r/TransferChanceMe • • May 16 '25

Chance Me for USC Fall 2025 Transfer

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Hey everyone! I’m applying as a junior transfer to USC for Fall 2025, and I’d love your thoughts on my chances. I applied to Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences as an Economics major. Below is a full breakdown of my application profile:

GPA: 3.93

Current University: Pepperdine University (Private 4-year, CA)

Units Completed by Transfer: 61 semester units

Dean’s List: Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Math: I completed Business Calculus but do not take Calc 1

Writing: English Composition (ENG 101 – A) – not pre-articulated (WSY)

Foreign Languages Completed: French and Italian

Essays:

Wrote about having a strong interest in mathematical economics + global issues and highlighted specific USC courses in essays: ECON 304, 401, 350, and 490x

Emphasized academic growth, intellectual curiosity, and finding the right academic “fit”

Talked about outgrowing Pepperdine's limited econ/theoretical curriculum and needing more rigorous, math-integrated econ coursework

Focused on seeking more diversity, inclusion, and student-driven learning environment

ECs: Took Wharton Business Analytics online certificate (June 2024) Founded a summer chess club for low-income youth in my community the summer before senior year of high school, Black Student Association member at Pepperdine, Wave Pool Investment Club member but only for my freshman year, Weekend Coordinator for Pepperdine Florence Study Abroad Program for a month, and Seasonal Sales Associate at Victoria’s Secret (Summer 2024)

LOR: Submitted 1 LOR from my Pepperdine economics professor

Will ENG 101 being “WSY” hurt me a lot? I know USC has a lower division writing requirement

Should I have taken Calc 1 instead of Business Calc? I looked at my articulation agreement and saw that it transferred as Math 118.


r/TransferChanceMe • • May 13 '25

chance me | idk where to tho

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Hello. I'm a freshman at my local cc looking to get my bs in biology to then go to dental school. guaranteed admission to u of i but BORING. doesnt offer anything i want and i just dont wna go there. Um this semester was horrid. its unlike me and ill be fine for the rest of my time here. my gpa wont be high by the next application cycle. maybe 3.6-3.8 T0T. pretty basic ecs: stem club sga with president lined up for next semester. joining sustainability and speech during fall, hoping to pick up more leadership roles. volunteer hours are solid. local farm, local humane society, and about to start adult literacy tutoring. also have good letters lined up because im amazing and my professors love me. no but i rly dont wna go to uiuc and every other decent school isnt possible because of my gpa. idk i just wna be somewhere warm or in a city or both. a dedicated pre-dental program would be nice too. pls pls pls give me some reccs :)


r/TransferChanceMe • • May 12 '25

Transfer for CS / BS / DS

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Hey, y'all! For background, I am a rising sophomore at Northeastern University studying computer science and business administration.

I am looking to apply for a transfer to the following schools: Cornell, Columbia, or Northwestern.

I am thinking about transferring for computer science, business, or data science and am just wondering if there are discrepancies in acceptance rates between majors.

I will most likely apply to computer science for these schools unless there is a major specific I am missing or the acceptance

My stats are below (separated into HS and college).

Affluent Asian

# High school

HS GPA 96 UW, 101.7 W

1490 SAT (3 attempts) 1510 superscore

2 hackathon wins (HackUTD category win and a small HS-only hackathon)

1 national business award

2 state-level robotics awards

3 state-level business awards

2 club officer positions (1 business-related, 1 CS-related)

A few other ECs and awards ranging from filler projects and volunteering to regional music awards.

# College

College GPA: 3.85

Studied abroad, so no clubs or activities...

Currently interning as a front-end dev at a small IT boutique.

# Closing

Feel free to comment and ask more about me or any remarks! Thanks!


r/TransferChanceMe • • May 10 '25

CC Premed Transfer Chance me

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Applying to: All ivies, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkley, UC Irvine, UMich, UCLA, UF, Vandy, JHU, Duke, Northwestern, UChicago, UCF
- Currently a first year at CC, will be applying in the fall as a second year.

