<p>I just finished my junior year at a public university, where I am a full ride scholarship basketball player. My GPA is 3.2 and I'm a finance major. My freshman and sophomore years I had my mind wrapped around basketball and wasn't thinking about a career outside of playing professional basketball. My junior year I developed a passion for financial analysis and would like to transfer to a top tier undergrad business school with a great finance concentration. My GPA would have been a lot higher if I had this mindset for my first two years, I was on the dean's list both semesters my junior year, as well as numerous awards from our athletic department and conference for academic success. I would have some influencial letters of rec. Would the fact that I am willing to give up my full athletic scholarship to a respectable basketball program to transfer to a respected academic institution help since my GPA is only 3.2. Especially since basketball requires a dedication of at least 60 hours a week to practice, workouts, conditioning, etc. not including travel and missing class. I also have hundreds of hours of community service and am a member of three clubs at school as well as student athlete advisory committee. I would also be able to write an amazing essay. </p>
<p>I am more than willing to give up my scholarship and repeat a year if that is what is required of me. I have researched some of the top bschools northwestern, u of chicago, unc, virginia, nyu, penn, and they take anywhere from 65-75 hours and I already have 92. I would be willing to give up the extra hours I have!</p>
<p>Is there any chance at ALL that I can get into ivy leagues with such a low GPA, being the captain of a d1 basketball team, and numerous ec's?</p>
<p>Please let me know your thoughts everyone!!!</p>
<p>Contact Princeton’s bball coach. No one here will be able to give you any advice (not to say that people won’t pull all sorts of things out of their asses) given the uniqueness of your situation. He’ll be happy to speak to someone in your position and will give you the most accurate outlook for your chances.</p>
<p>^you should follow the advice of the other posters above me. I’m wondering, would you be giving up basketball altogether if you got into one of these schools? That would be a negative, IMO; if a coach at school really wants you, they have sway with admissions and could probably help you out. You sound like a very good candidate: upward grade trend, dedication to basketball and community service and other clubs on top of that, as well as leadership as a captain and on the SAAC. Unless your school was very horrible or you have multiple D’s/F’s or lower grades within your major, I bet you could transfer. Good luck!!</p>
<p>A scholarship player at a Div. 1 school in a major conference who starts or is a 6th or 7th man is going to get some considerable interest from other schools if he even lets on a bit he is interested in transferring. </p>
<p>Perhaps the poster is not in a major conference. </p>
<p>So I am not sure what the poster is seeking here. And trust me, being on scholarship at a major university is more than a full time job (I did the same). The 3.2 GPA holds out a lot of promise.</p>