pharmakeus01

Okay, this year, my plan for college is totally ruined by rejections from all of the colleges I've applied to...therefore, I decide to go to a state university for a semester or year, then seek transfer, here is my stats

I'm going to be a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park in the fall. They didn't offer me any scholarship despite my low income status, which is the primary reason why I want to transfer. Beside that, they didn't have a solid academic concentration on my favorite subjects such as anthropology and philosophy.

ACT:30
SAT:BAD
SATII MATH: 700, US His:690, and World His:740
GPA in high school, weighted:4.125
Unweighted:3.85
AP Classes taken: 10
AP Tests taken: 10

EC:
Nonviolence Club (founder and president)
Environmental club
Envirothon
Page to the Maryland general assembly
Book club
NHS

Award:
Honor roll and stuff
AP Scholar with Distinction, hoping for an AP National Scholar this year

Hook:
I'm a Chinese immigrant who came to U.S four years ago. I'm now a U.S citizen, and I have fluency in Chinese speaking, writing, and reading.

Suggest that I get a 4.0 in the first semester or a 3.9 or something in the first year at my state school, what is my chance for transferring?

SCOMathmo

Please explain what exactly the 'nonviolence club' does.

pharmakeus01

oh, speaking of the nonviolence club.
The club generally revolves around the current international issues, and the local issues deal with violence.
This year, I and kids from a local ghetto school participated in the creation of local sheriff's department's youth jury and youty council to deal with gang activites in our county.
And in the field of international issues, I participated in STAND, student against genocide, to rise student awarness towards genocide in Darfur. (but ironically, it seems that I'm the only one who cares about genocide in Darfur as no other kids want to go to a protest nor rally in washington dc) I went to a protest, and videotaped bunch of interesting stuff, including interviewing two genocide survivor, one olympic athele and stuff....

greennblue

You need to realize that less financial aid is available to transfers than to new freshmen.
While a 3.8-4.0 GPA in principle ought to make you an attractive applicant to UoC, it appears that you need to improve your English skills before you would be able to succeed there. UoC humanities students write a lot and are expected to do it very well to brilliantly.

Caillebotte

pharmakeus01: also realize that the acceptance rate for transfers is much lower than for freshmen. Last year, 11.8% of transfer applicants were admitted.

blucheese

I don't know about the grant. It used to depend on your ethnic background (Banneker Scholarship).