How difficult is transferring into an IB target/semi-target school?
I'm currently a freshman at a large state school in the northeast. I'm up to par academically with a 4.0 my first college semester, 3.7 unweighted/4.5 weighted high school GPA, and 1500+ SAT.
In terms of extracurriculars though I have no leadership positions except a couple decent leadership positions and internships I held in high school. Right now, I'm in some of my college's investing/finance clubs as a regular member but that's it.
I've read some posts saying that transfer applications focus more on grades and essays rather than extracurriculars. Monkeys that transferred into a target/semi-target, how true is this? And do you think I'd have a good shot at transferring into the tier below HYPSM (e.g. Cornell ILR, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, USC Marshall)? I've heard that some of these schools in the tier below have higher transfer acceptance rates than regular first-year acceptance rates.
Thanks in advance for your help, any insight or suggestions would be appreciated
I would say your in a pretty good spot with that 4.0 I think USC Marshall is a slam dunk Vanderbilt likes transfers as well, I think you’ll get into at least one of the schools you listed, just apply and I think you’ll be fine
Thanks for the encouragement. Do you think GPA/academics is the single most important thing for transfer admissions for schools in the tier below HYPSM? My extracurriculars are mostly from high school and are decent but not out of this world types, that's mainly what I'm worried about.
Yes academics is most important especially when you leverage that you want to transfer under the notion that there wasn’t enough outside the classroom for you to take your experience to the next level
Nice seeing another Swiss king on here! ✊ which canton bro?? Also FWIW I think you should throw some lower ivies on that list you have a pretty good shot imo (I’m an ivy grad with plenty of friends who were transfers, happy to discuss more in dms).
I'm not Swiss lmao, what made you think that?
Your name is swissyodeler??
Oh yeah my username is just the username I use for everything. I made it when I was like 13. Idk why I chose it but it doesn't mean anything lol
It’s like having your profile be AmericanHamburgerGuy and not being American lol. But do you I guess
- An actual Swiss yodeler
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