I am a current HS student and came upon this pathway called “conditional transfer pathway” on the GT website. I currently have a brother attending GT and was wondering if any HS reqs are necessary to be offered this opportunity? (I know this offer is not guaranteed even if you have a family member affiliated with GT) I am applying to GT as a freshman but I always need a backup plan if I do not get in.
Hey adab! Sorry for this late response! I’m currently a freshman at Kennesaw State but am trying to transfer to GT next fall semester through conditional transfer. My dad graduated from there and both my older brother and twin sister are studying at Tech as we speak! I need to get there too!
CONDITIONAL TRANSFER:
If you have any immediate family (parents, siblings) who are either students or employees at Tech you are immediately offered conditional transfer privileges. The offer is only good for one year after your HS graduation and cannot be used until you have completed 1 year of college. This means you may only take advantage of conditional transfer after completing your freshman year of college the term immediately after HS graduation, no gap years between HS and college allowed.
After arriving at your “transfer college”, you must do prerequisite courses for your major. There’s a chart on Tech’s transfer site. Almost all of the majors require 2 semesters of English and 2 semesters of Calculus. Make sure to pick your classes and major wisely so they align with those on the transfer chart. If you don’t complete those classes for your intended major you will NOT be allowed to transfer.
As far as HS reqs, there are none. Everyone with GT parents/siblings is offered it, they only need to accept the challenge! After you get into college, your HS transcript pretty much goes away. I would keep track of your AP hours though if you have any. In order to transfer you need to have 30 transferable, in-class hours at your transfer college (no online, all in class). Note that while you will get credit for your AP’s, the hours you gain from them will not count towards your 30 total hours. For example, I have 12 AP hours: I’m given those credits and I don’t have to take the classes they exempt me from but their hours will not count towards my 30 hour buildup. If it was like that, someone could enter college with something crazy like 20 AP hours and be ready to transfer after only completing maybe 3-4 classes. Instead you need to take your prerequisite courses and then find other classes to pad your schedule. I recommend taking classes like health or music, easy stuff that gives a good number of hours.
Alllllllll that being said, real talk about GPA:
For conditional transfer, you have to keep above a 3.3 average. Essentially, keep all of your classes at very very least an 87% in order to be safe. In college you’ll probably only be taking 5 classes at a time and each will have considerable influence on your GPA calculation.
I hope this clears up any questions! I know it’s all very confusing and it’s taken me a long time to figure out everything I need to do in order to transfer. Hopefully you get in though and never have to think about conditional transfer at all!
Best of luck
This cleared up a lot. Thank you for your response!
@RowJar if you don’t mind me asking, was there a big jump in terms of difficulty from your HS rigour to ksu? Just curious. I’m applying to UGA as well but I might not go there even if I do get accepted because of this conditional offer.
@adab115
I’m not really sure, its very different. Sometimes its harder, sometimes its easier. The amount of free time you have is STAGGERING. Some of my classes I only have 1-2 times a week so I have a lot of freedom to do as I please. Its really different from the block-schedule of high school.
You’ll find that you’ll probably do most of your learning outside of class by yourself and that class may only supplement/focus what you’ll be learning on your own. Most of your learning will be self-directed. Your level of rigor will depend on what kind of work you put into it. Generally, for every hour you spend in class you should spend an hour or more studying outside.
Since you want to transfer, your level of “needed” rigor will probably be higher than your average college freshman. Honestly though, your academics aren’t going to be super hard because you’ll be taking a lot of general education classes and entry level courses. College is a game of time management, keeping up with due dates should be the most difficult thing you’ll be doing.
College is much more enjoyable than high school in my opinion. More free time and the professors (most of them, make sure to look at RateMyProfessor) treat you like fellow people instead of an inferior species like they do in high school. As long as you keep track of time and maintain good study skills you'll be fine. Its VERY easy to lose track of time in college so keep an agenda/calendar!
God speed