Transferring from Stanford to Brown

supersizeme
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:36:06 +0000

Yeah seriously, count your blessings. You scored an extremely low SAT score and still got into one of the most selective schools in the world. You can’t totally write off a school before even starting your first day there, especially since you were granted an opportunity that many other, more qualified, students weren’t; give it some time and you may like Stanford after all. Even if you don’t like it, sometimes it’s just better to stick with going to one school for four years because changing schools halfway through college will mean you’d have to restart with social acquaintances-- something which could ultimately mean a hit on your GPA. Additionally, you can establish better faculty connections at a school you’ve been at for four years as opposed to 2-3 years, which could help you in getting research opportunities with Stanford faculty.

Also, you do realize you come of as extremely ungrateful by wanting to transfer to Brown even after having gotten in to Stanford with sub-par SAT I’s and II’s, right? I’m sure you’re a bright student, being valedictorian and all, but you got lucky. Make the most of this opportunity.