Transferring to a "top" university from a not so top university, seen it done before? (high school, acceptance)

[jgamibi]

I just wonder. I have a friend who finished high school with a 3.2 GPA and made around an 1800 on the SAT. He is applying to some schools like UNC Chapel Hill, Tufts and Wake Forest (many others) as a transfer, can it be done?

[uptown_urbanist]

Sure, it can be done. Since he's applying as a transfer student, his high school record isn't so important; it's his current college record that will matter. A 3.2 college GPA isn't going to impress anyone, but if he's doing much better in college and has the CV, recommendations, and grades to prove it, then the fact that his (now obsolete) high school GPA was lower isn't particularly relevant.

[jgamibi]

He has like a 3.6 GPA as a Biochemistry major (which is supposed to be a tough major) and yea.

[TarheelsMatt]

Transfer rates are quite low at those schools above. Where is he coming from?

[jgamibi]

Originally Posted by TarheelsMatt

Transfer rates are quite low at those schools above. Where is he coming from?

A tier 4 university, he is in the honors program there.

I thought Chapel Hill had a high transfer acceptance rate.