What should I be doing with my time?

Transfer Students
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<p>I’m a current freshman at the University of Miami. I had previous offers at Rice University and Northwestern, but turned them down because of a full scholarship here.
I applied as a high school senior to other schools including Harvard, Yale, as well as several other Ivy leagues. I was waitlisted by Harvard and Yale, and rejected by Princeton, Columbia, and Brown.</p>

<p>I am unhappy at my current institution because I believe there is limited opportunity for intellectual stimulation at UM. The schools I am considering to apply to are Stanford and Penn, but mostly because I had not previously applied to them. I am also reapplying to Harvard and Yale as I was waitlisted and believe I might be given a second chance.</p>

<p>I was informed that one of the reasons I had not gotten into any top ten schools was because although I had plenty of achievements in high school, I simply needed to have achieved more.</p>

<p>My questions for CC members are:</p>

<p>(1) How does having applied to a school affect one’s chances of getting in the second time?
(2) In order to prepare for my transfer application, what sort of extracurriculars should I be doing? How, as a freshman, can I achieve honors or win awards?
(3) How do I convince a school that I am not interested in them solely because of their name?</p>

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<li>Here are some thoughts from the YDN:</li>
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<p>[Some</a> see second shot in transfers | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2006/11/08/some-see-second-shot-in-transfers/]Some”>Some see second shot in transfers - Yale Daily News)</p>

<p>However, there is one thing this article that I know isn’t true (a significant number of CC students transferring to Y), so who knows how much is really accurate.</p>

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<li><p>Transfer admissions doesn’t really differ from fr admissions, there’s no set of ECs, it depends on your interests. Since you have a full scholarship at UMiami, you’re at the top of your cohort academically, that should help open up opportunities for awards, research, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>By telling them the truth? If you have a reason other than name, then you should be able to articulate it.</p></li>
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<p>your GPA needs to be near-perfect, etc., but kk</p>