<p>Hi. Let me give you a little bit of my story</p>
<p>I graduted high school in 2009 and immediately went to a community college.</p>
<p>It's now been almost 3 years and it has been a joke. </p>
<p>I've always been intelligent and hard working when challenged, but my school is filled with teachers who are tenured and only working for the money. They teach almost nothing and give very little criticism and when they do teach, it's usually things that are learned in middle school. </p>
<p>I live in the Philadelphia area and was wondering what my chances were in being able to transfer to any school, not even just in my area. I'd be willing to go across the country if that meant me getting out of this joke of an institution.</p>
<p>My GPA is a 1.92 and due to the changing curriculum in my major, I don't have many credits towards my major, which is education. I have thought about changing major many times as I always do best in History and Philosophy courses.</p>
<p>What are my chances and what would you recommend?</p>
<p>What I would recommend is a change of attitude before a change of schools! Your record of achievement at your current school is a dismal 1.92, and your explanation for this is really nothing more than an excuse: “it has been a joke.” You dismiss the entire faculty of this institution as persons “working only for the money.” You blame them for your lack of achievement, and a changing curriculum for a lack of credits in your major. What you exhibit is nothing more than a superiority complex and an air of entitlement. You seem to feel you are too good for the school, so, you won’t try. Most successful transfers are those who exhaust the resources of their current schools, not those who dismiss the resources of their current schools as beneath them. To transfer, there needs to be a record of actual achievement at the current school. Will you try to justify an application requesting transfer on the mere grounds of your superiority to your current institution? Well, it won’t wash without the transcript and achievement to back it up.</p>
<p>I know this seems harsh, but I am kind of dumbstruck by the arrogance of the post. Yes, you probably made a mistake by enrolling at this school. But instead of being academically productive, you’ve done nothing to distinguish yourself academically so as to make a transfer even viable. What about recommendations? You have displayed contempt for the entire faculty. But one or two of them would have to write recommendations for you. How will you get around that?</p>
<p>In all honesty I don’t know if a transfer is appropriate until you work on your attitude: towards school; towards your work ethic; towards the importance of building a viable academic resume. </p>
<p>Other posters may have some suggestions for you that are more tangible for applications. I think you have some attitude adjustments to work on before you begin the transfer process. Really, how will you justify or “sell” yourself as a viable transfer applicant with this academic record to date, when the reasons for this record are nothing but excuses which place none of the responsibility where it actually belongs? Will your transfer application essay describe your current school as you have described it here, as “this joke of an institution”? How far will that get you with any other school? </p>
<p>A HUMBLE transfer applicant might actually be a successful transfer applicant.</p>
<p>University of Phoenix</p>
<p>There are lots of bad teachers. Good students know why it takes to get grades in their classes. With a 1.9 the only schools likely to work with you will be a low ranked private where you are Full pay.</p>
<p>You need an attitude adjustment. It is not their fault that you did poorly, it is yours. </p>
<p>And I think the U of Phoenix post was a joke, but DO NOT enroll there.</p>
<p>If it’s so easy you should focus on getting your grade up, rather than what college you can transfer. HOWEVER you could transfer to a school that takes (almost) everyone that applies. The only ones I know of are UCMerced, and a few CSUs, but I’m sure there are some near where you live.</p>