Community college gpa looked down upon? Transfer help please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>I am currently attending my community college and I just finished my first semester. I took 3 classes over the summer, repeated one of them because I got a C. So I took 6 classes in the fall and will take 2 more in the winter. I didn't do all that well in high school and am looking to transfer out ASAP.</p>

<p>I will be applying to places such as Fordham, American, GW, etc.</p>

<p>My dream school however Georgetown. I'll be applying to SFS</p>

<p>My question is that does it look bad that I am in a community college and cannot achieve a 4.0? I got a B in my phil. class that I took over the summer and although I had the opportunity to re-write the papers I was focused on my other class with the heavier load, but I ended up with a B. Also in my foreign language class I got a B+ which I am hoping to somehow change to an A-. At the start of the spring semester I'll have 30 credits.</p>

<p>So now I am being paranoid about having a 3.8 gpa. I just keep on thinking that if I apply to the schools that I want to, they will look down on the fact that I was an AP student in high school, and now even in a community college my gpa isn't a 4.0</p>

<p>High school was bad, 2.9 gpa I think and SATs were horrible, trust me. </p>

<p>Please can someone shed some light and help me on this matter? Thank you.</p>

<p>And I do have a pretty damn good story for my essay about going to 4 different high schools and moving around and family problems and such.</p>

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<p>I heard that prospective universities will still look at your high school record two years into college. If this is true, your high school GPA and low SAT will probably inibit your chances of being accepted to Georgetown. That said, you can always apply in the future if it does not work out now.</p>

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<p>^ For Fordham and GWU, they say that if you have 30 credits by the time you apply then you don’t need to send in SAT scores and HS report. Same goes for American with 24 credits.</p>

<p>Hopkins is also SAT optional as well as other schools. I know NYU does the same with SAT scores and HS report after a year of college as well as William & Mary.</p>