Chances! Looking to Transfer.

<p>Alright, so, here it is. I'm a Hispanic female from California that is currently attending a small liberal arts college in Maine (Colby College). I'm entering my Sophomore year and looking to apply for the Spring semester. I guess my one stab-you-in-the-eye flaw academically is that mathematics is the bane of my existance. I'm also not really aware how much the extra-curriculars I participated in high school are really going to count anymore but... I'll list them anyways I guess? Heh.</p>

<p>Oh, and I'm an English major.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.01 (High School, W) ;; 3.01 (Colby)</p>

<p>SAT: 550 M ;; 710 W (12 Essay/63 MC) ;; 670 V</p>

<p>SAT II: 510 (Math 2C) ;; 720 (Literature) ;; 770 (Spanish)</p>

<p>My high school was affiliated with the state university in our city; it's located on the university campus, so, in other words... it's a charter school. So, I took courses at that university as part of both my high school curriculum as well as for state college credit. They were our APs, so to speak, since there were so few actual APs offered.</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM:</p>

<p>Freshman -</p>

<ul>
<li>Physics (A/A)</li>
<li>English (A/A)</li>
<li>Latin I (A/A)</li>
<li>Musicianship I (A/A)</li>
<li>Alegbra 2 (A/A)</li>
<li>Took Geometry over the Summer (A/A)</li>
</ul>

<p>Sophomore -</p>

<ul>
<li>World History I & II (A/A) (University Course, seperate semesters)</li>
<li>Chemistry (A/A)</li>
<li>English (A/A)</li>
<li>Musicianship II (A/A)</li>
<li>Latin II (A/A)</li>
<li>Pre-Calculus (C/C)</li>
</ul>

<p>Junior -</p>

<ul>
<li>Spanish 1A (A) (Univeristy Course 1st Semester)</li>
<li>Spanish 1B (A) (University Course 2nd Semester)</li>
<li>Geography 4 (A) (University Course)</li>
<li>AP English Lang and Comp (A/A)</li>
<li>AP Calculus BC (D/Dropped)</li>
<li>Musicianship III (A/B)</li>
<li>US History (B/B)</li>
<li>Biology 10 + Lab (A/A) (University Course)</li>
</ul>

<p>Senior -</p>

<ul>
<li>Spanish 2A (B) (University Course)</li>
<li>AP Caculus BC (B/B)</li>
<li>AP Econ/Govt. (A/A)</li>
<li>AP Literature (A/A)</li>
<li>Geology 1 + Lab (B) (University Course)</li>
<li>Musicianship IV (A/B)</li>
</ul>

<p>AP SCORES:</p>

<ul>
<li>AP Eng. Language and Composition (4)</li>
<li>AP Calculus BC (1/2)</li>
<li>AP English Literature (4) </li>
<li>AP Economics/Gov't (3) </li>
</ul>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:</p>

<ul>
<li>International Cuisine Organization Member (9,10)</li>
<li>Yearbook (10)</li>
<li>Newspaper (10,12) [Co-Editor 10, Layout Editor 12 - it isn't consistent because our newspaper didn't exist in Grade 11, my school had trouble with keeping up clubs.]</li>
<li>Key Club (Community Service) (9,10)</li>
<li>Junior Classical League Member (10,11,12)</li>
<li>Choir Member (9,10,11,12)</li>
<li>Young Writer's Conference Participant (10,11,12)</li>
<li>I also did "freelance" graphics for a good chunk of time - it was part of what got me hired at my current work study job.</li>
</ul>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC HONORS:</p>

<ul>
<li>Presidential Scholar Award (Gold) (9)</li>
<li>National Latin Exam (Maxima Cum Laude) (10)</li>
<li>Presidential Scholar Award (Gold) (10)</li>
<li>Principal’s Honor Roll (11)</li>
<li>Students of English Studies Association Award (11 @ Young Writer's Conference.)</li>
<li>Dean's Honor Roll (12)</li>
</ul>

<p>COLLEGE CURRICULUM:</p>

<ul>
<li>indicates Major-related courses.</li>
</ul>

<p>Freshman Year - 1st Semester</p>

<ul>
<li>*The English Seminar (B) </li>
<li>Intro Internatl Relatns (B) </li>
<li>History of Latin America (B+) </li>
<li>Intro to Psychology (C-)</li>
<li>Creativity and Communication (P)</li>
</ul>

<p>Freshman Year - 2nd Semester</p>

<ul>
<li>African-American Culture US (B+) </li>
<li>*Critical Theory (A-) </li>
<li>*Fiction Writing I (A)</li>
<li>*Early 18th C. British Literature (A-)</li>
</ul>

<p>I had a pretty rough time my first semester, but did a lot better for myself the next... I believe so, anyhow xD.</p>

<p>COLLEGE ACTIVITIES:</p>

<ul>
<li>Work Study: Web Assistant @ Colby College Bookstore. (I maintain the site, do promotional graphics, catalog, and other random things around the store as well.)</li>
<li>Best Buddies</li>
</ul>

<p>And... that's it. Work + school + adjusting took up a lot of time?</p>

<p>PREVIOUS APPLIED TO COLLEGES:</p>

<ul>
<li>Colby College (Heh.... currently attending.)</li>
<li>Macalester College (Accepted.)</li>
<li>Beloit College (Accepted.)</li>
<li>Lawrence University (Accepted.)</li>
<li>Denison University (Accepted.)</li>
<li>University of Redlands (Accepted.)</li>
</ul>

<p>I consider this a pretty average profile for a student (and my current GPA is short of horrendous) - but maybe a killer essay could help? EH? -cringe-</p>

<p>i don't know how to rank transfers, but i have a random question... if you're so bad at math why did you choose to take the SAT II!!! and on top of it, why did you choose the level 2 math!? lol just curious</p>

<p>Hahaha. Good question -____-. I think it was one I couldn't get out of taking? Or I was encouraged and under the impression that if I spent a massive amount of hours studying things could possibly go better xD. Gag.</p>

<p>I hate to tell you this but it is going to be quite a reach as it is, I have only seen one transfer get in with less than a 3.5 cumulative GPA, and that was a few years ago on an applicant from Stanford. While Colby is a great school, I don't know if it or the essay will be enough to overcome the 3.0.</p>

<p>Just as big as the GPA for transferring is having the right classes. I am not sure if you have compared your course load to what ND recommends, but if not I would check that out and try to get into as many of the courses as you can, but especially the Math and the Science as they look at those requirements more than the others.</p>

<p>Lastly, I have to warn you that ND doesn't accept many transfers mid-year just because there isn't as much time for them to adjust to ND. I am not saying you shouldn't apply, but your chances would be much better after next year.</p>

<p>I don't mean to be so negative, I hate that, but you have some work to do. You can make it happen, I had a C in Calculus my first semester of college. If you have any questions check out my website at (for a short while longer) <a href="http://www.nd.edu/%7Emnadorff/transfer%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.nd.edu/~mnadorff/transfer&lt;/a> or feel free to get in touch. It still can happen, I don't mean to say it can't, but you have to get the right classes and get the grades up. Good luck!</p>

<p>Thanks so much! All of what you said is extremely helpful and that website is an excellent resource =). It looks like I'll definitely have to step up my game x_x.</p>

<p>Dietz, </p>

<p>As irish68178 mentioned, you'll most likely need 12 hours (4 courses) of study in math and science (2 of each). I suggest loading up on those courses this year, crushing all your classes, and applying for Fall '08.</p>