<p>I am applying to these 4 schools as a Junior transfer from the University of Oregon for this coming Spring 2014 semester.</p>
<p>I am applying as an Education major</p>
<p>My freshmen year grades are AWFUL. I picked doing pre-med because I thought I would enjoy it.. Completely wrong. So I changed my major in sophomore year and got a MUCh better GPA in my 2nd year. I wrote on one of the common app essays, explaining what happened freshman year.</p>
<p>Freshman year: Basically a 2.0
Sophomore year: 3.6 (Dean's List winter term)
-I got all A's/A-'s sophomore year, and 1 B</p>
<p>I volunteer in an Elementary School special education classroom
I volunteer at an elderly home once a week</p>
<p>I got great recommendations from my past college teachers/professors </p>
<p>American University in Washington DC
California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA
Chapman University in Orange, CA
Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA
University of Redlands in Redlands, CA</p>