I'm currently living in Chicago and taking courses at a CC. I'm only a freshman about to start my 2nd semester but I've done really well first semester w/ a 3.8 GPA so far. I'm going to stay at CC for 2 years and transfer and will probably have around a 3.6-3.9 GPA. I want to know what schools I should transfer to for undergrad. I most likely will major in Biology and want good schools to transfer to. I don't mind leaving my home state and living in a dorm for 2 years, but if I am, I want it to be at a relatively prestigious school. What schools are good to transfer to for someone with the above GPA. I don't want to sound crazy but I heard Vanderbilt has a high transfer acceptance rate and is an IVY league school I believe. I'm pretty inexperienced in these topics so anyone who wants to give me a reality check, go right ahead. Thanks.
Where should I transfer to?
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I tried to transfer and the schools requested my SAT scores. I recommend that you look up the policies for the schools in which you are interested.
Take the University of Chicago as an in-your-neck-of-the-woods example. They require the SAT/ACT scores of transfer applicants.
Take the University of Chicago as an in-your-neck-of-the-woods example. They require the SAT/ACT scores of transfer applicants.
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I'm not sure because I don't know your score, but apply broadly. The SDN community could probably give you some preliminary advice on a school list and expectations for the transferring process if you give us some more information about you as a candidate (i.e., high school and college grades/GPA, ACT/SAT scores, extracurriculars, leadership experiences, volunteer work, reason for transferring, where you'd be interested in going, etc.)
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Just for the record, the Ivy league is an athletic conference and all of its members are in the northeast. Vanderbilt is the SEC, and possibly about as far from the Ivy league as you can get in that regard 🙂
Mostly kidding, though when considering transferring, I'd think a lot more about things other than the prestige of the school . Going from CC to a really competitive school with a different socioeconomic makeup could be a really unenjoyable experience if you don't first properly vet the situation. Just my two cents, and sorry I don't have more helpful specifics to add. Good luck!
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Was going to comment on this too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League
I don't have a suggestion other than whatever school you pick, make sure you feel comfortable enough there such that you will still maintain your GPA. Visit it, talk to the students, do you feel you fit in? do you see anything positive or negative that could affect your schooling? It is tough but be as objective as possible, maybe have a good friend help you with this too. They might have some good insight into your personality.
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As someone who was from the area, Vandy is a pretty good school, and they have a pretty hard med school to get into. But compare to the school the other poster put on here, it's cheaper than U of C by a little. Though it's up to you where you want to go. Both seem to be good schools, but boy, they're out my budget. But you need to do your own research and decide because we can give you advise like this, but we don't know what you really want.
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Vandy, Notre Dame, UVA, Wake Forest all have relatively high transfer rates I believe and are all top 25
Yea I was thinking of transferring to Norte Dame since its relatively close to Chicago. I heard they need high schools scores though which mine are less than stellar. I don't understand because most schools say once you have a certain number of college credits, high school scores don't matter. Also is Purdue university a good place to get a biology degree? I'm just all over the place with my thoughts ..
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Vanderbilt is not an Ivy League school. The Ivy League refers to a college sports league that just happens to include member schools that have a prestigious academic reputation. There are other great schools that are not Ivy League such as MIT, Chicago, Stanford, UC Berkley, etc.. I would consider Vanderbilt to be an excellent school.
Sometimes a good reputation is not all it is cracked up to be. I wouldn't bother with UVA's undergraduate biology program. Take my word for it; I am a graduate from it (and I graduated with honors - I throw this out there so no will think my comment is just from a bitter premed who did poorly - I did fine).
