<p>Hi. I'm an international student who is a sophomore in a public university that is ranked around 80~90 ish in the u.s.</p>
<p>Last year, I was accepted to and attended top 30 university as a freshman, but had to transfer this year due to financial reason. My dad had to help his younger sister financially, because his sister (my aunt) has been having some issues at the divorce court.</p>
<p>I'm very dissapointed that I had to transfer to less prestigious school, and I'm thinking of transfering to a prestigious school in Canada instead of a school in the U.S., since Canadian schools are cheeper. </p>
<p>I'm applying to McGill University, University of Toronto, Queen's University, University of Waterloo, University, University of British Columbia, and University of Alberta.</p>
<p>One thing I'm worried about is my GPA. I wasn't doing fantastic but was doing OK during my first semester of freshman year. (GPA 3.3). However, with the financial and family issues, I was undergoing hard times during the second sememster. I got C,D, and even F in classes.
My GPA from freshman year is under 2.0. </p>
<p>I know that when you transfer, your GPA doesn't transfer, and hopefully I can pull up my GPA back to normal.</p>
<p>So here are two questions I have;
1. I'm really embarrased about my D and F. Do those classes get transferred to new school? Does my embarrassingly low GPA from freshman will be sent to the Canadian schools when I apply?</p>
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<li>Any suggestion about transfering twice... </li>
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<p>I'm just not satisfied with the current school AT ALL. I graduated high school as top 3 in class, and have a very high expectation about myself. I just don't know why I failed so miserably during the second semester. The only reason I transferred this year is money. My dad is no longer able to fund me $50,000 a year. I feel hopeless and letdown, and it seems like there's no way to recover my freshman GPA.</p>
<p>Do you have any advice about my situation? Any advice is appreciated. Thank you so much.</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>