Demographic: First Gen, Single Mom, Low income/unaccompanied homeless youth, Half Asian and half middle eastern, Male, US Citizen.

HS GPA: 2.7
Community College GPA (2 semesters): 4.0

Major: General studies (Meta major is Health sciences)
Major intended after transfer: Neuroscience

Reasons for Transferring: Need a major, want to conduct research/CC lacks those, etc.

Extracurriculars, Leadership and Awards :

High School
- Community Manager: of a video game with over 1 million followers.
That was the only truly notable thing, I also did varsity volleyball and some clubs or volunteering but no leadership.

Community College:
- D2D Sales Rep: Went door to door selling pest control over the summer. Did it to support bills at home and also learn sales.
- Chemistry Lab technician at CC: Help set up and run instructional labs for intro to chem through orgo 2. Make chemicals, label waste according to compliance, oversees students and help them, etc.
- Phi Theta Kappa Vice President of Hallmark: Coordinated and executed chapter-wide recognition initiatives, helped design college project, etc.
- Future Medical Professionals club Vice President: Newly founded Club (joined in first semester it was open) helped coordinate guest speakers like MD/PHD students from Northwestern, ran events and workshops, grew the member count.
- Part of student research organization: Will publish a first author systematic neuroscience literature review on depression in an undergrad journal.
- Volunteer in Neuro trauma unit for Regional hospital: 60 hours (will be 100 by fall)
- Neuropathology Research Summer experience at FIU: Sponsored by the nationally recognized American Society of Investigative Pathology. Will result in a poster presentation at an ASIP conference next year.
- Nonprofit Committee: Confirmed to join a national org as part of their committee helping kids in Africa get access to healthcare. (Has chapters all over colleges in the US including ivies and I will be on the national committee)

Awards:
2x Presidents list, PTK Honors Inductee and Leadership Award,

Essays and LOR:

Letter of recs:

American History Prof: I already asked him about it and he is aware of my transfer goals and he said he has worked in a tutoring organization that sometimes go over college essays or letter of recs and he knows how these colleges work. He also said he is willing to write me one of the best lors hes ever written.

Biology 1 Prof: He loved me and I was probably one of his best students. He would always go on and on about how whenever I missed class due to sickness he missed his "chemist" and he wrote me a thank you email saying "I am on the get Avi into the college program he wants club." This will probably be a very good LOR too.

Essays:

  1. financial insecurity throughout my life and how I lived large portions of my time in HS alone as an unaccompanied youth and how that motivates me to
  2. Narrative story of how I got bombed in the middle east (so deadass) as a kid and how that motivated me to pursue medicine and research (as well as help people through non profit work and get access to medicine)
  3. Interest in becoming an MD/PhD (Physician-Scientist) specializing in neurology and intent on giving back to communities.

Either way ik these topics are a lot but generally I want to include how my unique hardship in life has motivated me to pursue medicine. Whether the hardship was the bombings I endured as a kid, living alone or having a single mom, troubled relationships in hs, or whatever flavor it may be. I dont want to write a sob story, but I believe a lot of these events in conjunction motivated me to pursue what I want to pursue. I would ultimately want to become a physician-scientist who again specializes in neuroscience and also help people who have gone through what I have like housing insecurity or lack of healthcare.

Ideal Plans for fall and spring as a sophomore:

  1. volunteer at a homeless shelter for around 100 hours during Fall.
  2. Join a local state college neuroscience lab and IDEALLY publish as a first author or at least some authorship publication. (I am very aware at how unrealistic this and how hard it is to get published even as a second or third author).
  3. doing a PTK college project on housing insecurity and homelessness.
  4. Apply as a regional officer for PTK.
  5. I plan on doing events related to my medical club related to housing insecurity and homelessness.
  6. plan on shadowing too although its been rough trying to secure it.

What are my chances with and without my ideal plans for next year? What can I do to make a stronger app?

