Chance a Transfer

<p>Right now I am a freshman at UMich.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2180
SAT 2s:
-Math 1 and 2: 750
-History: 700</p>

<p>HS GPA: 3.5 (ouch)
College GPA: Hopefully 3.925 this semester, and hopefully a 4 next semester.</p>

<p>I have a few ECs, and I think I can make them out to sound good. My obvious problem is a bad HS GPA. The reason is, during HS I didn't really try and was more concerned with learning everything I could about the subjects I love: finance and economics. This is a huge plus for me in college when I will major/ take econ courses because they are frankly a breeze. However, this doesn't change my HS gpa. Is there some way I can convey this to them?</p>

<p>Well, I think that colleges want to know you’re gpa to see if you can handle the course work there, and with your college gpa of 3.925 I definitely think that shows that you can handle college level courses, and they should see that too. Good Luck!</p>

<p>So you think that my college grades will convince them of that and they can overlook my HS grades?</p>

<p>Yes, you’ve clearly demonstrated an improvement in your dedication to academics since high school.</p>

<p>A great improvement at that. And i heard for transfers they disregard HS GPA, or its very minimal in decisions, can anyone confirm this?</p>

<p>I know they like to look more at college, but with only a semester done, I wouldn’t think they look only at college (though in my case I would really hope they do). Although, maybe Cornell is different from typical schools? Anyone know?</p>

<p>Cornell is one of the most unique schools you will EVER find :)</p>

<p>Seriously.</p>

<p>Heh, yeah I know. I was speaking about the admissions process specifically, but I agree that it is unique.</p>

<p>One more question that I just ran into: do I need recommendations? Either I am blind, or on their transfer page they don’t mention any, but other posts on CC mention them.</p>

<p>you should apply for junior year to counter your HS performance. as for LORs, you need at least one</p>

<p>Ok, I know this is stupid but, What is a LOR?</p>

<p>i’m guessing he means letters of recommendation.</p>

<p>yup, letter of rec.</p>