<p>now that I have your attention (something I can't get when I write "Madison" or something of that ilk as the subject)...</p>
<p>Freshman at U of Iowa, woefully underperformed my first year and a half or so in high school. I desperately want to transfer back to my home state of Wisconsin to UW-Madison, here are my stats</p>
<p>High School stats/activites</p>
<p>class rank 180/390
weighted gpa: 3.3 (big upward trend in last few years)
German exchange program
Orchestra European tour 2006 (Prague, Vienna, Salzburg)
Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra
Track, 3 years
28 ACT composite, 12 on the writing sample (will the writing score be weighed heavily? I feel it's a real feather in my cap and I hope they take it in to consideration).</p>
<p>College-level stats</p>
<p>AP Gov: 5
AP German: 4
AP English Lit: 4 </p>
<p>(all good scores, hoping they will see I can really perform when challenged).</p>
<p>3.8 gpa my first semester at Iowa with 15 credits under my belt, not including retroactive and AP credits, which rachets the total up to 28 for the semester.</p>
<p>So...chance me, please. Pretty please. I'm on pins and needles here.</p>
<p>Most colleges--like Wisconsin--require you to take a certain number of college credits before applying. In your case, you are fortunate, since Wisconsin at Madison requires you to complete (or be completing) 24 units. That means you can apply now. </p>
<p>If you keep up the GPA (3.8) you have now in the second semester, getting into Wisconsin should be no problem at all. My guess is they will accept you contingent on you completing at least 24 units and getting at least a 3.0 GPA in the second semester (or something similar).</p>
<p>you still can't get people' attention because u misspelled harvard haha
For transfer to public school, they look at gpa more than anything else. Ur college gpa should get u there with about 30+ credits. It's a match right now too just wash out ur act scores lol</p>
<p>^whats wrong with a 28? Thats the median score at madison, not to mention I got a perfect score on the writing sample both times I took the test.</p>