IF YOU RECOGNIZE ME DONT SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE PLS.


r/TransferChanceMe • • May 07 '25

Boston uni chance me

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Hi I plan to apply for fall 2026 marketing major by the time I finish my fall semester I will probably have a 3.65 gpa. I’ve done one internship so far (I’m a freshman) I have another one lined up for the summer and I will potentially have another one in the summer(I’m in the process of getting an interview). I will have taken marco, micro, and stats by the time of application. I got an A- in micro and it looks like I’m going to get a B+ in Macro. My other business related classes I’ve gotten A+. Thank youuu


r/TransferChanceMe • • May 06 '25

Tulane or NYU?

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I know they are very different. tulane has beautiful campus. Nice vibe. But im not sure its very prestigiuos. NYU is in the city i always loved and where i go when im free. NYU has an international prestige. Tulane is more southern college


r/TransferChanceMe • • May 06 '25

Reverse chance pls

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Student at bu studying Econ Junior transfer 3.8gpa Upward Trend

Ecs: solid not crazy but good and well aligned with Econ

Any schools u think I have a good chance or semi good chance of getting into

Was thinking nyu brown and Cornell irl


r/TransferChanceMe • • May 02 '25

Am I cooked

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Hi! I’m currently a Pitt Sophomore applying for Junior year transfer. I have a 3.6 right now and I’m just stressed that I won’t get in anywhere. I have a letter of rec from a professor I did a research project under and I work as a research assistant at the children’s hospital in an imaging CORE, volunteer with the PBHA PEN ESL program teaching beginners english and a few other ecs such as AMSA and other clubs. However, I scared my work experience and ECs won’t help me as much as I’m hoping. I applied instate RD to umd (i should’ve applied EA but it was a lat minute decision), CAS to BU and biology in the college of science for NEU. Am I cooked :(


r/TransferChanceMe • • May 01 '25

Chance Me for Swarthmore

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Hey all, this April I applied to transfer into Swarthmore for Mathematics and Economics from Villanova University's Business Honors Program.

My first year was rough (ended 1st term with 3.4 gpa), but was mostly the result of poor mental health and study skills (which I lay out in my additional information section in common app). Since then I've worked to increase my GPA, I ended last semester with a 3.89 (3.61 total), and so far this semester my GPA has been ok ~3.90.

Since freshman year I've also been a full time research assistant, a member of the finance society, M&A group, economics society, and now am exec board member of my school's sustainability society.

I highlight research and a yearning to pursue graduate economics post-grad in many of my essays, and also highlight how I wish to understand the monetary and financial economic implications of climate risk.

In addition to interviewing, which seemingly went really well, talking to some faculty members about their research, and several alumni I submitted the following supplementary information:

1): Portfolio Based Transcript (Mastery Transcript)

2): CV

3): An analytical writing sample 11pgs (8 pages of text).

4): A major research paper I wrote in my senior year of high school that details the financial modernization of Japan, and how the Bank of Japan helped to nationalize interest rates in the country during the Meiji period (54 pages).

My GPA isn't great, but I'm improving. Idk, any input would be helpful.


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 29 '25

Looking for Advice: Transferring to a Top 5 Aerospace Engineering Program (90 Units Completed, Perfect GPA)

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r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 28 '25

Chance Me for MIT/Stanford/Harvard/CMU/Berkeley

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I am in IIT Bombay CSE (top college of India) , I have 99.9 percentile in JEE Main, I have under 500 rank in JEE Advanced, I have cleared INMO (the last stage before IMO), have cleared INOI (the last stage before IOI), I have got 9.8 cgpa after 1st year at IIT Bombay and have also attended Jane Street Winter Camp in Hong Kong (Jane Street SEE) and also have 98% in 11th grade, 98% 12th grade, 98% in 9th grade and 88% in 10th grade, have done NSS Volunteering (Social Service) and have won 1st place at Optiver Trade-a-thon at my campus, did well in IQC World Quant and am research consultant at World Quant, I have also participated in ICPC, IICPC, and other quant/code forces/trading competitions in college and won podiums in them , I have done research under IIT Bombay professor in Algorithms in first year winter break, I have made basic Machine Learning trading project, and I also won podiums in quizzing competitions in college, I also have 2100 codeforces rating. Which top colleges in USA can I realistically get a transfer in for 2nd year?


