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I am at a T40 and am currently in the top 25% of my class. Do I have any chance of transferring up to Georgetown?

It's very unlikely. That's a substantial upward move, and schools tend to look for very strong grades for such moves. They'd often rather take someone from a T2 school with top 10% grades over someone at a T1 without them. Given how busy transfer cycles have been the last couple years, top 25% just doesn't sound high enough.

Ok, I thing I am going to end up closer to top 20%. What would it take for a T40 student to break into Gtown? I want to be in DC and was hoping that I had a shot.

Biff77 wrote:Ok, I thing I am going to end up closer to top 20%. What would it take for a T40 student to break into Gtown? I want to be in DC and was hoping that I had a shot.

Looking at the GULC EA thread, there was one applicant admitted so far this year with grades below top 10%. He was top 15% at a T2 school. However, the vast majority of people accepted so far (from any school range) have top 10% grades or better and a lot are clearly above top 5%.

The other consideration is that you didn't apply EA. That deadline has come and gone, and you might have had a better shot there, unless your grades are substantially better this semester than last.

Unless you have a truly amazing application I'm going to guess top 10% or better for a real chance of admission.

vanwinkle wrote:

Biff77 wrote:Ok, I thing I am going to end up closer to top 20%. What would it take for a T40 student to break into Gtown? I want to be in DC and was hoping that I had a shot.

Looking at the GULC EA thread, there was one applicant admitted so far this year with grades below top 10%. He was top 15% at a T2 school. However, the vast majority of people accepted so far (from any school range) have top 10% grades or better and a lot are clearly above top 5%.

The other consideration is that you didn't apply EA. That deadline has come and gone, and you might have had a better shot there, unless your grades are substantially better this semester than last.

Unless you have a truly amazing application I'm going to guess top 10% or better for a real chance of admission.

Quick question: Do URMs get a transfer bump similar to the general admissions process or would they still need to be top 10%?

egirarde wrote:

vanwinkle wrote:

Biff77 wrote:Ok, I thing I am going to end up closer to top 20%. What would it take for a T40 student to break into Gtown? I want to be in DC and was hoping that I had a shot.

Looking at the GULC EA thread, there was one applicant admitted so far this year with grades below top 10%. He was top 15% at a T2 school. However, the vast majority of people accepted so far (from any school range) have top 10% grades or better and a lot are clearly above top 5%.

The other consideration is that you didn't apply EA. That deadline has come and gone, and you might have had a better shot there, unless your grades are substantially better this semester than last.

Unless you have a truly amazing application I'm going to guess top 10% or better for a real chance of admission.

Quick question: Do URMs get a transfer bump similar to the general admissions process or would they still need to be top 10%?

As far as we can tell, there's no URM boost for transfer apps.

egirarde wrote:Quick question: Do URMs get a transfer bump similar to the general admissions process or would they still need to be top 10%?

If there is a "bump" it's "we picked you over the hundred other applicants who were also 10%". I've seen no evidence at all of a bump that makes up for substantially lower grades than everyone else.

egirarde wrote:

vanwinkle wrote:

Biff77 wrote:Ok, I thing I am going to end up closer to top 20%. What would it take for a T40 student to break into Gtown? I want to be in DC and was hoping that I had a shot.

Looking at the GULC EA thread, there was one applicant admitted so far this year with grades below top 10%. He was top 15% at a T2 school. However, the vast majority of people accepted so far (from any school range) have top 10% grades or better and a lot are clearly above top 5%.

The other consideration is that you didn't apply EA. That deadline has come and gone, and you might have had a better shot there, unless your grades are substantially better this semester than last.

Unless you have a truly amazing application I'm going to guess top 10% or better for a real chance of admission.

Quick question: Do URMs get a transfer bump similar to the general admissions process or would they still need to be top 10%?

Unless you have some direct insight on the transfer admissions process (which we don't), you can't really find this information.

Probably not man. But you'd have a great chance at GW...

glewz wrote:Unless you have some direct insight on the transfer admissions process (which we don't), you can't really find this information.

This is a pretty bold and inappropriate assumption about what everyone here knows and doesn't know.