This isn't a typical "chance" thread. I want to transfer because nearly everyone I know, other than the die-hard studiers that live in the campus library, don't want to learn, and think of UCSB as only an outlet to party (everyone seems to flock to SB for its insane parties, like Deltopia, Halloween, etc etc).
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (690 CR, 750 M, 710 W), but I will be retaking this during the summer, and can project a 2250-2300.
ACT (breakdown): didn't send
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (700), Chem (680), Bio E (730), USH (740), World History (740)
HS GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.2 W
College GPA: 3.7 (A- avg)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/273
AP (place score in parentheses): USH (5), Bio (4), Chem (3), Art Hist (3), Calc BC (4), AB (4), Eng Literature (3), Chinese (3)
HS Senior Course Load: AP Art Hist, Honors Physics, Calculus BC, Honors Economics, Honors American Government, European Literature, Naval Sciences 7/8, AP Chemistry
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, unless the following count: Ningxia University Top Volunteer Award (1000+ jrs volunteer in rural Ningxia, China)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): ROTC (Brigade Executive Commander, Battalion Executive Commander, Battalion Platoon Drill Commanding Officer, Battalion General Staff), SEE (Sustainable Environmental Engineering, does projects in rural China to enhance life with practical solutions), P2P Micro (peer-2-peer microfinancing/microloans for rural areas in China)
Job/Work Experience: worked for years with licensed electrician
Volunteer/Community Service: tutor, co-founder of SEE
Summer Activities: went to Ningxia for 4 weeks
Essays: Common App (decent, about my desire to transfer in spite of attending a major research university due to the general disregard in wanting to "learn for the sake of learning")
Professor Recommendations: I asked my TAs to help out, because my professors of Chem, Math, and Writing teach 500+ student sized classes. 7/10 or 8/10
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
HS type: poor, large public
College type: large research public
Ethnicity: Chinese-American
Gender: M
Income Bracket: >30k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, worked as a child with father at construction sites during weekends
I am also applying to various other schools, such as:
Vanderbilt
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
UPenn
RPI
UCB
UCLA, etc etc
The essays are highly specific to each school (i.e. Dartmouth because of its joint replacement tech research and how its resonates with my interests due to having a close friends receive a hip replacement due to her crushing it in a freak biking accident). How do you view my current stand as a prospective transfer? Yes, this is highly untimely because all transfer apps are already due, but this is more of a speculative post than a true "chance".
Thanks!
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