Chance Me: Harvard, Yale, Cornell... etc

Transfer Students
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<p>College: University of British Columbia at Vancouver, Canada (Freshman)</p>

<p>Program: Coordinated Science Program (available for 167 students with first come first serve policy during course registration; course registration time based on high school GPA: earliest one with highest GPA)</p>

<p>GPA: 91% A+ average (No 4.0 scale GPA here, over 90% = A+)</p>

<p>Rec: The one from physics prof. should be strong since I got highest in his section (94%)</p>

<p>Don’t know about the other from math prof., a graduate from U-Chicago and taught 3 years there </p>

<p>SAT: total failure…</p>

<p>Jan 2010
CR: 680 Math: 740 WR: 680
Total: 1420/2100
*Usually 2300+ on practice tests but insomnia and panic attack on test date :(</p>

<p>High school: </p>

<p>a public high school with an special art program
Average: about 90% don’t remember</p>

<p>EC:
Varsity basketball in high school
Varsity swim; 3rd and 4th in municipal meet and 7th in provincial meet
Various volunteering (Big Brothers, Tutoring, Refereeing and Coaching basketball at community center)
Head delegate in 2010 UBC Model United Nation
Student government and co-founder of a special interest group before immigrating to Canada (grade 10 in China)</p>

<p>Other:
decent portfolio demonstrating art skill (drawings, paintings, architectural models and photographs)</p>

<p>Colleges transferring to:</p>

<p>Harvard *
Yale*
*Probably shouldn’t waste the application fee…</p>

<p>MIT (no SAT II so don’t know if I can apply or not)</p>

<p>UPenn (CAS)
Columbia (College)
Cornell (Arts and Science)
Brown
U Chicago
U Washington in St. Louis
Northwestern</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>[MIT</a> Transfer Admissions](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/admissions/transfer/about.html#q6]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/admissions/transfer/about.html#q6)</p>

<p>You can apply, but it would be a waste of time and money.</p>

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<p>thanks for such confirmation</p>

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<p>hey</p>

<p>i’m thinking about transferring out of UBC to universities in the States as well. How is the applying process going for you?</p>

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<p>I don’t mean to nitpick or anything, but it looks like the calculation for your SAT is off. With those numbers it should be 2100, not 1420. 2100 is still a pretty good score, and well above average.</p>

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<p>@tsakashvili
he did write 2100. it was 1420 out of 1600 and 2100 out of 2400</p>