Chance me for Fall 23

Mwfan1921
Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:08:16 +0000

I’m not sure how a school can waitlist you twice? Did you apply out of HS and were waitlisted, and then applied for transfer as a rising soph and were waitlisted? If so, I wouldn’t apply again. If you have also previously been denied for some of the other schools on your list I would rethink spending the time and money to apply again.

lukamagic203:

I will most likely be done recruiting for IB intern positions by the time I would attend my “new” school, so I’m not really using it for the name to recruit.

Likely true, and this thread will be instructive for people who think one can only get IB jobs from T20s. Because you don’t need a more prestigious name to get the job you want out of college, I still am struggling somewhat with why you want to transfer, so on to my next comments…

lukamagic203:

My academic reasons for transferring are that my institution is very limited in class availability, and it’s been prohibiting me from being able to take my major-related ones. We’ve got a very big student population and a small number of classes, so I want to be able to study Economics and Philosophy at the best school possible to really challenge and push me. Also, I’m really interested in conducting research on Econ and my school doesn’t have many opportunities in that field.

It sounds like you are saying you want to transfer because you can’t do econ research at your current school, is that right? You are going to have to be careful in your essays to address what the new school has that you want, and that your background and experiences offer a good fit. Meaning, don’t talk about the shortcomings of your current school, because being in a school that’s as highly ranked as 185 (not kidding, that’s a top 10% school) I expect there are plenty of academically challenging classes, econ research opportunities, and econ classes there. Anywho, in your transfer apps you literally have to say things like ‘I want to do X research with Prof X because that’s exactly what I am interested in doing’, blah blah blah.

I also agree with Thumper’s points about it being easier to get classes as a junior at your current school, and transfers will pick classes last, at least for the first semester.