<p>this semester (my first) didn't end too well for me, my gpa is a 2.25. A 2.25. WOW. I guess i needed time to adjust to the college environment/workload. Anyway even if i get a 4.0 next semester, over the summer, and next fall, my gpa will come out to be a 3.6...:(</p>
<p>i had to edit my transfer list for this (list in order of preference)...</p>
<p>Emory
McGill
WUStl.
Brandeis
Lehigh
RPI
Northeastern</p>
<p>...is all hope lost for me? can i still speak with a 3.6?</p>
<p>I thought supindy was only good enough for the ivy's</p>
<p>you can still transfer well with a 3.6.</p>
<p>At those colleges a 3.8 is probably about average, you can still be competitive but you better have some impressive ec's.</p>
<p>cheer up! :)
might i ask you could only submit 1st semester grades due to the deadline?</p>
<p>you could be competitive with a 3.6, but mind you everybody says theyll get a 4.0 in college rarely does it happen...if you struggled like this first semester, you should perhaps be a bit more realistic about where you can transfer to, if you want to transfer at all</p>
<p>us at the boards have seen many a 4.0 claims</p>
<p>^^^Agree with dbj. I think it's time for a little CC tough love. You've got threads about how you did badly in HS and that prevented you from getting into the kind of college you want to go to. Now you're somehow shocked that you've gotten a 2.25 your first semester in college (other than a plus or minus what you thought you'd get, final grades are rarely much of a surprise). And since that didn't work out as planned, you're just going to turn around and get a 4.0 for the next three semesters. </p>
<p>It's just not that easy. It's reality check time about what you need to do to improve your LEARNING, not your grades. No more BIG plans that can be shot down in the next three months, but rather reasonable expectations about how you can get more out of your college experience. Forget about lists of schools and transferring and concentrate on the here and now.</p>
<p>I agree with entomom. You did poorly in HS, now you're screwing up college. You're obsessed with the almightly Ivy league and hold it in such high regard, now you're "settling" for other top colleges. If you can actually get your act together and get a 4.0 for the next 3 semesters, then hats off to you! But to be blunt, that's highly unlikely. Do you think college is gonna get any easier? Your coursework will become more advanced. Other students trying to overcome poor HS records and transfer to top colleges get 3.8+ gpa's, are leaders in clubs, do research in their spare time, hold jobs, etc. You might want to be a bit more realistic.</p>
<p>As of right now, you have a poor HS record and poor college record. My advice is study hard, get good grades, get involved in EC's/internships, then apply for Junior transfer. You might want to pick a safety school or two.</p>
<p>What is the reason you want to transfer? You're obviously being challenged sufficiently at your current school. If your current college is too hard for you, trying to transfer up is a waste of time. If you just had a bad semester, work harder next time and prove all of us wrong! good luck :)</p>
<p>I, too, agree with entomom.</p>
<p>I think the question now is: why did you have a 2.25 GPA? Did you attend every class? Did you have trouble in any classes? If/when you did, what action did you take? What will you, specifically, be doing differently in coming terms that might lead you to a >3.0 GPA? Why were you surprised by your final GPA; what type of mid-term/test/lab/assignment grades did you have going into finals?</p>
<p>In my opinion, you should be less focussed on transfer issues and more focussed on academic success issues in your current location.</p>
<p>Also, in my opinion, you are not a likely candidate for any of the schools you have listed. I don't like to say that, but I agree with those who stated above that it is time for CC tough love.</p>
<p>Come back after next term, tell us what has changed and we can express opinions on possible transfer scenarios.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we are here to help now. What can you do to diagnose the academic problems you are having and what can you change to achieve a better outcome?</p>
<p>Wow, could it be that Newton's third law of motion is being illustrated on these college confidential message boards? For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. I'm talking about Karma. </p>
<p>This is what you get for saying how the only good schools are the Ivies. And honestly how do you get a 2.25?!!?!?! Were you even trying?</p>
<p>There's almost no way you'll be able to transfer up this fall with a 2.25 GPA. If you apply as a sophomore transfer, you'll just be wasting your money, as they're not going to see second semester grades, just first semester and high school. You could have a chance as a junior transfer if you make really good grades, get involved, etc. but it seems like if you're having trouble at your current college now, you wouldn't do well at a harder one. Maybe you should just accept where you are is where you're going to have to stay. If you absolutely can't stand your school and have to get out, look at colleges on par with your current one, try to bring your GPA up to a 3.0, and try next year. Sorry if that seems mean, but I'm just trying to be realistic.</p>
<p>i guess ill have to try as hard as i can for the next two semesters. im not sure how i ended up with these grades because i was doing well in the classes b4 the finals and i had a good feeling after my finals as well. i wanted to prove my capability by going to an elite college, i wanted to prove people who thought i was not as capable wrong, but i guess im wrong. </p>
<p>oh well perhaps i will just have to accept the fact that i will go to a mediocre college and be a mediocre undergrad. there is still grad school.</p>
<p>You won't get anywhere by feeling sorry for yourself and making excuses. Having said that, do well in spring and summer and get to where you want to be. Good luck.</p>
