Reasonable non target to semi target transfer help

Good evening monkeys,

I am currently a sophomore at a small non target no body has ever heard of. I have a 3.8 GPA through 48 credit hours. I am a student athlete and apart of the finance club. I am looking to transfer one because I hate the school and two because I have a dream of cracking into NY IB.  I will not be submitting SAT scores because they were below average (many schools are test optional right now anyway). I had a 3.6 (unweighted) in Highschool What are some reasonable schools to transfer to with those stats? I know OCR starts late sophomore year and transferring into my junior year does not make sense but I do not like my current situation so I am leaving regardless. What are some reasonable schools that I could probably get into to put me in a better position for IB? I have looked into Villanova, BC, Lehigh, and Rutgers. Any thoughts? 

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Are you good at your sport? That’s probably going to be the easiest way to transfer. Also, if you are at a non-target but at a big sports school in a good sport (Alabama football, Clemson football, Gonzaga basketball etc) or any other D1 sport, I’d only transfer if you dislike your school and/or team.

Source: D3 athlete in a non Williams/Amherst NESCAC school in a rich person sport (golf, squash, rowing, tennis, skiing, equestrian) and had no trouble recruiting

 

I play D3, and I do not plan on paying once I transfer. Rutgers would be no means be my top choice but more of a safety. (would rather go to a slightly smaller school). Going off of my GPA, (hopefully good essay) and my EC. Do I have a good chnace of getting into the Nova, BC, or even vandy? Thanks!

 

Not sure about BC but I know that Villanova's business school has a pretty low transfer acceptance rate (not sure the exact number), but you do have a good GPA which is promising.  Vandy doesn't have an undergrad business school, so you would need to transfer into a major like econ instead.

 

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