What sorts of things will impress universities and ensure I get more than one or no offers? I have lots of work experience, good grades and have a sufficient attendance and punctuality track record. Is this enough?

Can people tell me how they did or didn’t get into university and why.University application stories please. Thanks so much By the way, I want to go to a university in the UK.
Thanks for stories so far, very inspiring
Something that’s completely vital, apart from grades of course, is your personal statement. Writing this will take up a lot of time (it took me ages to do) but once it’s done it will make a huge difference to your chances of going to the University you want.

Think of it as the only information the Universitites have about your life outside school, so write about achievements that you might have done that will put you above other students, for example managing a project or working as a team on something.

Also, make sure you get lots of different teachers to read through it. I got my English, Art, French, General Studies teacher and my Head of Year to read through mine so I could get as much feedback as I could to take on board. Even if you dont do English as an A Level, I would definatley ask the Head of Department to look over it because they are most likely to know what to write and can really help.

Finally, make sure you say how the other subjects you have studied have influenced what you want to study at Univeristy and how they have given you additional insight into your chosen subject.

I hope this has been useful

Assuming you apply as a junior transfer (for the final two years), maintain a good GPA (3.8 or above) and you do a lot of volunteer work and ECs. You were a B student in high school.

Is it possible to transfer from a tier 4 or tier 3 school to a top 50 University like Georgetown, Washington U in St Louis or Vanderbilt?

YES, how many times are you going to ask? stop second guessing yourself and stop annoying everyone on here.

Lets say a student did so so in high school due to difficulties in life, but in college he shined and did outstanding, so well that he applied to a Top UnivUniversity for his final two years of college, if he gets accepted, what does that tell you about the student?

Also, do transfer students at top universities have less opportunities than the ones who have been there for a while?

No, they both have the same opportunities. Your resume and transcript will not say community college. You will only have your bachelor degree granting institution. You only suffer socially in college as a transfer student. You meet most of your friends in freshman and sophomore years because you take generals etc. The final two years are your major’s coursework. You can still make friends this way though.

List some pros, list some cons.

At the end of the day, do you think that it is worth to transfer to a top 40 university?

Assuming the student could not get in as a freshman applicant, is doing outstanding at a tier 4 university and really wants to upgrade his education.

Cons:

- lack of financial aid for transfer students.
- top colleges rarely take transfers, Princeton doesn’t take any but the rest of them do, although their rates are in the single digits.
- lots of work involved from getting recommendations, to completing the application and usually the essay needs to be convincing.
- they say your social life may suffer but I highly doubt that, I disagree with that in fact.
- Some credits may not transfer.

Pros:

- Better education at a Top University, chance to wipe off your past high school record.
- Better opportunities for graduate studies and you have a chance of getting into the top grad schools.
- For some that commute, an opportunity to be independent.
- You are still a part of the student body and have the same privileges as most of the other students on campus.
- You get to spend your final two years at a better University and you have your cores and pre-requisites out the way.
- Less expensive of an option if you go to community college or if the college you went to before was cheaper.

At the end of the day I say it is worth it, it may be tougher but if you can get into a better university than a tier 4 one then it is a great option.

Do you think that the kids who get into Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Stanford right out high school will in most cases have a life where they make the six figure salary and own the best houses, drive the nicest cars, send their kids to the nicest schools and so forth?

No, I have seen tons of people who have degrees from Harvard and Princeton end up making 25-30kk per year. When you get to an Ivy, you need to stay competitive and compete with the top students, when you come out near the top among those students then you end up getting a shot at the top graduate programs and after that you need to stay competitive there. Then you get a chance at making the big bucks.

If it was that easy, well, we would have a lot of rich people in the US now wouldn’t we.

hi, im studying AS levels at the moment (Business studies, Sociology, Psychology, History) and I think I want to study business at University, does anyone know the top universities for business related subjects in the UK?
thanks

Here is the university league table below, which shows you the top unis for Business Studies.

Oxford
Cambridge
Imperial College
Bath
Exeter
LSE
Loughborough
Warwick
St Andrews
Lancaster

(St Andrews is a great place to study, I went there myself )

Like lets say you have a kid who did average in high school, graduated with a 3.5 GPA, went to a tier 4 University for the first two years on a full ride. If he maintains a 4.0, is it possible for him to transfer to a top 50 university? Even some Ivies that DO take transfers?

I did it. I got into UCLA.

In the UK or england? Also what can you do with Mechnical Engineering as in the degree and masters?

Imperial College London

In the link below there’s a list of the top universities.

If you do a masters, you can go on to do a Phd and research.

If your asking what jobs can you go on to do with a Mechanical Engineering degree, then it’s quite simple, you can get a job as a mechanical engineer or something else in a similar field.