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Hello,
I'm currently doing Mechanical Engineering (Mathematics minor) at my state university. I'm going to apply to transfer to some "better" schools next year (so I'd be starting at the new university in Fall 2012). Some schools I'm considering to transfer to are WPI, Northeastern, RPI, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, MIT. I don't have outstanding credentials under my belt (mostly volunteer work that doesn't pertain to my major due to lack of pertinent resources -- however, I am pursuing a research position in the MechEng dept. at my university this upcoming fall, hopefully I get that), but I do have a decent GPA and SAT scores (3.7 GPA and 1350 CR+MA, 1420MA+WR on the SAT (I know that WPI accepts either CR+MA or MA+WR scores, but not the others)). I was wondering, if I maintain that GPA and land a research position next year, what my chances are of being accepted as a transfer student to those schools. I realize that the latter two are unlikely, and my real dream is to go to RPI for undergrad, but I am nevertheless going to apply to all of the above listed schools.
I'd really like to go to what I described as a "better" school because the ME dept. at my school just isn't fulfilling for me (I can't think of any other way to describe it). I had some complications in high school, and luckily overcame them towards the end, but still was only able to graduate with a 2.5 GPA. Thus, my state university was the only place I could get into. Now that all is fine with me, I want to move on to bigger and better places (and this may sound pompous, though I like to think of it as confident, but I feel like I truly belong somewhere better).
Also, if you could complement your opinion on my chances of transferring with other advice, that'd be awesome! I really appreciate all input, especially constructive criticism. And I realize that the "I had problems in high school, overcame adversity and am now thriving in college" story is overplayed in college essays/personal statements, so I will probably avoid using that (again).
P.S. Please excuse my overzealous use of parentheses. :P
I'm currently doing Mechanical Engineering (Mathematics minor) at my state university. I'm going to apply to transfer to some "better" schools next year (so I'd be starting at the new university in Fall 2012). Some schools I'm considering to transfer to are WPI, Northeastern, RPI, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, MIT. I don't have outstanding credentials under my belt (mostly volunteer work that doesn't pertain to my major due to lack of pertinent resources -- however, I am pursuing a research position in the MechEng dept. at my university this upcoming fall, hopefully I get that), but I do have a decent GPA and SAT scores (3.7 GPA and 1350 CR+MA, 1420MA+WR on the SAT (I know that WPI accepts either CR+MA or MA+WR scores, but not the others)). I was wondering, if I maintain that GPA and land a research position next year, what my chances are of being accepted as a transfer student to those schools. I realize that the latter two are unlikely, and my real dream is to go to RPI for undergrad, but I am nevertheless going to apply to all of the above listed schools.
I'd really like to go to what I described as a "better" school because the ME dept. at my school just isn't fulfilling for me (I can't think of any other way to describe it). I had some complications in high school, and luckily overcame them towards the end, but still was only able to graduate with a 2.5 GPA. Thus, my state university was the only place I could get into. Now that all is fine with me, I want to move on to bigger and better places (and this may sound pompous, though I like to think of it as confident, but I feel like I truly belong somewhere better).
Also, if you could complement your opinion on my chances of transferring with other advice, that'd be awesome! I really appreciate all input, especially constructive criticism. And I realize that the "I had problems in high school, overcame adversity and am now thriving in college" story is overplayed in college essays/personal statements, so I will probably avoid using that (again).
P.S. Please excuse my overzealous use of parentheses. :P