Transfer Dilemma

[0dlpc]

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Hey everybody, I'm a longtime lurker and was hoping to get some input on what I should do. I dropped out of high school and got my GED due to bad life choices. I'm about to graduate from a college in Florida and now deciding which schools I should apply to. To give you an idea of how far along I am, I've completed the following coursework:

• Organic Chemistry 1/2 + lab
• Calculus 1/2
• Bio 1/2 + lab
• General Chemistry 1/2 + lab
• The rest being courses like English, humanities, psychology, etc.

Here are my stats/EC's:

• 3.825 cGPA
• 4.0 sGPA
• Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
• Research in Carbon/Boron Nitride Nanotubes
• Veteran Helpline Volunteer (~1,000 hours, Received a Presidential Volunteer Service Award - Gold Level)
• Hospital Volunteer (~500 hours)

What kind of schools outside of Florida do you think I should be looking at? Also I'm a URM and I see everyone here says it helps but I'm not sure how much it could help for a transfer student.

 

[Lamel]

Apply to the Florida state schools, and then whatever other schools you want basically since you have a good app.

For transfers it matters more about why you want a specific school, so it will work out better if you apply to schools that cater to your own interests and you can prove it through your activities/essays. Some may require SAT though.

 

[0dlpc]

Apply to the Florida state schools, and then whatever other schools you want basically since you have a good app.

For transfers it matters more about why you want a specific school, so it will work out better if you apply to schools that cater to your own interests and you can prove it through your activities/essays. Some may require SAT though.

The majority of schools I spoke to didn't require me to have a SAT since I have so many credits (60+)

Edit: What do you think about schools such as Notre Dame, Northwestern, UChicago? I look at the student profiles for transfers stats and I have similar stats but I'm well aware that I'm coming from a college and I'm not sure if these other students are from Ivy's and other high ranked schools.

Do you think that movement among these top schools is common or not so much?

 

[allantois]

You would be a fool to leave FL.

 

[0dlpc]

You would be a fool to leave FL.

Why is that?

 

[Lamel]

The majority of schools I spoke to didn't require me to have a SAT since I have so many credits (60+)

Edit: What do you think about schools such as Notre Dame, Northwestern, UChicago. I look at the student profiles for transfers stats and I have similar stats but I'm well aware that I'm coming from a college and I'm not sure if these other students are from Ivy's, high ranked etc.

Do you think that movement among these top schools is common or not so much?

It's possible with your numbers. However your motivations for transferring and essays will likely matter more. You should look into Northwestern, Notre Dame, Cornell, and NYU, I personally know they take a good amount of transfers.

Here are some transfer acceptance rates: http://transferweb.com/stats/transfer-acceptance-rates/#.VKjDwCvF-Zc

Most of these are pretty accurate (except for maybe cornell, since I think it has a guaranteed transfer agreement so it may be skewed).

You would be a fool to leave FL.

If he attends school outside Florida it doesn't mean that he isn't a Florida resident. He will still have the advantage of being "in state" for the Florida schools.

 

[allantois]

If he attends school outside Florida it doesn't mean that he isn't a Florida resident. He will still have the advantage of being "in state" for the Florida schools.

It depends very much on whether he is a depended student.

I do hope that upon your reccomendation for him to attend an Ivy school, he doesn't become another whiny poster who comes here to complain how he should have gone to a state school and saved a lot of money along the way.

 

[0dlpc]

It depends very much on whether he is a depended student.

I do hope that upon your reccomendation for him to attend an Ivy school, he doesn't become another whiny poster who comes here to complain how he should have gone to a state school and saved a lot of money along the way.

I'm well aware of the financial implications of attending a private university. But I do have Florida pre-paid which will cover somewhere around $60,000 (which I believe is about half of the COA for 2 years at the majority of these schools).

I really enjoy research and I feel like there's more opportunities at a high caliber private schools with a lot of opportunities.

Thank you both for your input by the way, it's greatly appreciated.

 

[Salt Salt]

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[Salt Salt]

The majority of schools I spoke to didn't require me to have a SAT since I have so many credits (60+)

Edit: What do you think about schools such as Notre Dame, Northwestern, UChicago? I look at the student profiles for transfers stats and I have similar stats but I'm well aware that I'm coming from a college and I'm not sure if these other students are from Ivy's and other high ranked schools.

Do you think that movement among these top schools is common or not so much?

It's possible with your numbers. However your motivations for transferring and essays will likely matter more. You should look into Northwestern, Notre Dame, Cornell, and NYU, I personally know they take a good amount of transfers.

Here are some transfer acceptance rates: http://transferweb.com/stats/transfer-acceptance-rates/#.VKjDwCvF-Zc

Most of these are pretty accurate (except for maybe cornell, since I think it has a guaranteed transfer agreement so it may be skewed).



If he attends school outside Florida it doesn't mean that he isn't a Florida resident. He will still have the advantage of being "in state" for the Florida schools.

Uhhh... we're talking about med school, right? Because you guys seem to know a lot about Notre Dame's school, considering it doesn't exist 😛

You look like you're gonna be a great applicant, though!

 

[Lamel]

Uhhh... we're talking about med school, right? Because you guys seem to know a lot about Notre Dame's school, considering it doesn't exist 😛

You look like you're gonna be a great applicant, though!

He's talking about transferring to an undergrad.

 

[Salt Salt]

But in his first post he said he's about to graduate and wants help picking med schools

 

[Lamel]

But in his first post he said he's about to graduate and wants help picking med schools

Graduating from community college + transferring. He never mentions med school, read the last sentence of the OP. I'm pretty sure the dude would have objected to my advice if I was talking about the wrong thing...

 

[Winged Scapula]

Graduating from community college + transferring. He never mentions med school, read the last sentence of the OP. I'm pretty sure the dude would have objected to my advice if I was talking about the wrong thing...

Ahh...that makes more sense.