Chance me for MIT, Columbia, Stanford, Duke Transfer?

Transfer Students
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<p>Just wanted to have general opinion of what my chances are for transferring to MIT.</p>

<p>SAT: 2210 (super scored would be 2250)
SAT Math 2: 800, SAT Physics: 800</p>

<p>College: University of Texas at Austin
College Major: Chemical Engineering
GPA : 4.00 </p>

<p>1st semester: 19 credits, 2nd: 22, 3rd: 22 current semester: 19</p>

<p>*Research: </p>

<ol>
<li> 3 semesters of research at UT Austin’s Chemical Engineering Laboratory</li>
<li> Submission of 1st and 2nd author publication</li>
<li> 3 Abstracts, Attended 4 conferences (@ UT Austin, UC Berkeley, CalTech, and Princeton), First Author on 4 Posters</li>
<li> Participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Princeton University for 12 weeks (46 hours/week)</li>
<li> Worked as a research intern in a BME Lab at UTD for 1.5 years in high school. </li>
</ol>

<p>*Jobs:</p>

<ol>
<li> Undergraduate Research Assistant (20 hours/week) for 3 Semesters</li>
<li> Paid Undergraduate Learning Assistant (Occasionally as a TA) (6 hours/week)</li>
<li> Paid Academic Tutor in Chemistry, Physics, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra topics (6 hours/ week) for 2 semesters</li>
<li> Worked as a Paid Library Receptionist at the circulation desk (12 hours/week) for 2 semesters</li>
<li> EMT Certified and work as a part time EMT (3 – 12 hour shifts/month) for 2 semesters</li>
<li> Worked at Chic-Fil-A as a cashier for 1.5 years in high school (20 hours/week)</li>
<li> Worked at Kumon for 4 years in high school as an algebra tutor and worksheet grader (8 hours/week)</li>
</ol>

<p>*Volunteer Work: </p>

<ol>
<li> Volunteered abroad in India for 5 months ( 2 summers) as a student test taker/ laboratory experimenter for physically disabled children in the underserved city of Zaragumulli</li>
<li> Volunteer at the local hospice unit in Austin, TX (5 hours/week)</li>
<li> Volunteered in high school as a member of the National Honor Society and Key Club( ~15 hours/month)</li>
</ol>

<p>*Clubs</p>

<ol>
<li>Chess Club </li>
<li>Co-founder of Active Minds</li>
<li>Intramural Basketball at UT Austin</li>
<li>Habitat for Humanity </li>
</ol>

<p>*Awards: </p>

<ol>
<li> Awarded numerous summer research fellowships @ Johns Hopkins, Baylor College of Medicine, Sloan – Kettering, CalTech, Princeton, Harvard.</li>
<li> Best Oral Presentation at Princeton’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program</li>
<li> Dean’s List for all 3 semesters</li>
<li> USAPhO and USNCO semifinalist as a senior in high school</li>
<li> AIME Qualifier as a senior in high school</li>
</ol>

<p>I also applied for Columbia, Stanford, UC berkeley, and Duke</p>

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<p>By the way here was my course load at UT Austin (I got straight As)</p>

<p>Frosh - Semester 1:</p>

<ol>
<li> Engineering Physics I (3)</li>
<li> Eng. Physics I Lab (1)</li>
<li> Principles of Chemistry II (3)</li>
<li> Chem. II Lab (1)</li>
<li> General Biology I (3)</li>
<li> Multivariable Calculus (4)</li>
<li> Introduction to Chemical Practice (2)</li>
<li> Introduction to Computing (2)

TC: 19</li>
</ol>

<p>Frosh - Semester 2:</p>

<ol>
<li> Engineering Physics II (3)</li>
<li> Eng. Physics II Lab (1)</li>
<li> Organic Chemistry I (3)</li>
<li> Org. Chem I Lab (1)</li>
<li> General Biology II (3)</li>
<li> Gen. Bio I Lab (1)</li>
<li> Differential Equations (4)</li>
<li> Linear Algebra (3)</li>
<li> 1st Year Signature Course (3) <---- this course wouldn’t hold any value

