Spring Classes for a Transfer Student: Help Much Appreciated!

WMStudent19
Fri, 29 Jan 2016 01:55:02 +0000

I’m currently hoping to transfer to Columbia, Wharton, Duke, Dartmouth, and Georgetown. I understand that all of these schools have REALLY low transfer acceptance rates, but I believe I’m a strong candidate (4.8+ high school GPA, valedictorian, strong SAT scores, current institution is top 40 overall/top ten public, and 3.8+ college GPA). Anyway, I’m thinking about taking an upper-level course in economics (one that typically only juniors and seniors take; course number: ECON 400) during my spring semester, but since the Common App only shows these courses to my transfer schools on the Mid-Term College Report, will taking a rigorous course help me all that much? The Mid-Term College Report only includes course title/department, course number, credits, current grade, and instructor comments, which is why I’m worried it won’t be of much help. I want to work smart, instead of mindlessly working hard.