<p>Hi I was wondering if you could tell me if the classes I am taking this year would be considered a good first year curriculum? Thanks.</p>
<p>World Geography W/Lab (B)
College Algebra (A)
Elementary French I (B)
Into to Philosophy (B)
Intro to Psychology (A)
Intro to Sociology (A)
Multicultural Race Issues (A)
English Comp I (A)
Into to Ethics (A)
U.S. History I (A)
Trigonometry (A)
English Comp II (A)
Elementary French II (B)
Statistics (A)
Intermediate French (B)
Calculus I -Haven't taken yet, but am excellent in math
Chemistry- Haven't taken yet, but am excellent in chemistry</p>
<p>Please tell me if you think the grades and rigor of the coursework looks challenging and solid. And what type of schools do you think I would stand a chance at getting into as a transfer student, even though I didn't have a very good high school record</p>
<p>With my college grades, and taking that many classes do i have a chance at some pretty good schools even though i had a low hs gpa? (2.3)</p>
<p>Chance 1-10 with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest chance for each of these schools(Do one rating with financial aid, and the other if I apply without it):</p>
<p>Yes I sure did. And I meant as if those look like challenging first year college courses, that take care of basic requirements. Not ones that are super easy. That was my high school gpa I was referring to that was low.</p>
<p>First--Many colleges will look at your high school grades if you apply as a transfer during the freshman year (for sophomore admittance), but most will ignore the high school grades if you apply as a transfer during the sophomore year (for junior admittance) and will rely on what your GPA was during your freshman year. They will, as you apparently know, look at the courses you took to see if they meet the general education requirements at their school, and to make sure they aren't all "fluff" courses.</p>
<p>Presuming that you take a decent courseload and achieve good grades in college you will have a good chance at any of the schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>Second--Most schools don't determine if you get in based upon whether you are asking for financial aid. They first determine your admission status--and then determine how much financial aid they want to extend based upon a number of factors including your need (your EFC), whether you are in-state or out-of-state (this mostly applies to public universities--and they also determine admission based upon this), your "merit" (grades and test scores), whether you are majoring in an area where there are lots of openings or just a few, whether you are playing a sport for the school, and whether or not you will bring fame to the school (academic scholar, show leadership or are an award winner). </p>
<p>As far as your chances at these schools, nobody can tell you that until we know your GPA and test scores during your first year of college--otherwise we are just guessing in the dark.</p>
<p>What we can tell you is which of these schools is the toughest to get into, next toughest and so on down to the easiest. I would rate them (toughest to easiest) roughly as follows:</p>
<p>Northwestern
John Hopkins
Vanderbilt
Rice
Emory
Wake Forest
USC
Carnegie Mellon
Pepperdine</p>
<p>None of these schools are easy to get into, though. You've picked a pretty tough group.</p>