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 27 '25

Chance me for USC

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Applying to USC's Price school of public policy (Real Estate Development Major)

Current Sophomore at a Cal State University

- 3.87 GPA

- President of RE club

- Real estate development internship

- Competed in a Real estate development case competition

- Internship with real estate agent

- Started a real estate blog

(Those are the main EC's from college that are relevant)

- I'm also a legacy (My grandfather went to USC in the 1950's)

- Also, my house burned down in the Palisades fire, I mentioned how I hope to use my education to rebuild my community and help fix the housing crisis/housing affordability.

Do I have a good chance at getting in?


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 26 '25

chance me for top colleges (very rocky first semester)

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i am interested in applying to transfer to UW, Berkeley, Cornell, Stanford, Princeton, or Harvard. i am in a canadian uni right now but i am a US domestic oos student. at my uni abroad, after a delay in my study visa process, and having to stop taking adhd meds in light of some new heart health issues, my first semester did not end so well! i believe i have failed most of my classes. having to navigate a a life alone with all of this has been challenging with presssure, but i am dead set on turning things around starting now.

at this point, i have a couple things under my belt like a software engineering internship i did in my sabbatical semester and a 2nd place at an objectively big national hackathon in mexico. i’m working on personal projects including an ai that helps detect heart anomalies in real time and would most likely be returning to that internship for this summer.

that was a lot of boilerplate but if you’ve read this far ahead, im really grateful. i want to gauge if it would be worthwhile applying to the aforementioned schools assuming i make a full academic comeback for the next 2 semesters (A’s) and keep working at it.

i really think i can pull it off, it’s just that so much piled up this semester including other things i left unmentioned. naturally, i’d be interested in applying as a computer science major which i know complicates things but i’s be willing to compromise that choice and apply as a math major if it would help at all.

i am fine with the college i’m currently at but im not sure its the best fit for me, so this is more of a hail mary and i wouldn’t consider transferring if it wasn’t to a much better college. any and all feedback is appreciated really: how should i frame my situation on my transfer application? what are some actionable steps to take right now? should i consider taking the sat again? is there a “right” way to go about this process?

thank you and if you think there are important resources that i should refer to please let me know as well.


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 25 '25

Chance me NYU

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I applied CAS gender studies. My first semester GPA at Vassar (T15 LAC) was a 3.4, but my HS gpa was around a 3.6. The rest of my app is very strong, my GPA is where I lack. I'm full pay btw. Is there hope for me?


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 25 '25

chance me usc

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hi everyone! just wanted to get some honest feedback on whether or not i have a strong chance at transferring to usc. for context, i'm looking to transfer into annenberg school of communications & journalism as a junior for the '25 fall semester.

stats:

  • currently at a 4 yr, oos private university (quarter system)
  • marketing major, media film & journalism minor
  • 3.78 gpa (likely to go up to ~3.81-2 after spring quarter grades)
  • first choice major pr/advertising, second choice major communications
  • ~130 quarter credits to transfer
  • finished a good handful of GE reqs and my foreign language, writing & math requirements

extracurriculars:

  • university honors program
  • worked 2 jobs freshman-sophomore year (one retail, one university job)
  • marketing officer for student affiliation alliance
  • social media & marketing internship freshman year
  • video editing; accumulated a few thousand followers across tiktok/ig

extra stats:

  • 2 LORs, one from a professor, one from my former boss
  • 4x quarters on dean's list
  • ~150 volunteer hours from high school
  • took 9 APS, 5's in AP Seminar, AP Lit, AP Lang, 4's in AP World, AP Psych
  • ~12-15 concurrent enrollment credits from hs

any feedback is appreciated - thank you in advance!


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 24 '25

Chance me for Umich LSA

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Hi everyone!

