<p>“Which probably explains their approximate 1 in 10 acceptance rate”</p>
<p>Or even less in some cases.</p>
<p>haha andale its probably about moving up the ladder in some way or another 9.9 out of 10 times</p>
<p>lol @ easy</p>
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<p>That may be so. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to be that same 1 person, who genuinely wants to transfer for the good of ALL MANKIND, that’s going to get the acceptance. It will probably go to the person who could lie about about benefiting mankind. lol</p>
<p>is this a good reason for explaining a bad hs record and a reason for transfer?</p>
<p>In high school I became involved in hardcore scientific research at RPI. I was so interested and involved in performing the research that I was doing that I overlooked my responsibilities in school. However my sacrifice was not in vain, because I have designed an inhibitor that can stop cholera (a deadly disease) and it has been published in one of Europe’s most prestigeous scientific journals. I hope to transfer into your esteemed institution because I would like to further my research horizons with the great oppertunities available at X (and then talk about the specifics). </p>
<p>Since I am not in college yet do you guys think that my top two choices (Cornell and JHU) will accept that as an excuse for my hs record? If I prove to them that I have a really good college record with significant research involvement that could work right (in addition to ec’s, recs, and the other stuff…)?</p>
<p>I have no idea. </p>
<p>Why wouldn’t the same thing happen in college?</p>
<p>I mean no offense, I just wonder if that was part of the explanation you neglected to post.</p>
<p>Hmm…I don’t know.</p>
<p>You need a reason that’s for sure but it doesn’t have to be a life altering story that more often than not is complete bs. It can be as simple as “I prefer curriculum X to curriculum Y”. Or the straight forward “more opportunities”. </p>
<p>Basically you need something, but as long as you don’t put ‘Prestige’ then anything is fine. You just need to formulate it right and not come off as an ivy chaser. Worked for me.</p>
<p>YES! exactly andale</p>
<p>boston college had a 4 percent transfer rate this semester for instance</p>
<p>I laugh at this thread
hah</p>
<p>“Most Ivy stickers are on Volvo station wagons…AND crappy cars”</p>
<p>I’m not even sure how a person could begin to make a statement so baseless as that.</p>
<p>ok, but to let you guys know this isn’t bs. This is what actually happened and this is why my grades are the way they are and this is what I used in my college essays.</p>
<p>So undisclosed, I should eliminate all the personal incidents and acheivments and just focus on the research oppertunities available? I mean that seems to be a good reason to transfer but is the heavy research involvement a good reason for explaining the hs record?</p>
<p>did you have a crappy hs record? if so what was your essay about?</p>
<p>As to Bourne’s point, yea I guess the same thing could happen in college, but if I have a good record with research involvement it would be offset right? I could prove I can do both well?</p>
<p>I had a 98% average in HS (British A Levels) with all As in 6 subjects. In my IGCSEs, I was top in the world in Math and Chemistry and Top in East Africa in IT and Further math.Currently I have a 4.0 GPA in McGill University. I am a freshman and I am a teaching assistant, and deeply involved in the research in the engineering dept here in McGill. I would say my essays were pretty good… I got decent scores on my SAT (2400 on the subject tests and 2150 on the SAT Is) and my recommendations were very good. I am also a pianist, and have completed my grade 8 at the ABRSM london. I applied for transfer to Ivy US institutions and oriented my application around research and I got rejected from every institution i applied to… just so you know…</p>
<p>^^^2 schools, Stanford and MIT, those are very long odds for anyone.</p>