<p>I currently have a 3.32 GPA, coming off a 3.6 GPA spring semester.</p>
<p>I had hopes of raising my GPA to a 3.5, in hopes of transferring to a top 25 school for the Fall 2012 semester. So I decided to take some summer courses this summer. Three to be exact.</p>
<p>However, I am doing badly in one of my classes, and it's most likely that I'll pass the class with a "C", which will reduce my GPA back down to a 3.11. To make matters worse, it's a 4 credit course. I've run the numbers and there's no way that I can even get a 3.4 GPA by the time I send out transfer applications. My best case scenario is a 3.35.</p>
<p>I am crushed, and don't know what to do. All the hard work I did last semester, will go out the window. I've talked to the professor, and he said he doesn't give extra credit. I don't know what to do. I extremely saddened to the point, that's it's 5:30 in the morning, and I can't sleep because it's all I'm thinking about.</p>
<p>I see absolutely no way that I can go to schools like Rice, Northwestern, USC, and Vanderbilt, now. Schools that I had my hearts sought out for, for so long now. :(</p>
<p>I'm completely heart-broken, and in need of some serious guidance. Please give me some advice.</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>No, your chances surely are not ruined.</p>
<p>Where are you coming from? You still have a shot at some of these schools if you can show to them that you’ve made the best of your situation </p>
<p>USC and Vandy are not THAT big of a stretch to be honest. You still would have a pretty good shot at them if you work hard. Not to mention, I applied to NU with a 3.3 from an LAC, and I still consider myself a competitive applicant. If I get in, I’ll let you know to make you feel better. If I don’t, well I got into OSU, and will probably get into Purdue, so there are options.</p>
<p>Don’t fret too much, your life isn’t over.</p>
<p>As much as I hate to say it, yes you’re screwed. The only one of top 30 or so schools I could see you reasonably transferring to is Notre Dame, and even that would be a fairly big stretch. Hope however is not lost. Where do you go to school and why do you want to transfer?</p>
<p>it would help a ton to know where you go to school, what your EC’s are, what you plan to study, etc.</p>
<p>you are not screwed until we know all that info., if you have no EC’s, bad/average test scores, mediocre high school record, are going to a community college, and are applying to the most competitive majors there are, then yes, you probably are screwed for going to a top 25, but we dont know until you tell us</p>
<p>It’s going to be very tough with that GPA. Maybe you should stretch your options to the likes of Wisconsin, UIUC, and other top 50s.</p>
<p>Why don’t you stay an extra year, get A’s, and apply for fall 2013 with a much better GPA? I mean if getting into a top 25 school is that important to you.</p>
<p>Just drop the class?</p>