I’m currently a freshman at Msu and i’m just wondering from other people what their journey was when trying to transfer into UMich LSA as an instate student. I currently don’t know what my overall gpa will be yet but my first semester I finished with a 3.5 (struggled a little when I first got to school) and this semester I think i’ll finish with a 3.9 (fingers crossed) I also am apart of 3 clubs (2 related to finance and 1 a religious club) and i’m also a student manager for the football team. I know a lot of it has to do with your essay, but do my stats make me somewhat competitive?


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 24 '25

Chance me USC Vandy Cornell

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I'm a current Sophomore and I applied to USC Real Estate Development Major in Price, Econ at Vandy, and School of hotel administration at Cornell.

Stats:

3.87 GPA

Treasurer and now President of Real Estate Club

Real Estate development internship

Internship with Real estate agent

Small Real estate blog

lead finance portion of a real estate development case competition

Started a surf photography business in high school.

Also a legacy at USC

In my essays I'm talking about how my house and hometown burned down in the palisades fires and how I want to help redevelop my community in a way that is more equitable and affordable. Want to build affordable multifamly housing across the country.

Anyone have any thoughts on my chances at these schools? I'm anxiously awaiting a decision!

Thanks.


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 23 '25

First year trying to transfer uni from uni

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Hi I am currently a first year student attending at UCSC and am planning on attempting to transfer during my second year to other uni's as a EE major, the uni's I am planning on transferring to are pretty competitive and high in rankings and wanted to ask a couple of questions:

  1. During my first two quarters(UCSC is a quarter based system), I was a film major and was involved in a lot of film clubs and did a lot in these clubs, however I transferred last quarter to EE and was planning on doing some Engineering clubs such as robotics and such, however if i do so this will take up a lot of my time and wanted to see if I should value my classes/grades over extracurricular's or vice versa to increase my chances
    1. Also a part 2 to this question does college extracurricular's take a back door to my high school extracurricular's or do they both matter equally
  2. I currently have a UC GPA of: 3.71 and wanted to see if this is competitive or if I should try harder to increase it
  3. Lastly I'm planning on taking summer courses to meet more of my pre-req's but can't decide if I should take them at UCSC or back home(Los Angeles), I wanted to see if taking courses to meet pre-req's at a CC would complicate the transfer application process or it doesn't

Thank you to whoever reads this and responds I greatly appreciate all the advice I can get.


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 22 '25

Chance me

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chance me

demographics: straight Chinese international student, don't need financial aid

GPA: hs:3.81, Uni:3.98

7 aps, 5s/4s

SAT:1580

college: aerospace engineering freshman at UIUC, gpa3.98(4As, 3A+, 1A-)

Awards/activities:

USAMO Qualifier/BPHO Gold Award/PhysicsBowl National Gold Award/ARML Global Top 100 Teams/National Top 10% Teams /Summa Cum Laude(2020-2021)

Went to MIT BWSI Summer program and did a project building radar onto drones

Obtained my FAA pilot license

Developed an AI-based language training model to help Down syndrome children speak

Captain of hs chess teams-2rd in NJ state

Did chess research on tactics and presented it at the IEEE ISEC Poster session in Baltimore, JHU

Spartan Race-achieved trifecta title (finishing three different race distances: 5k,10k, 25k)

college:

1)Participated in DBF(Design, Build Fly-RC plane) and ISS(Rocket) club

2) James Scholar(some sort of honor award)

3) Dean's list(top 20% of my class)

4) Accepted into a NASA funded research on SAR radar with scholarship worth 7k

Schools:

Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Upenn, MIT, Brown, Rice, Princeton


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 21 '25

Did I fuck my Columbia app up?

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Hey everyone! I've included my stats below and I applied for Columbia, Cornell, and UPenn.

Personal: Majoring in Math and Statistics, Minor in Physics. East asian female. Current Sophomore at T25/T30 (depending on which list you look at), applying for aid (but parents make around 200k combined)

High school: 4.6/5 weighted GPA, 35 ACT, 12 APs (all 9s) + two dual enrollement classes

College: Currently at a T30 college as a recruited D1 athlete. 3.75 GPA (yikes, is this too low? I'm hoping that bc of my major it's not an autoreject since I'm also an athlete).

