<p>Hi guys! I was just wondering if you had a rocky start to your college career...possibly ending with a less than stellar (bad) gpa...will colleges that you would like to transfer to in the future be more forgiving because it was the 1st semester of freshman year? I hope on getting a 4.0 (or realistically a 3.7+) for the next coming semesters.</p>
<p>It depends on if you’re talking about applying now as a soph transfer or next year as a jr transfer. If now, the problem is that they won’t see your 2nd semester grades before making a decision. If for a jr transfer they will have two more semesters of grades to look and and so would be more forgiving of a rough start.</p>
<p>^ I plan on being a junior transfer (60+ credits)
So I suppose the upward trend would help me significantly?</p>
<p>They’ll only see 2 more semesters if I’m a jr transfer? I thought for some schools they would see 3 more semesters? Or does that depend on each school’s deadline? :/</p>
<p>I meant this fall semester (w/not-so-good grades) and then this spring and the following fall w/excellent grades :). Generally the spring semester grades after you’ve submitted your application won’t count in the decision.</p>