<p>I'm planning to transfer from BU to: University of Virginia, University of Chicago, Notre Dame, Boston College and Columbia. Grade deflation is notorious in this school. Do I have a chance??</p>
<p>BTW I started school (freshman) in spring semester(therefore only one semester of course credit), but I have 4 ap credits which makes me a sophomore next semester. Will that help my chances?? </p>
<p>Highschool GPA: 3.63</p>
<p>thanks
Potato</p>
<p>About Columbia, I know that they "expect at least a 3.5 GPA from applicants". But if you can pull of all A's next semster, that'll bring it up to almost 3.6. Work your ass off, and they you'll have a chance.</p>
<p>You better have at least a 3.5, probably higher for out-of-state to UVa. Also write a kick-ass essay.</p>
<p>i think you might have to bring it up esp if u want to transfer from a 4 year university to one of those schools.. especially virginia, chicago, or columbia...</p>
<p>Yeah I think you should probably apply to a few more matches and a couple of safeties you are aiming too high with a gpa lower than a 3.2 albeit you do have an stellar hs gpa but not sure which of the schools you mentioned consider your hs record when transferring (I'm pretty sure ND does so you have a good shot there).</p>
<p>Yeah. I hope they do consider HS grades, considering I only have 1 semester worth of college grades :).. The transition from HS to Boston University is a "shock and awe" experience. Since i applied for spring semester, it was pretty much on your own kind of thing.</p>
<p>truthfully?</p>
<p>no. </p>
<p>All those schools, with the exception of BC, are hard as it is to get into. Most applicants who do get accepted are in the more high end of the gpa spectrum; 3.5+</p>
<p>I think maybe you should wait another semester or even a year so that your gpa can go up, then you'll have a good chance of getting accepted elsewhere.</p>
<p>also uchicago has some major grade deflation.</p>
<p>i though boston college was very competative? whats the average gpa for that school?</p>
<p>Ok... I am applying for spring term to most of those schools, will mid term reports suffice? Since I have only been in this school for 1 semester, would college look down if i submited my Boston University freshman application with my transfer? There seems to be a ongoing debate about the power of your HS GPA vrs College GPA in transfer. Ive only been here 1 semester (not even a full acedemic year!) therefore wouldnt my HS GPA make up for one semester of college courses?</p>
<p>Oh and my SAT is M:600 V:650.. Do I have to retake it again?</p>
<p>it's an alright gpa I guess...but those schools are extremely competitive. you should definitely pick some safeties.</p>
<p>Ive been hearing this word "safety" when picking prospective transfers. BU is one of the tops schools in the country; I do not want to transfer to a lower tier school. What school would be considered "safety" that is above BU?</p>
<p>Collegeboard.com has an excellent feature on the 'admissions' tab of its detailed information for schools that I haven't seen anywhere else: transfer admission statistics. It gives you the number of applicants and the number of admits, but it's more than I've seen even on most colleges' websites.</p>
<p>Pick a few schools you're interested and check those numbers. You'd be surprised which ones are easier to get into as a transfer than as a freshman, and you'd be surprised which ones have rather high admissions rates.</p>
<p>In addition to your GPA, very carefully craft your essays: let the school know why you need them and why they need you.</p>
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<p>They are not always accurate.</p>
<p>Don't listen to the people who say its not a possibility. I was told the same thing with a 3.4 for UCLA by counselors even and I got in. Anything is possible if the average admission gpa for these schools was a 3.5 then that means people with 3.0 must have been admitted its hard to say whether or not you have a shot because we know nothing about you other than a gpa you may have qualities that distinguishes you/sets you apart from other applicants. Good luck</p>
<p>is your stated high school GPA weighted or unweighted... but no matter, it still seems like ur high school GPA of 3.63 is not very high considering the freshman applicants to these schools... neither does your SAT score set you very far apart from the norm... i think your best shot is to stay where u are and maybe transfer once ur GPA has gone up. i think you also have to keep in mind that most schools will ask you if youve ever been at a 4 year university and if you say yes, you are lower on the priority list.</p>
<p>nspeds -- no, they are not. Nor are they always even there. However, I found it a better marker than "we have a strong applicant pool and only accept a few answers" -- at least it's /some/ number in the ballpark.</p>
<p>No, sometimes the numbers are entirely fabricated; would you rather have a false sense of security instead of sheer ambiguity? I prefer the latter.</p>
<p>"No, sometimes the numbers are entirely fabricated;"</p>
<p>prove please. I am interested to see specific instances where collegeboard made up their numbers. Enlighten me please.</p>
<p>Trinity college, for a while, had completely inaccurate information. Even after I called them, the fallacious information resided on collegeboard.com for nearly a month.</p>
<p>Potato...Boston College "recommends" it's transfer applicants to have at least a 3.30 GPA (B+).</p>