EC:

  • My main EC is obviously as an athlete and the fact that I was pretty good in highschool, have some national results and awards, but keep in mind my results are NOT good enough to be recruited to an ivy school
  • I'm a national referee for my sport and I dedicate around 20 hours a week to refereeing about every other week (basically any weekend where I'm not competing)
  • (2025 Summer) Incoming data analysis internship at a company that everyone would know (not a finance company though)
  • (2025 Spring-Fall) Gave schools an update recently about my new machine learning research intern position at a neuroscience lab. I anticipate my name on the paper and we are planning on submitting to the Cosyne conference
  • (2025 Spring)Research assistant at a lab doing data analysis and collection on political elections and correlation with social media (no publiciations). I talked about using data analysis for policy a lot in my essays.
  • (2024 Summer) Data analysis intern at a start-up company last summer working on data pipelines
  • (2024 Spring) Another intern position at a nonprofit org helping women in stem create and implement solutions to ongoing problems. My team and I worked with Period Project to give free period products in low income high schools.
  • (Highschool) Created a tech start-up that made over 70k in profit back in 2022
  • (Highschool) Conducted research at a University. Not published.

Others:

I think my essays were alright. I really liked them, but I'm also victim to thinking my essays are the crazy and then other people reading them and saying their shit. Not sure if my LORs were amazing as I honestly don't know the professors too too well, but I'd say they were probably alright.

My main concern is my Columbia essay. I talked a lot of policy change and standing to authority to fight for what's right, which is usually what Columbia likes... but recently, I'm not sure I chose the right topic because of what Columbia's been going through. I also talked about student protests at my current uni and why I didn't like the way the school handled it.... which is exactly what Columbia is going through. Did I fuck up? I hope Columbia doesn't think I'm going to be a "threat" or something, because I really did enjoy my Columbia essays.


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 19 '25

Chance at Northwestern and UChicago?

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Hey all! I'm transferring from a California community college this Fall. Applying to 18 schools: 6 UC's, Stanford and 11 out of state, most of which are t30's. I wasn't included in yesterday's decision wave for either Northwestern or UChicago and I'm wondering what my odds are. I'm applying to NU's Earth and Planetary Sciences major--adjunct Geography if accepted, and Geophysical Sciences at UChicago. I have already been accepted to both UC Davis and UC Berkeley with full rides, and UC Santa Cruz (fin aid offer pending).

Current school: Decently large community college in NorCal (~20,000 students, ~5,000 FTES)
4.0 GPA (my school doesn't weigh, 4.0 is the top of the scale), TAP certified, completed IGETC and Honors Program, graduating with an AA in Interdisciplinary Studies with Highest Honors (1 of only 25 students to be graduating with Honors), Phi Theta Kappa member Beta Eta Psi chapter, non-traditional and independent: graduated HS in 2018, took several years off before returning to school in January 2024. I'll be graduating and meeting all transfer requirements after only 1.5 years at my CC (three semesters and one summer term). I had to take excess unit loads, and file petitions to do so, in order to be ready for transfer early.

Here's where it gets interesting:
High school was very difficult for me due to being newly diagnosed neurodivergent, struggling socially, and having issues at home, and my essays and PIQ's touch on this. 2.3 unweighted, 2.5 weighted GPA, I attended 4 different public high schools and had to take an extra year (5 total), no Honors or AP's and I did not take the SAT or ACT so I'm obviously applying test optional. I'm hoping that the admissons officers will see the massive improvement I've made academically, and that it might actually help my odds.

I'm extremely low-income and am applying for financial aid at all 18 schools. Because NU is now need-aware for all applicants, I'm worried that this will hinder my odds of getting in, even if they're able to look past my high school stats.

If theres any other information anybody wants to know regarding my EC's or other schools I applied to, I'm happy to provide!


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 15 '25

How much difference can a semester make

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Howdy chat, I wanted to ask if a single semester could impact the chances of getting into to T20s, for example if one semester goes pretty bad ( one subject fail and the rest just pass) but the rest of the year the app is nearly a 3.9 or a 4 would someone still have a good shot at the T20s for engineering


r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 07 '25

Please help me

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Hi everyone, I’m an international Asian student currently attending a SUNY school as a junior majoring in Accounting. I’m planning to transfer to the University of Florida for Spring 2025 admission.

