<p>Hello, I would greatly appreciate it if you guys could take a second to read and comment on my situation. </p>
<p>I am currently a senior in high school. I never realized how important going to a good college would be to me and resultantly did not work as hard as I should have over the past 4 years. Freshman year I had a 3.0, then a 3.1 soph year, a 3.4 junior and a 4.0 first semester this senior year (although after second semester, ill probably be more around a 3.7) Additionally, I got a 1340 on the SAT with a 670, 630 and 600 on the II's. </p>
<p>I applied early decision to a top LAC and did not get in. Ideally, I would ultimately like to attend a top school, one that I may have been able to attend if I had worked hard in highschool. I applied to several other competetive schools, however, I am afraid because of my low gpa I may not end up gaining acceptance for this upcoming year.</p>
<p>My question is, how difficult is it to transfer in after just one year of college? The idea of waiting two years to transfer out is somewhat bothersome because I do want to be able to settle in at the school I am going to end up and know I will be getting as close to the full experience as possible, instead of just half the time to create relationships etc. </p>
<p>Some of the transfer statistics mentioned have been alarming, with many colleges only accept 15-20 percent of transfer applicants. Especially at the privately funded schools to which I am considering. Any suggestions or comments on transferring into schools such as Colby, Tufts, Emory or Vassar after just a year? </p>
<p>Thanks for your time, I am confident someone will be kind enough to answer as this site seems to be a great resource for exchanging helpful information.</p>
<h1>1) I have a decent vocabulary, and I have never read nor heard "resultantly". I had to look it up to see if it was a real word...I thought it was a Bush-ism. ;)</h1>
<p>Anyways,</p>
<h1>2) There are many students with better stats than you that get deferred at state schools all the time. So if you are looking to get into a decent level public school you are going to be in trouble.</h1>
<h1>3) Without knowing your story, your hook your essays, it would be tough to see how you present to an adcom. Based on your numbers alone, I am sure you will agree it is not impressive. HOWEVER, what is impressive is your upward trend on the GPA. That will help.</h1>
<h1>4) A top school may take you if they found your app persuasive and inspiring, but it will be a private school--can you afford that?</h1>
<h1>5) If all else fails and you have to go to a school you were not vying for, than as the other poster stated...you will need to work very hard and prove yourself at whatever college you attend. Continue that upward trend and you will be rewarded eventually.</h1>
<p>Thank you for the post. Yes, resultantly is a word. I guess I was trying to get a better idea of how difficult it is to transfer out after just one year to a top school than "rewarded eventually". Thanks anyway though as I appreciate the valid points. Any additional thoughts from anyone?</p>
<p>I wanted to do the same thing ( I wanted to try UCLA and USC)., however, as I soon discovered, many schools ( especially the UC's and CSU's) aren't taking lower division transfers from CC's any longer. (The reason that I've been given for that is "Budget Issues". ) When I found that out, I became extremely annoyed, but I eventually got over it and I will transfer ( somewhere....) in Fall 2006.
I can't afford private school, ( or out of state, for that matter.) even with financial aidso I have to do everything possible to get into a UC or CSU.</p>