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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 - 10:49 pm: Edit

BUMP. Anyone, recent or future transfers? Thanks in advance!

By Finalgear (Finalgear) on Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 10:31 pm: Edit

Transfer from UC Berkeley
HS GPA: 4.3
College GPA: 4.0 (Only one semester at community college during the summer so far)
SATI: 1370
ACT:35
Major: Biomedical Engineering/ Anthropology

Courses [taken and in progess]:
Entire English and Composition series
Multivariable Calculus
Physical Anthropology
Macroeconomics
Art History: Medieval to Renaissance
General Chemistry I
Computer Programming with MATLAB

By the time of transfer I will be taking these courses as well [Spring 2005]:
PLant Biology
Organic Chem I
Differential Equations
Cultural/Social Anthropology

Extra:
Model UN 4 years (Both HS and College)
-3-time golden gavel winner
-numerous commendation and research awards
-Founder and President of Club in HS
Youth and Government
Summer Research Experience at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Science Club
-3rd place at Northern California Robot building competition
-Internship at John Muir Medical center

Essay will be about the summer of my soph. year in HS where I spent 2 and a 1/2 months in the monkhood.

By Internationalcc (Internationalcc) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 06:51 pm: Edit

Why do you want to transfer from UC Berkley? You look good :-)

By Finalgear (Finalgear) on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 12:42 am: Edit

I grew up in northern california around Berkeley and honestly I wanted to go to Berkeley from the very beginning. If anybody is wondering I am not the typical berkeley student who was rejected, I actually never applied in my senoir year of HS. I quickly realized when I got into college that the view from the outside is a dramatically different experience on the inside. The thing that disturbs me most about Berkeley is the lack of community between the students. The discussions so far have been bland. There is so much competition that people are not willing to discus things in class, because there afraid peolple will steal their ideas. It sounds absurd, but some people are actually like this. The students are so far apart that it is hard to enjoy the classes. After awhile people just stop going to classes. When I took summer classes at Stanford, my experience was completely different. I felt that the students delved into the material more and the professors actually loved the material. The students tend to interact more and that helps me understand the material a lot better than just reading the material from a textbook. Although I am not denying that Berkeley is a good school and I encourage anybody who wants to be challenged to apply, but Berkeley just did not fit me personally.

By Nshah9617 (Nshah9617) on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 07:31 pm: Edit

Hi,

I'm a BME/English student at University of Houston on a full scholarship but I really hate the apathetic student body atmosphere.

I want to transfer to Stanford but I think my HS stats will keep me out; I had a cumulative 3.5ish GPA due to a poor Fresh/Soph year but earned all A's my junior/senior year. Right now I have a 4.0 with 21 semester hours and have been doing some research with proffessors as well as writing for an Engineering magazine.

Do I still got a shot for Stanford 2005 transfer?

Thanks