3.5 and Going nowhere?

Transfer Students
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<p>So, as my first semster at Stonehill wraps up... I'm stuck in a grave dilemma: the GPA. Although I shot for the 3.7 and higher. I believe it will be closer to a 3.5. Does this really kill all my dreams? The class that I am doing "horribly" is a 300 level foreign language class (French Lit). Are there any schools that will look at a 3.5 that are at least a slight upgrade from stonehill? I know most of you will say wait until sophomore year, but the parents have made a demand requiring me to leave stonehill after this year or they will not pay... I go where the money is.</p>

<p>please help!</p>

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<p>Where do you want to go/where are they making you go? A 3.5 GPA is pretty decent imo. I don't know where Stonehill is, but I'd assume with a 3.5 can get you into most competitive schools (not "the" most).</p>

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<p>OH man, you better pack your bags and go home with that kind of GPA. NO one in their right minds would take you.</p>

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<p>Most college transfer brochures say "succesful transfer applicant have achieved a grade of B or better." Therefore you've done better than the minimum. You ready to go.
Don't listen to tpeck.</p>

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<p>Stonehill is a solid school, so I think you'll have some options with a 3.5. Be more specific, though, about what type of school you're interested in, and what you intend to study.</p>

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<p>at first I wanted Trinity in ct, but now I am not so sure because of the gpa.</p>

<p>The "criteria"
- east coast or mid-atlantic
- school between 8,000 - 2500
- urban (at the very least more accessiblity to the city than stonehill), but has a campus
- Equestrian team (most schools on the east coast do), I'm on Stonehill's ... I'm not making it a must but it would be nice.</p>

<p>major: Philosophy</p>

<p>Courses: 1: Intro German, French Literature, Intro Philosophy, Intro Religious studies (Phil. and Relig. I had to take). 2nd: German, French, Intro history, Intro Lit, and History of the Russian Revolution (don't ask...I'm still wondering about it)</p>

<p>ecs: want to commit to anything like musical theater until I knew what kind of schedule I had for the team.</p>

<p>summer: Franklin College in Switzerland and hopefully one of Middlebury's Language Schools (French or German)</p>

<p>HS
GPA: weird and found officialy was a 2.6 (on a 7pt scale...), so when college's converted it - 3.4 ot 3.5 area ... very very rigerous school
SAT: 1220
SAT II Math: 580 (i'm no genius), Writing: 650, U.S. History: 680
ecs: musical theater for the city of houston, model un, spanish club, JA (got a scholarship for it), cross country, spirit club.</p>

<p>summer: studied at Brown, Yale, Oxford, Franklin in switz., in an immersion program for about a month two summers in France </p>

<p>The only other thing that may help and please guys don't go on a riot about it. I'm Black... also had some family issues during high school thus explaining the great fluxations in my grades at times.</p>

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<p>Also, I don't see why they wouldn't try give me some leniency for a B - or B in French Lit... it's a 300 level class and it's not like I wanted to take that class... I placed out of all the other ones...</p>

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<p>Uhh I'm at William & Mary and struggling to pull a 3.0 this semester...</p>

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<p>how's WM? I was accepted as a transfer student for the spring term, but i don't think i'm going to attend</p>

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<p>Shannon,</p>

<p>The philosophy department at Trinity is quite good. Two of the smartest philosophers I've met, both world class scholars, did their undergraduate work there. I should mention, that with a 3.7 at BU, I was waitlisted and then ultimately rejected as a transfer applicant. </p>

<p>My recommendation for you would be to cast a wide net. It is unclear, to me at least, what schools will best suit you (8,000 to 25,000 is a rather large spread). Some schools that come to mind off the cuff are Brandeis, BU, perhaps Providence College (though it is smaller than 8,000). Given your original preference to Trinity, I wonder if you're interested in other little ivies (Colby, Bowdoin, and Bates et al). As for safety schools, I'm at a loss, as it seems you are vacillating between wanting to go to another LAC, or a large university.</p>

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<p>The workload at WM is stressful. I only took 13 credits this semester and still found it difficult. That would be ok if the social life was good, but it's not. A lot of students stay in on the weekends and play video games, and those of us that do go out have very weak parties to go to. There are a lot of things I like about the school, such as the student body, extracurriculars, and campus, but a lot of stuff I dislike. I'm considering transferring out next year (which is the reason I'm on this board) to maybe UVA or Tufts. It's not definite yet, but I've definitely thought about it a lot.</p>