<p>I don't know what college you're at now, but it seems that you have placed a lot of your self worth in the prestige of your school...as Andale said, i think you should concern yourself more with the academic issues at your current schools than with potential transfer schools...</p>
<p>that being said</p>
<p>a 4.0, given your track record, would be pretty unprecedented and probably out of your reach....if you got your act together for the next couple of semesters, perhaps a more realistic target to set is a 3.5...if you get a 3.5 the next two or three semesters, your looking at transferring with around a 3.0-3.1ish gpa...from there you could perhaps make a list of potential transfer schools, but i would advise you to focus more on your work first</p>
<p>I think you would be better served to wait another year before transferring. Your list is very competitive, especially WashU and Emory. If you showed a consistent upward trend for a four semesters, you may have a better chance.</p>
<p>Grad schools base their decisions off of your undergrad record. So don't give up hope. Even if you don't necessarily have the grades to transfer, just keep working and show that you have the capability to excel, especially in your upper division classes, and you'll be good to go!</p>
<p>Linked below is a tool I use with my son you might want to use.</p>
<p>OSU</a> Office of Minority Affairs | Cumulative GPA</p>
<p>We use this sheet to set realistic expectations. </p>
<p>Assuming you took 15 hours this term and earned a 2.25 GPA you would need 13.49 terms of 3.7 GPA to reach a 3.6 GPA, 6.75 terms at 3.8 GPA, 4.5 terms at 3.9GPA or 3.375 terms at 4.0GPA. </p>
<p>Is that realistic?</p>
<p>Now if you want to set a goal of 3.0 you would only need 1.5 terms at 3.5 GPA.<br>
If you want to set goal of 3.3 you would need 3.24 terms at 3.5GPA. </p>
<p>I point this out not to discourage you but so you can make a real plan and hopefully achieve whatever goals you may have. Take some time, set realistic goals and get to work. </p>
<p>My S has 3 of his books for next semester (Math, Chem, Eng) and is studying 2-3 hours a day M-F while on winter break. By the time he goes back to school on Jan 5 he will have studied 40-60 hours on NEXT quarters courses, are you willing to do that? Good grades don't come easy to him he can't just "show up" like the brilliant kids. Are you willing to invest that much into your goals? If not adjust your expectations. </p>
<p>Some tough questions to ask yourself regarding this quarter and the results vs. your expectations. </p>
<p>Did you go to Prof office hours?
Did you attend the study sessions arranged by your TA's?
Did you organize or participate in student study groups?
Do you have a TV in your room?
Are you playing video games?
Did you seek out school resources in classes that were difficult, do you have access to free tutors?</p>
<p>Do you do your homework within 24 hours of assignment so you have 1 or 2 classes in that subject before the assignment is due to get help?</p>
<p>My point, rather than saying the dobuters were right figure out what you have to change to get the desired outcome and then .....</p>
<p>do it.</p>
<p>Good luck...</p>
<p>I honestly don't feel sorry for you at all. It's not like you just happened to be sitting on a 3.5 and then f'ed up your semester gpa by doing poorly on a few finals. You actually have to deliberately try to get such a poor gpa so stop trying to make people believe you have no idea how you got that gpa.</p>
<p>If you actually want to transfer to a better school you need to actually put in the work required. You aren't even doing the MINIMUM right now, yet you think you somehow innately deserve to go to an elite school? Why in gods name would a top school want to admit a student who can't even get a respectable gpa in intro courses at a low-ranked school?</p>
<p>suck it up and stop feeling sorry for yourself, it's no ones fault but your own and it's up to you to do something about it.</p>
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"If you are willing to be unhappy for 4 years, then the rest of your life will be a bliss" --This is a ridiculous statement. I have a cousin that graduated from Princeton a little over a year ago who is still hasn't found employment, but he does still have almost 200k debt for that diploma. Bliss huh? "because you will know that you got an Ivy education which means that you also know that you matter in this world" --do I even have to elaborate on this?
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Lumine that isnt condescending because people who get into Cornell are just (90% of the time) inherently better and worth more in this world so it sucks for people who don't go there.</p>
<p>sstory, in a year your cousin will get a job that pays over 200k a year so that is not an issue.</p>
<p>so OP go to Cornell instead of trying to go to an inferior school (meaning less than top 25) and degrading yourself.
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I'm currently a senior probably going to Clarkson University. My dream is to transfer to either Cornell, JHU, Columbia, or MIT (for molecular bio).</p>
<p>I am afraid that my h.s. record will blow my chances because its DISMAL. I am going to apply for junior status but my h.s. gpa is a 2.4 (with the toughest classes). THAT'S DISMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not to mention my SATs (a lowly 1700).</p>
<p>Even if my college gpa is a 4.0 and I have good recs and stuff am I basically done?</p>
<p>HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>btw, I got rejected my Cornell (obvious) for my freshmen year, will that count against me if I transfer?
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this semester (my first) didn't end too well for me, my gpa is a 2.25. A 2.25. WOW. I guess i needed time to adjust to the college environment/workload. Anyway even if i get a 4.0 next semester, over the summer, and next fall, my gpa will come out to be a 3.6...</p>
<p>i had to edit my transfer list for this (list in order of preference)...</p>
<p>Emory McGill WUStl. Brandeis Lehigh RPI Northeastern</p>
<p>...is all hope lost for me? can i still speak with a 3.6?
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