TC: 22</li>
</ol>

<p>Soph – Semester 3:</p>

<ol>
<li> Organic Chemistry II (3)</li>
<li> Org. Chem II (1)</li>
<li> Physical Chemistry (3)</li>
<li> Physical Chemistry Lab (1)</li>
<li> Principles of Chemistry I (3)</li>
<li> Chem. I Lab (1)</li>
<li> Gen. Bio II Lab (1)</li>
<li> Biostatistics (3)</li>
<li> Partial Differential Equations (3)</li>
<li>Intro to Chemical Engineering Analysis (3)

TC: 22</li>
</ol>

<p>This Semester: (Expecting All As?)</p>

<p>Soph – Semester 4:</p>

<ol>
<li> Biochemistry I (3)</li>
<li> Biochem. Lab I (1)</li>
<li> Transport Phenomena (3)</li>
<li> Genetics (3)</li>
<li> Biopsychology (3)</li>
<li> Masterworks of Literature (3)</li>
<li> Intermediate Expository Writing (3)</li>
</ol>

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<p>I would also like to mention that I had excellent rec letters from my PI and my profs</p>

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<p>I have to ask, how did you not get into a better school than UT-Austin initially? Your schedule has been absolutely insane, and that’s coming from a former Carnegie Mellon engineering student. </p>

<p>I can assure that your 4.0 coursework alone puts you in the top 1% of engineering students, let alone research/ec’s.</p>

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<p>Thank you! The reason I didn’t get into a better school was because I was an extremely bad/lazy student in high school. I graduated with around a 3.1 GPA and was ranked around the top (~23%) of my class. Honestly, I was so thankful I even got into UT Austin considering that it uses the top 8% rule. I changed my life around and dedicated myself to my education after graduating hs and this is where I am at 3 semesters later. I always wanted to go to MIT and I had pretty good ECs in high school…just not the best GPA :(</p>

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<p>That’s awesome! I like the Chic-Fil-A.</p>

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<p>I’m applying to the same schools, and hopefully we meet some day!</p>

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<p>You’re finished with your 3.1 high school GPA to put it bluntly. More emphasis is given on that than your first semester college grades.</p>

<p>These places have 3-4% transfer acceptance rates with the exception of MIT. You need to be strong all around.</p>

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<p>You should apply as a junior, you would be a lot stronger</p>

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<p>He is applying as a junior…</p>

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<p>i don’t think they will really care about your high school gpa … your sat maybe but your university grades are stellar so hopefully you get in ! =]</p>

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<p>They won’t really care about SAT either, only college which is te area he’s phenomenal in.</p>

<p>Am I reading correctly that you take 10 classes per semester? What’s up with that? That’s not even allowed at my university.</p>

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<p>The maximum number of classes one can take at our university in a single semester is 15. I really I hope I can get into MIT; I worked so hard just to get to this stage :(</p>

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<p>MIT is the only one you have a real chance at getting into IMHO. Duke, for instance, is not as good as MIT but it’s transfer acceptance rate is in the range of 2%!</p>

<p>Are your classes structured differently or something? It wouldn’t be physically possible to take 10 classes where I go haha.
Edit: It’s because they count your labs as classes; I wasn’t looking. They don’t do that here for some bizarre reason.</p>

<p>Still, looks like a tough schedule!</p>

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<p>Thank you! Honestly, UT Austin is a great school. If I don’t get into any of those schools mentioned above^… then I rather stay here and finish my degree and apply to the top schools for graduate school. Can anyone else comment their opinion?</p>

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<p>Anyone else’s opinion is greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>Really a crapshoot for everyone. Wait until May.</p>

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<p>You have a good chance at columbia maybe, but the others have no true rhyme or reason in accepting. Also, i think you’re huge workload might not be helpign your chances considering you would go in with a Ton of credits from another university. ionno though. good luck</p>