed 1 semester/qt of college (see the sticky thread Transfer Admissions 101).

All of the LORs you list are from either HS and non-academic people, I assume you have 2 LORs from profs/TAs?

While SAT scores are often less important for jr transfers, they are still very important for soph transfers and likely are always important for transfers to top schools like Y, GT, C (not GS), UChicago and UCB. To get an idea of how high score should be, go to the College Board website and use their College Search function. They give 25:75 SAT ranges for each school for fr admissions. And recognize that transfer acceptance rates are generally lower than for fr admissions.

While your EFC is low, if you are an OOS student at a Public school, you are very likely to get no FA.

michaelungerrr

No financial aid from the most expensive/generous school in the nation?I doubt that. what does OOS even mean?

missamericanpie

NYU won't give you much money at all. We have awful fin aid and even worse aid for transfer students.

OOS means out of state.

michaelungerrr

thanks, NYU was an idea; GWU is my goal for transferring though

entomom

Note the Public school part of my comment, ie. UCB & UF.

If you don't believe that it's difficult/impossible to get FA from a public U as an OOS student, particularly in the current financial climate, do a search or start a thread on the FA & Scholarship forum and see what kind of replies you get.

michaelungerrr

i'll find out when i apply, ones of the purposes of this thread.

snorlaxative

You have the greatest chance of GWU over many of these schools

bluebayou

Berkeley will not accept Soph transfers, unless you were accepted as a Frosh (and chose to go elsewhere). UC also has horrible finaid for OOS.

michaelungerrr

thanks, the other chances again were just a thought GW is the best school for what I want thats the only one im really concerned about transferring to

michaelungerrr

i guess one of my main questions is HOW much harder is Georgetown than GWU?

flowerhead

Georgetown is much harder.

entomom

Go to the CB College Search function and look up the transfer rates and fr 25:75 test ranges for those schools. You will quickly see the difference in selectivity.