<p>@ alamemom - Thanks for the info! I’m now fairly aware of how US schools will investigate my past, but do foreign schools use the NSC as well? Also, in saying that I was applying with a 4.0, I meant that I would be applying with a 4.0 since returning to school. I do understand that most schools do accept transfer applicants with more than 60 credits.</p>
<p>@ artloversplus - Thanks for your input! I would love for colleges to forgive and forget, but I doubt it will happen. I’m not interested in grad school, but I do understand I would have better chances at getting accepted into an elite program at that level.</p>
<p>@ #theorymom - Thanks for the reply! Your response essentially summarized my plans, with the exception of attending grad school (I understand that, in my position, grad school may be necessary; nonetheless, I have no plans whatsoever to attend grad school in the near future).</p>
<p>@ mookerson - Thanks for your opinion! I was lazy my first year (when I received a mediocre 3.0), but my 2nd year was marked by external circumstances of a semi-traumatic nature. Without those circumstances, I would have undoubtedly continued on my path of mediocrity (but not even come close to failing). I do understand (by this point) that my plans are unrealistic, but I’m not sure they’re unrealistic in the same way you seem to be implying. Yes, my GPA is abominable. My test scores are in the 99th percentile, though, and I have some experience that most undergrads applying to IB target schools probably don’t. Further, the schools that I thought I might have an outside chance at being admitted to were more along the lines of Berkeley, UVA, or maybe UChicago (since they seem to like unique applicants) than Harvard or Stanford. </p>
<p>I’m not really sure why you don’t think I’ve had a change of heart-I thought that was evident from my posts. Right now I work 90+ hour weeks in difficult conditions (ie the engineering majors that I used to live with have it easy, from my current perspective). I should have clarified the “vanity” point. I couldn’t care less about what anyone else thinks of me (aside from admissions officers or interviewers). I should have said that much of my motivation for pursuing this course of action comes from my desire to right a past wrong, so to speak, in meeting a goal that I once failed miserably to reach. Also, I’m aware (and have been since long before I started this thread) that Princeton doesn’t accept transfers. I included it on my list to emphasize the scope of my plans (and “HYPS” looks better than “HYS”). I’m not sure my post would have attracted as many replies had I asked about my chances to UMich or UVA.</p>
<p>Thanks again everyone for your advice and input!</p>