Transfer Chances

VaishS
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 03:41:29 +0000

Hello! Chance mes are kinda pointless especialy at this point when everything is done and sent. I got rejected from all of the schools I wanted to go to as a senior so I guess Im just super nervous. I tried to go back and look for weaknesses and fix those (ex. A in Ochem to make up for B in AP Chem) but idk. Any honest comments or thoughts regarding my app are welcome!!

Applied to Penn, Brown, Cornell, JHU, Northwestern, Vanderbilt
Penn is by far my top choice. I was deferred when I appled ED as a senior (idk if that would matter)

Currently part of a 6-year BS/MD (2 year undergrad/4 year med)
GPA: 4.00 (intro premed type classes- physics, bio, organic chem, biomedical ethics, etc)

HS GPA: 4.6 I think (a couple Bs in AP Chem and AP Calc)
ACT: 35
SAT: 2220/2400
SAT2: 700 Bio, 720 Lit, 720 Math2

Extra Curriculars:
High school
-3 Year Tennis
-Founder and President of JSA club
-Founder and President of Dance club
-Officer of a leadership club at my school (Jaguar Ambassadors)
-Chairperson of Pennies for Patients (raised $5,000 for cancer patients with financial needs)
-400+ Volunteer Hours at Local Hospital & Temple
-Research Internship at local hospital (did very well at science fairs using the research I did here)
-Raised a $7,500 to help build a school in an Indian village and helped set up curriculum
-AP Scholar w/ Distinction
-National Merit Semifinalist (223 in Ohio)
-Science fair awards previously mentioned

College
-Univeristy Hearing Board (hearings for misconduct cases)
-Phi Delta Epsilon (Pre-med co-ed frat)
-An inner city tutoring club
-research
-President’s List

My midyear report was good, all As

Recs should be good

My reason for wanting to transfer is wanting more than 2 years for undergrad and to study more diverse classes- idk if colleges will look at that as a strong enough reason