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International female student
Transfer from a community college in Florida
GPA: 4.0 Honors Student

Courses [taken and in progess]:

English College Composition I & II
Math Pre-Algebra, College Algebra and Business Calc [total 16 credits in math]
Financial Accounting I & II
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Cultural Anthropology
Sociology - Intercultural Communication
Spanish I & II
World History Honors
Pursuit of Knowledge Honors [Interdisciplinary course in history of science, philosophy, literature, logic, geography and anthropology]
Humanities Literature Honors
Political Science - American Government

By the time of transfer I will be taking these courses as well [Spring 2005]:

Physical Science - Astronomy
Physical Science - Earth Science
Computer Science - Apps for Business Students
Managerial Accounting
Statistics

Proposed major: Economics with concentration in International Development and Poverty Reduction

TOEFL 600 ['97], retaking in December
ACT [never took], taking in Nov/Dec

Employment
World Bank [3 years]
United States Agency for Intl Development [6 months]

Volunteer
Red Cross
Senior Citizen Home
Spanish Tutor
ESL Instructor

Campus
Student Government Sophomore Senator [new position pending, running for the President]
Publicity Committee Member
Decorations Committee Member
International Club Secretary [new position pending, running for the President]
Phi Beta Lambda Student Government Rep & Competitor [Districts 1st place International Business, 2nd place Economics, 2nd place Accounting; State 1st place International Bussines; qualified for National Conference]

Internship [summer 2004]: Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Poverty Reduction Strategy Office - Economic Planning Unit [3 months]

Accepted to Cornell University [Fall 2004] without any finaid. Unable to attend.

What do you think?
Applying to: Harvard, Yale, NYU Stern, Stanford, Wellesley and Mount Hollyoke [and others]...Chances? THANKS!!!

By Internationalcc (Internationalcc) on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 10:46 pm: Edit

BUMP! Anyone, H transfers? Thanks!

By Internationalcc (Internationalcc) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 11:16 pm: Edit

BUMP

By Coureur (Coureur) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 12:08 am: Edit

>>Accepted to Cornell University [Fall 2004] without any finaid. Unable to attend.<<

Have you looked into the financial aid policies of the schools you are interested in transferring to? Many colleges offer NO financial aid to international students. Unless you have focused on the few schools who do offer such aid, you may well repeat your results from Cornell.

By 301aish (301aish) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 12:45 am: Edit

what does bump mean?

By Internationalcc (Internationalcc) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 01:41 pm: Edit

BUMP - bring my post up

Coureur --> this time I applied for outside scholarships as well. Harvard, Yale, Middlebury offer finaid to intl. students. Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, Georgetown etc. offer transfer scholarships... I am looking for my chance there! Based on my profile what do you think? Do I have a chance of being accepted?

Thanks