Hello, College confidential!!
I'm a freshman in one of the top 20 LACs and planning to transfer to Harvard:
My stats are:
4.0 GPA (First freshman year semester)
1530 New Sat
Lots of extracurricular
Part of the crew team in my school.
Now the real question is: Why do I want to transfer?
Well, as a major, I'm considering computer science. However, my school's courses choices are so limited, especially when considering the part of CS I'm interested in (Artificial intelligence). In addition, computer science research is limited for me at my college because I'm an international student, and so I don't get enough funding as domestic students.
The part I'm concerned about whether I should mention or not is the social scene in my college. I'm simply not a fit for my college. I was expecting a bit of intellectual experience out of the classroom, but I couldn't find it. Note: Yes, I'm not that much into partying.
I'm really skeptical about mentioning that in my why transfer essay? are the academics reasons enough? what do you think?
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