GPA question regarding related subjects and overall GPA

Transfer Students
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<p>I attend Providence College and am possibly looking to transfer to a more prestigious school for obv reasons.</p>

<p>okay so heres the question..will colleges look at my cumulative gpa or gpa in related subjects more... At Providence there is a required 5 credit class that you must take freshman and sophomore year called Western Civ..im afraid I'm only going to get in the 3-3.3 range for that class which will bring down my gpa..im fairly confident i should get 3.8+ in my other 3 classes (Calc, macro, and fin acc)... Will colleges realize that I'm excelling in the class that are related to what I want to transfer into?</p>

<p>also while we are at it... some school suggestions/ chances please looking to major in finance/econ depending on what the potential school offers</p>

<p>background:
HS gpa 3.4 (upward trend)
SAT 730M 530V(i know) 620W (retake? I'm confident i could get 800M 700W but am still shaky about V)
College GPA: not sure yet..but cum will be around 3.5-3.6 due to the 5 credit course bringing it down..but excluding that class im banking on 3.8-4</p>

<p>schools of interest: basically straight prestige rankings lol but a few that interest me include gtown, nd, cornell, penn, nw..all reaches I know but theres no point in transferring to anything close to what im at now cuz i'm actually happy here I just fear that it may limit my options after college due its lack of prestige..thanks in advance for replies</p>

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<p>if you're happy where you're at, i'd really put transferring out of your mind for now...its hard to transfer after one year, i'd calm down a bit with the transferring</p>

<p>your western civ class is going to count in their minds as much as any other course, especially if you are a freshman</p>

<p>i feel like im saying this a lot, but you are not going to be a very competitive applicant with those kinds of stats...if you really want to go to a "better" school, put in two years and make sure you get that 3.8-4.0...but submitting one semester of college grades with a 3.5 avg and mediocre hs stats to ivy league schools is setting yourself up for failure</p>

<p>hope ive helped, gl</p>

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<p>doing 2 years here is fine as long as i cud get somewhere better for the degree thats all that matters right? (as far as jobs/grad school is concerned...i realize for social reasons its obv worse)</p>

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<p>not nearly as much as you think</p>

<p>the "prestige" of your college is not a huge factor for grad schools...they are not pulling out college rankings and looking to see if one applicant is applying from a school ranked 10 places higher than the other...its pretty much the ivys, the community colleges, and everyone else</p>

<p>same thing with getting a job out of college</p>