Are my aspirations unrealistic?

thes1tuation
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:09:25 +0000

Hi, I’ll be a sophomore in college in the fall (Junior status however), and I am interested in transferring from my current mid-ranked state school. I feel the party scene is not for me, and I haven’t fit in too well socially. Futhermore, i’ve found the economics department rather disappointing. I’m hoping to end up on the east coast or stay in the Midwest. I hope to transfer for Spring of 2014 or Fall of 2014.

HS GPA: 3.52 (junior and senior gpa: 3.93)
ACT: 30 (E:32, M:32, R: 27, S:27)
College GPA: 3.87.
Fall Semester: Honors Chemistry (3.5) Honors Calc 2 (4.) Honors Writing (4.) Intermediate Micro(4.) Intro to biochem (4.)
Spring Semester: Multivariable Calculus (4.) Multivariable Calculs based probability (400 lvl) (4.) Intermediate Macroeconomics (4.) Physics (3.5)
Summer Semester: Linear Algebra, Programming 1, Analysis 1, and a General Ed course.
Fall 13’ Schedule: Advanced Microeconomics, Analysis 2, Ordinary Differential Equations, Econometrics, and Inorganic Chemistry.

As far as ECs go I owned a business in High School with revenues of $100,000 annually, I started my high schools FIRST Robotics club, and I was vice president of DECA. In college i’m part of the Federal Reserve Challenge, and I spent last semester doing biological modeling research and will be assisting in monetary policy research this summer.

My interests include Macroeconomics and Financial Engineering.

Anyone have any suggestions which schools would be appropriate for me to apply to and my chances? UChicago was my dream school (I was extended waitlisted) so I’ll definitely be applying there, Furthermore, I plan on applying to Columbia Financial Engineering, Penn, Middlebury, Michigan, Brown, Georgetown, and Cornell. Any suggestions on any other programs, and are any of these schools reasonable for me? I know transfer admissions are brutal…