I haven’t rowed in 2 years, unfortunately.
I have also read that if you are a first year transfer student, then high school application items are still very, very important. Also, schools should see my midterm report, so if I do better this quarter, perhaps I have a bigger chance.
I will probably apply regardless, just to see what happens.
Go ahead and apply. However, as a mom, I really think that you are idealizing these other colleges.
As for Greek life, do you realize that less than half of the students at NU are involved in Greek life? What does the other half do?
The Greek presence may seem overwhelming to you at this particular point because freshmen are rushing. Once all the talk about rush and pledging is done with, you won’t hear as much about it. Plus, isn’t there a north campus/ south campus divide when it comes to this scene? I can’t remember which is which, but IIRC, I think it is south campus that is less Greek-focused. Maybe you can try to get a dorm room down there next year. Also, your cohort who chose Greek life will be living int he houses next year. So there’s that. You won’t be seeing them as much.
No harm in trying. But it’s very unlikely. The transfer rates are very low. Cornell on paper has the highest, but that’s misleading because the Cornell contract colleges have transfer agreements with the NY community college system. So if you’re not coming out of a NY community college, the stats are very different.
But, as an Ivy grad, I can tell you that if you don’t like the social scene at NW because it’s too “fratty,” you’ll hate it even more at most of the Ivies, esp. places like Dartmouth and the other remote Ivies. For the most part, they are everything you dislike about NW, multiplied.
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College grades are the best predictors of future college performance.