Worth applying as a transfer from Emory?

Twixasdf
Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:26:12 +0000

I did decently well first-semester freshman year, ending with a 3.89. I’ve been enjoying it a lot here socially and I would probably only dislike it socially if I don’t get into the fraternity I want to during rush next semester. The lack of school spirit here or any sort of camaraderie has honestly been pretty depressing, though. It would suck ALOT to have to leave all my close friends and start over somewhere else.

Also, although I have been doing well in a lot of pre-med classes, I think I would prefer to study Finance/Business instead. The Finance OCR at Emory is pretty meh, so transferring to more of a target could definitely help me out a lot.

Extracurricular wise, I’ve honestly been kind of meh. It’s only been first semester so I’ve been trying to adjust a bit better. A lot of clubs here are hyper-competitive so it’s been kinda rough to be super involved. Honestly, I’m probably going to try to join entirely different clubs in the Spring bc the EC’s I’m in rn haven’t been that great for me.
All that I’ve done:

Wrote articles on the school paper ( thinking about quitting )

Research Head of a Social Entrepeneurship Org.

Part of a Social Entrepreneurship fellowship in which we are trained leadership / fundamentals of starting a business.

High School Stats:
3.75 GPA Top 10%
2230 SAT
EC’s: Philosophy Club President, Co-founder and president of a Flower and Card distribution organisation, debate captain, and head activities director of a boys group

Schools I’m interested in: A bunch of these are just schools I’m applying to just to see if I can get in.
Penn CAS - Philosophy, Politics, Economics ( Would definitely go if I got in )
Duke Trinity - Econ/Philosophy ( Would probably go if I got in )
Columbia CAS - Econ/Philosophy ( Would probably go if I got in )
Brown - Econ/Philosophy ( Not sure if I would go )
Cornell CAS - Dyson AEM ( Not sure if I would go b/c ithaca )
Northwestern CAS - Econ/Philosophy ( Probably wouldn’t go for personal reasons )
Stanford Econ/Philosophy ( Would 200% go if I got in )

IDK, is it even worth applying? Looking at past transfer threads for specific schools, most admits had amazing stories, were athletes, or at least had a 3.95+ GPA. Also the acceptance rates were ridiculously low. I did well freshman year, but not THAT well. But a lot of people tell me I’m smart or something lol

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