<p>Maize, what were your college stats, what did you write your essay on, and what was your reason for transferring? All that information would be most appreciated!</p>
<p>My high school grades were awful (Cs, Ds and Fs) and I missed 80 days during my senior year - just didn't want to go. The VP of my school said, "Make sure you remember to show up for graduation." I then took a few years off to work and eventually signed up for a course at a community college. That went well, and I decided to enroll full time. I ended up as valedictorian of my CC class, and transferred to a top-level womens' college, where I graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and then went to grad school. For me, it was all about motivation, maturity, and developing a good work ethic.</p>
<p>I had what I guess would be a 3.1 (11.63 out of 15.00)</p>
<p>What really killed me was getting A's straight through the year and then just skipping the finald...</p>
<p>That really REALLY killed me. So you'll look at my transcript and it will be 1st A, 2nd A, Midterm A, 3rd A, 4th A, Final exame F...</p>
<p>So pretty much by not taking the final I changed what was an A average for the year into a C or C+ range</p>
<p>Pretty stupid, especially since I did this in nearly every class I took</p>
<p>I am bumping this thread because I was just admitted into Georgetown as a sophomore transfer with a 2.3 HS GPA. </p>
<p>Keep trying hard and you will get there.</p>
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<p>Good for you. You gonna attend?</p>
<p>I still hope my decision won't come for another few days because I wrote another essay to the commitee reasserting my comitment to G'Town and I hope they get a chance to read it. Just out of interest, where do you live? I'm up in Maine so maybe thats why I haven't recieved news yet...</p>
<p>Oh also, what was the envelope like? Was it fat? Or was it a huge manilla thing?</p>
<p>I live in Sugar Land, Texas. The envelope is a regular one, but it is thick because there are three documents within. You can tell it is the one:)</p>
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<p>Thats so cool!!! Yeah, the manilla envelope from Tufts had 3 BOOKS in it and weighed probally 5 pounds so it was obvious...</p>
<p>This is good news though, depending where you are in Texas you could be farther away than me. Maybe they will read my extra essay. I think I was able to buy some time since I only had my interview this past week...</p>
<p>Phat though. You enrolling or you gonna hold out for your dream school? Man, DC is hard to pass up son...</p>
<p>I do not know. I will most probably go, but.... I was really not expecting to be accepted.</p>
<p>The letter is dated May 17th, by the way.</p>
<p>Thanks man, good luck at G'Town</p>
<p>Good Luck on being admitted:)!</p>
<p>^I'd say my prospects are shabby. I think this being my second transfer will kill me and I wrote a gushing, perhaps overly optimistic letter to G'Town a few months ago that I kind of wish I could take back. It was hearfelt though, but probally too frank.</p>
<p>I do hold out hope that most of the overly qualified applicants are the ones who prowl around here.</p>
<p>Oh well, I sure as heck didn't think I'd be admitted to any schools last time. Theres always a chance I suppose.</p>
<p>Thanks for the support homie :)</p>
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<p>On second thought, I do not think transferring twice is a problem. I have spoken to an admissions officer at Rice about my doing a year elsewhere and transferring in, and she was receptive to the idea.</p>
<p>Perhaps we can label it as one of the great myths of transfer admissions, along with the myth that it is more difficult to transfer Ivy-to-Ivy than CC-to-Ivy.</p>
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<p>Nice. Yeah, I've never heard anyone say anything negative about it, but personally I thought it might give the impression that I'm a malcontent.</p>
<p>So long as you do not complain about your school, you will be fine. Just be positive.</p>
<p>Hi there... where are you guys studying?</p>
<p>nspeds....You are attending Rice? I wanted to stay in Houston (I live in Memorial) and go to Rice, but they weighed heavily on SAT's and I didn't even take them back in high school. Oh well...</p>
<p>No, I am attending HBU right now. My dream school is Rice;)</p>
<p>That's right. You told me that. I'm apologize.</p>
<p>^You guys aren't Rockets fans are you?</p>