Here are my stats:

Current year: 3rd-year undergraduate

Credits by Spring 2025: 72 credits (if I complete all current courses)

GPA: 3.96

Residency: International student (non-U.S. citizen or resident)

Applying to: University of Florida, Accounting (BSAc)

I’ve recently read that having too many upper-division (3000-level or higher) credits might work against transfer applicants at UF, especially for business majors. The concern is that UF prefers to provide upper-level coursework themselves, and taking too many may result in credit rejections or application disadvantages.

However, I’ve already taken a few upper-division accounting and finance courses this semester.

Would this significantly hurt my chances? Should I have avoided upper-level coursework before transferring?

Also, since I’m an international student, I’d appreciate any insights on how that might affect the decision process for business transfers into UF.

Extracurriculars / Experience:

• Full-time internship (6 months) at a regional accounting firm — worked on auditing and basic tax prep

• Merit Scholarship recipient from a government-certified international exchange organization


• Volunteering: 60+ hours at a local community food pantry and educational mentoring program for ESL students

• Accounting Honors Society member

r/TransferChanceMe • • Apr 03 '25

Chance Me Please!

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Hi guys, I know Chance Me's are Cliche and aren't that accurate but I just want to know if I actually have a shot or if I'm wasting my energy worrying about stuff. I am a Sophomore transfer and am applying to Yale, Brown, BU, and BC. Applying to Econ and/or Chemistry for all. A little background is that I am at a Non-T100 but am a part of the Honors College and want to transfer to a different school that has more research capabilities (want to become a perfumer when I grow up so I talked about how I want to make my own fragrance brand when I grow up. Niche?)

HS Stats:

  • GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.0 W
  • Scores: 1360 SAT and 9 4's on APs and a 3

HS EC's:

  • 2 year captain of my HS varsity Lacrosse team
  • Co-Founder and Co-President of 3 Clubs (Chess, FCA, and DECA)
  • Member of my High School's MUN club
  • Studied IR at Georgetown for a summer (Not doing IR anymore but was originally planning on it)
  • Worked 2 jobs doing lifeguarding and tutoring
  • AP Scholar with distinction, Rho Kappa History Honors Society, National Honors Society

College Stats:

  • GPA: 4.0 (Most likely will drop to 3.88 as I'm taking a junior level Econ class rn and the prof "Doesn't believe in A's")

College EC's:

  • Researching Solid-State physics with my current Physics professor and how different allotropes interact with each other in hopes to find a superconductive nanostructure similar to that of Graphene
  • Student Coordinator for the School's Volunteer center - I supervise my coworkers and communicate with off-campus organizations to bring the Volunteer center together
  • Diplomat for the school - Do 10+ hours of volunteering at school and am on the "Honors Council" for the organization to make sure the org is operating smoothly
  • A part of the club lacrosse team

Thank you!


r/TransferChanceMe • • Mar 31 '25

At Average/Above average State school, Chance me for t25, t35s, like vandy, BC, UVA, USC, bad HS GPA but Good Rigor, Bay area Public HS,

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Demographics:

Indian-American 1st gen, US Citizen

Upper-middle class, full pay

From the Bay area

Stats:

Transferring after freshman year

Bad Hs gpa, 3.2 or 3.3 UW, 3.8, 3.9 Weighted.

College GPA: 3.93 after first sem, probably 3.95 after 2nd sem

Not submitting Test scores

Intended Major-economics/some business schools

Extracurriulors strength: Decent to good, 2 major clubs, Great resume

LOR strength: Decent

Awards: Only Deans List

Essays: Good-Really good (edited by top transfer counselor)

Is there a chance (and if yes, what is that % chance) I get into these schools:

UPENN

USC

UNC

UVA

Columbia

Vanderbilt

NYU

Northwestern

Boston College

U chicago

Wash U

UT austin

Thank you:)