Little background of my college experience so far: I graduated from high school in 2013 and took a gap semester due to unforeseen circumstances. In the Spring Semester of 2014, I enrolled in online classes through an accredited university and earned 21 credits before I transferred to my current college in Fall 2015. At my current school (Rhode Island College), all 21 credits transferred over and I have earned 18 more credits so far. I am working on completing my Associates degree before I transfer to a school in Boston. The reason for transfer is the fact that RIC is not the right fit for me at all with no college life, most professors being too lenient, and not feeling like I am receiving the most of an education I am paying for due to extreme easiness of courses and the campus falling apart and extremely outdated.
My Stats:
UW HS GPA: 2.957
W HS GPA: 3.613
College GPA: 4.0 w/ 39 credits
ACT Score: 19 (I suck at major tests)
Major: General Drama/Theater
Minor: Business Management
Current School Stats:
Tuition Per Year: $19,863
Room & Board: $11,363 (So not worth even getting paid to live there)
Also, most students graduate a year or two late due to course shortages which I don’t want to happen to me.
Schools I am applying for transfer to:
• Boston University (Dream)
• Northeastern University (2nd Choice)
• Suffolk University (3rd Choice)
• Boston College (4th Choice)
• Emerson College (5th Choice)
• Rutgers University (Fallback)
I was going to reply to your original topic a few days ago but realized when I was about to write it that you’re a Drama/Theater major. Usually transfer applicants are almost solely reviewed based on their college coursework GPA, so obviously you’re perfect there. Unless you’re applying to an extremely good school that’s going to be 50%+ of your application easy, usually far more. However, with majors like theater, art, and music, it’s far more complicated, and you didn’t really include enough information to judge, not that I would be qualified to.
A large portion of your application will probably come down to “EC’s” related to your major which are pretty much a requirement for Fine Arts schools, like plays that you’ve been involved in (or your portfolio in art, etc.). I would also venture a guess that LOR’s from professors in your major area are extremely important. This is a major that, unfortunately, can’t really be quantified. I would be shocked if any of these schools asked for your ACT score as well (maybe BU and Northeastern idk). When I applied as a transfer to UT-Austin and A&M they didn’t even ask for my high school transcripts, and those schools aren’t exactly a joke.
Edit - Also, and I’m not exactly sure about this you may want to check if it’s different in Rhode Island, but you can’t get an Associates from RIC. It’s a 4 year university so the lowest degree they’ll offer is a Bachelors. Associates degrees are exclusively given out by Community Colleges, at least I think.