How hard is it to transfer to an elite university from a state

also my gpa is currently a 3.9 and I've taken all the lower div math classes

I'm teaching myself analysis and algebra on my own in preparation for next year, obviously I need to do well, but assuming I do, how probable is transferring to an elite school?

Understand that these top tier schools get thousands of transfer applications and only admitting below 10%. This means not only must your grades be stellar but your extracurricular but having a respected professors back you up is essential. A 3.9 gpa isn't enough to get in...I hope you know that anon.

How is your essay coming along anyway?

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>>17735925
>a 3.9 isn't enough

but that's 1 b for every 9 a's...

what the fuck man, time2killself

No essay, it's a year and several months away. I need to focus on testing out of the dumb pre req's that are required, and really doing extremely well in my rigorous classes at the BigStateU next year.

What kind of extracurriculars do they want to see?

>>17735937

It's harder to get into top schools as a transfer than as freshman. Unless you've done something amazing outside of getting a 4.0, you probably aren't getting in and that is me being brutally honest.

>What kind of extracurriculars do they want to see?

Consistent volunteer work, club activity and leadership skills. This should have been active from day 1 from your university start date. If you knew you were transferring from the get go then stockpiling all this should have been your goal.

Aside from that professor recommendations are also important but that requires a constant....meddling which I am not a fan of.If you have a couple of professors you get a long with and they know your name, get them asap.

Go to your school's academic advisor and set a very in depth meeting anon.

>>17735894
You do know that some state schools (Berkeley, UCLA, some of the Big Ten) are ranked higher than some of the Ivy League, don't you?

>>17736053
literally none of that is true.

>>17736112
Hahaha yes it is. Majority of Ivy League is a fucking joke curriculum and fucking joke as far as grade inflation, and research output with grants received. When 2/3 of your freshmen have a 4.0GPA and 82% graduate with honors there is something going on.

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21615616-not-what-it-used-be-grade-expectations
http://qz.com/157579/confession-of-an-ivy-league-teaching-assistant-heres-why-i-inflated-grades/
http://www.nyunews.com/2014/09/17/bisin-13/
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-solution/2011/03/01/the-ivy-league-earnings-myth

>>17736112
Holy fuck you are retarded.

The top 3 schools in math are Berkley, caltech, and mit. Literally everyone in academia know that ivy league aren't the top. They are up there (and perhaps the top in some fields like law). But overall, no.

>>17736262
No, the top is Princeton. Berkeley is #2.

I meant overall. In math, absolutely. Not talking about grad programs, we're tLking about overall, for getting a good career.

>>17736269
Click on the last link in >>17736169

Extensive studies show that there is zero difference in income between identical degrees from Ivy League vs state institution. At all.

You must have attended Ivy League with that reading comprehension and attentiveness to sources.

>>17735894
Something like Ohio State? Certainly possible. If with the 3.9 you have things like extracurriculars, I'd say there's a chance. If you don't get in though you're a very good candidate for grad schools at these institutions.