Chance me for transfer?

Usernameofmegan
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:13:52 +0000

Hello, everyone! Currently I attend Elon University (a nationally recognized university), but I am having to transfer next semester for financial and family reasons. I really feel like University of Delaware would be the PERFECT school for me to transfer to, but I am unsure of my chances. This will be my first time applying to UDel, and I am currently a first-semester freshman.

Here are my stats:

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended a private, Catholic high school.
GPA: 4.02 Weighted
3.9 Unweighted
SAT: 1900 (580 M, 640 CR, 680 W)
Courses: I took 5 APs (passed them all) The rest of my classes were honors levels classes, as I was a member of my school’s competitive honor program.

Extra-Curriculars/Volunteer Work:

National Honor Society, 2009-2011
Spanish Honor Society, 2009-2011
Tri-M Music Honor Society (President), 2008-2011
School Ambassadors, 2007-2011
Concert Band (Secretary), 2007-2011
Retreat Facilitator, 2008-2011
Volleyball (Captain), 2007-2011
Destination Imagination, 2007-2011
Archdiocesan Band Camp Counselor, 2010-2011
Religious Education Teacher, 2007-2009
Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra: 2009-2011
Towson University Honor Band, 2009-2010

Employment:

Rita’s Italian Ice (Managerial staff), 2010-2011
Instrumental Music Program of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 2010-2011

Awards:

Gold Honors on Honor Roll, 2007-2011
Who’s Who Among America’s High School Band Students, 2009
Presidential Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence, 2008-2011
Excellence in Instrumental Music Departmental Award, 2009-2011
Cub Spirit Award for Volleyball, 2009-2010
Most Improved Award for Volleyball, 2008
McCafferty Honors Program, 2007-2011
McCafferty Honors Scholarship, 2007-2011
Mother Mary Francis Bachmann Scholarship, 2007-2011
Excellence in Psychology Departmental Award, 2011
AP Scholar with Distinction, 2011
Noteworthy Musician Concert Band Award, 2011
John Phillip Sousa Band Award, 2011

COLLEGE:

Standing: Freshman

Attending: Elon University

Major: Psychology and English, minor in Music. I entered as a music major, though, which is why my current course load has a lot of music courses.

Current GPA: 4.0 at midterm. I still have a 4.0, but of course the colleges I applied to will not be considering my final grades at this time.

Courses:
Intro to Sociology
Global Experience (Freshman Seminar Class–required by Elon)
Small Group Communications
Contemporary Health Issues
Marching Band
Flute Ensemble
Individual Flute Instruction

Extra-curricular/Volunteer Involvements:
Elon Volunteers! Lunch Buddies Mentor, 2011-present
Elon Volunteers! Adopt-a-Grandparent, 2011-present
Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band, 2011-present
Elon University Pep Band, 2011-present
Tau Beta Sigma (Honorary Band Society), 2011-present
Elon University Flute Ensemble, 2011-present

Other details: I am a Maryland resident, which I suppose ups the competition.

I received credit for Environmental Science, English Language, English Lit, Psychology, and US Government, which means I entered college with 20 credits. I will end this semester with 37 credits at Elon.

I really appreciate you taking the time to chance me. I am extremely anxious and counting the days until I hear back from UDel (which could be as soon as this week or as far away as January).

But really, thank you!
Oh, and I apologize for any grammatical errors within the text of my post. I cracked my tooth and am on Vicodin, so as you can imagine, I am “out of it.” It took me like 5 minutes to even remember what classes I am taking this semester. haha