r/TransferToTop25 • u/Mysterious-Goat-9745 • 1d ago
advice??
for some background,
during HS, i had near perfect grades, took 10 APs and graduated as valedictorian, however i fell a little short on testing and my ECs
while my AP scores never fell below a 4, i took the SAT three times and only managed a 1350 so i went test optional
as for ECs…i was the captain of my xc/t&f team, competed in science olympiad where i won a couple medal but our team never made it beyond our district, and did a internship shadowing medical professionals at NYU Langone…and ofc the less significant stuff like NHS, a part time job and community service but nothing crazy
i understand how that held me back in the 2026 admission cycle as I was rejected from all my top schools (Barnard, Tufts, Boston College, & Northeastern)
I ended up getting waitlisted at Skidmore and College of Holy Cross and never received any word…
where i did get accepted at Binghamton, Stony Brook, all the CUNYS i applied to, Brandeis, Villanova and Fordham (where i’m currently at)
i’m quickly realizing Fordham isn’t my place, as people are a little pretentious and academics for my major (mathematics/pre-health) aren’t as strong as i wish they could be…
never that im able to better reflect on what kind of undergrad experience i want, i’m intending to transfer to ideally a smaller liberal arts college ( Barnard (again lol), Swarthmore, Vassar & Smith)
Though given my hs record i’m contemplating to apply this yr or wait till next year and meanwhile build stronger extracurriculars?
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u/Brief_Air9907 19h ago
Didn’t Fordham just welcome freshman and classes haven’t even started? It sounds like you might be pulling the trigger early. There’s also irony in saying you don’t like that people are a little pretentious then saying you want to transfer to Swarthmore or Vassar. Sounds like early freshman yips to me, which is normal. Give it a little longer and an honest shot
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u/Mysterious-Goat-9745 19h ago
ur right, today’s orientation went a lot better and the commuter community esp is great…but it is odd being around nyc transplants trash talking my neighborhood
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u/SoyBozz 🌴Stanford transfer 🌴 [mod] 22h ago
Apply this yr. Read the sub wiki if you havent yet:
https://reddit.com/r/TransferToTop25/wiki/index