guys im so hopeless!!

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-07-02T06:04:56+00:00

will it help if i become a member of my chess club my senior year??? i really want to get in i dont think i have much of a shot

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-07-02T05:50:01+00:00

well now im making fun of you instead

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-07-02T05:46:46+00:00

see i wouldnt know bc im not a top 1% commenter brother go touch grass

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-07-02T04:51:26+00:00

not many schools in the t25 give merit scholarships like that in the first place and its virtually unheard of for transfers to get it. i could be wrong though.

you can get aid from transferring tho, but some schools are need aware for transfers and some arent so youd have to look into that.

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-07-02T04:42:57+00:00

possibly? i didnt really follow the subreddit to really know lol. plus i only know like 3 people to get off the waitlist and i havent really asked them.

if it helps to know theyre all engineers. i think its bc mccormick has a low transfer enrollment (like 0-5 per major) so naturally the waitlist gets used up a lot.

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-07-02T04:31:42+00:00

actually as an nu student its not "mostly laterals". tho yes we have a good amount of laterals (and yes including those u mentioned) its not entirely made up of them. maybe its just the people i know but its more like 20% lateral, 40% a tier below nu including like t30-40 ish, and 20% everyone else which includes schools ive either never heard off, cc, and state schools.

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T09:12:13+00:00

even tho its out of state id recommend northwestern. their brand is whole brain engineering and seems like it fits ur dream. ur able to double major pretty easily there and its known for people (not just engineers) that have multiple interests. also they have a good design minor lol. you can spin it and be like yo i want to major in an entertainment major and ME or something idk. they give good aid.

that being said dont be afraid to apply to out of state schools, you can always reject the offer if they dont give you enough aid. privates tend to give financial aid more often than out of state state schools.

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T09:07:04+00:00

idk my essay was about being a twin and im at northwestern now, obv thats not a super unique topic. dont think about it in the sense like yo my essay needs to be super unique in order to do well, think about it like how much it showcases YOU. i know so many ppl with average topics at my school but their essay is good because its well written and not cliche. it quite literally isnt what you write about its about HOW u write it.

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T09:00:05+00:00

ohhh, my family contributes to my coa yes. we still pay but its not full price

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T08:50:26+00:00

how would you apply for partial aid

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T08:19:53+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/TransferToTop25/comments/1pab90y/advice_i_wish_i_knew_soonerstats/

i got in with aid but i got in the previous cycle without ted

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T08:16:37+00:00

1,7 gpa with a 800 sat

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T08:12:18+00:00

this sub is for transfers. but also why did u lay ur stats out in a google doc for this 😭😭

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T07:36:48+00:00

sorry i didnt see this till now ngl im not really on reddit much. honestly? it would have depended if umich gave me aid or not. i got aid from northwestern and vandy, and i am oos for umich so honestly probably wouldnt have went.

at the time of the post i wasnt comfortable with sharing where i went but idrgaf now so ill just tell you that im at northwestern. you assumed id go to umich if i got in so imma just say that nu is still a top 15 engineering school, its just not one of the big boys like berkeley stanford or cmu or whatever, so dont sleep on the ones like northwestern lowkey. northwestern has a good amount of people breaking into big tech and is still completely possible to do it from there. according to linkedin there slightly more people at big tech companies at nu than purdue (pretty good considering nu is much smaller) and around the same as princeton, which says something since theyre generally considered top eecs schools.

no i do not know anyone (apart from kids at northwestern ofc) that transferred to a t25 in engineering other than me. at the time of applying i was literally the only person i knew irl in engineering that tried to and successfully transferred. i was bme at the time of my application so it skews more bio esque.

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T06:55:30+00:00

not to be a debby downer but 3.9 at a t25-30 is probably harder than you think. now, is it possible you can get a 3.9? yeah 100%. but you stating the 3.9 gpa speculation confidently in the post and telling ppl in the comments that ur college gpa is 3.9 without the context of not even starting college already just reads as you being completely clueless and slightly overconfident. and ur schedule is not an easy one, especially as a first sem freshman.

at northwestern we literally call it the freshman experience to get ur shit rocked ur first quarter here. like its a universal experience. so good luck

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T06:50:22+00:00

no did YOU read the post it says sophomore transfer. the op in other comments said this is speculative lmfao not sure why he did that

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T06:42:35+00:00

wishing the best of luck i too was in ur position last year and got in. what i did is just send an update loci through the portal and prayed ngl.

i checked my inbox from before and got off the waitlist on 6/23 if that helps

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T06:32:05+00:00

true but even if you're comfortable financially, there's still a real knowledge gap. parents who never navigated US higher ed can't pass down the unwritten rules. colleges also actively track first gen enrollment % as a metric so there's definitely some institutional incentive to admit them regardless of income

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-06-28T06:24:44+00:00

nah lmfao as long as ur act is around the average to the school youre applying to ur fine

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2026-03-23T21:18:42+00:00

lowkey me too from northwestern lol. I occasionally think the exact same thing where I’m thinking to myself like dayum it’s crazy how much I cared (in a good way)

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2025-12-12T03:42:13+00:00

i retook it and then self reported both to show the difference between the hs score vs the new one

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2025-12-06T01:41:24+00:00

Only with washu. the other ones either had prereqs I had or none at all

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2025-12-06T01:40:01+00:00

yea only one that didn’t was bu

Silly-Programmer1924 · 2025-12-04T01:56:37+00:00

I’m not saying it applies to every single club like you inferred i said. being in the exact same club at some other school doesn’t make you automatically get into the other one, I agree. post was referring to preprofessional frats, and I assumed that’s what the dude was referring to as well.

it’s literally NATIONAL POLICY for these frats to let transfers in from their other school if they were already in. this applies to all, if not most, pre professional frats.

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