<p>hey everyone, i have been a long time lurker but have been hesitating making a 'chance me' thread because I'm a tad worried about the outcome.</p>
<p>I'm an in-state student, white male, 20 years old.</p>
<p>first year of college i slacked off because I'm a moron who cared more about my experiences and social life first year and not academics and ended my year 1 with a 1.7 cumulative gpa. I then transferred to a community college because I wanted to actually accomplish things and get a fresh start. my first semester i got a 3.5 and second i got a 4.0 for a cumulative of 3.8. i plan on taking one more year at CC but submitting my app after one more semester of grades to show them i really have changed. i fully expect to get a 3.5+ for this upcoming semester's grades. </p>
<p>i also am a member of phi theta kappa and plan on doing some extracurriculars and get a few recommendations.</p>
<p>do i have a snowballs chance of getting in?</p>
<p>You seem to show clear evidence you have changed your studying habits, and that you are now a responsible student. I would agree that one more year would solidify this statement. That said, its always a little difficult to chance transfer students simply because not many transfer and its sort of dependent on the number of applicants that apply and the number of students that are attending. But in summation, I would say that I like your chances and would recommend applying.</p>
<p>I feel like such an idiot for wasting my first year of college. my priorities were so messed up. I just hope i can convince the admissions board that I’m deserving of a chance.</p>
<p>Question though: my first year GPA was from a 4 year uni and my 3.8 is from a community college. are they going to average the GPAs together or look at them each separately?</p>
<p>They will most likely look at them separately since they are separate entities. That said, I would recommend writing something about it in your essays.</p>
<p>I really have no idea what to tell you because I don’t know how they’ll view that first year. If it were just your CC GPA I’d say you have a great chance, though of course nothing is guaranteed, but I just have no idea what that other number is going to do to you. I have no experience with that.</p>
<p>thanks for your advice! i really appreciate it.</p>
<p>i plan this semester to kick it into high gear and make myself really shine on paper. i plan on joining some clubs around campus but i wanted to get your advice on two specifically:</p>
<p>Now, i know U of M has a more liberal lean, which is fine because i consider myself a libertarian but i was wondering if joining the college republicans would look bad (i know that’s a stupid question but something that’s in the back of my head) and also there is a club Students for the Right to Conceal Carry" which is a club trying to extend the right to conceal carry weapons on campus. While i am a firm believer in the constitution i don’t want it to look like I’m some gun waving hick ( i don’t even own a fire arm). i don’t want them to be put off by those on my list of extracurriculars</p>
<p>While you’re planning, make sure you get some really strong recommendations from any of your cc profs in classes where you’ve really stood out. And be frank in your explanation of your academic history. Remember that having gone down that road once, you are far less likely to underperform a second time because you’ve learned the consequences. Make sure they know that you know that Good luck!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t list “right to concealed carry on campus club” on your application. In light of VT and NIU I don’t think any college is looking to have more students walking around with guns on campus. </p>
<p>While they aren’t “suppose” to discriminate against you, I could easily see that evoking people’s biases.</p>
<p>Transferring to UM (as with most big schools) isn’t particularly difficult. What you have to worry about is having enough credits transfer in order to graduate on time. Definitely tell your advisor that you want to transfer to Michigan and try to get your schedule reviewed by someone in your prospective academic department to see preliminarily if the courses you selected will transfer. </p>
<p>Keep getting as close to 4.0 as possible. They might ask you to apply after your sophomore year to make sure that you’ve truly gotten your academics together after your 1.7, but you certainly have a chance.</p>
<p>I am also in the same boat. My first semester as a freshman i dropped out of all my classes because of illness, and my second semester i had no clue what i wanted to do and was incredibly unmotivated and did poorly. A few A’s and a few E’s which i thought were dropped but not…I also had planned to got to MSU but changed my mind after freshman year. My second year at my CC i figured out what i was doing and became incredibly driven. I am apart of Phi Theta Kappa and a service group. I retook the classes necessary to save my gpa and after this semester i will have 61 credits completed(48 transferrable that count towards UMich degree) If accepted i would have 60 total transferrable credits after winter semester as i am applying for Fall 2011. I am applying to LSA and switch majors from Business to Math and Econ. Courseload this semester is 20 credits (figure this semester will make or break me. With my electives i have taken a lot of math classes. I will be applying with a 3.80 gpa give or take a few grade points(depends on this semester) I did average in high school(focused a lot on sports instead of academics) I figure i can explain the dropped classes and poor grades in first year. I am an instate applicant and should have some good rec. letters.</p>
<p>what do you guys think? Chances good or bad?</p>
Good luck!</p>