HELP - Confused Potential Transfer!!

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>So I am currently a first semester freshman at the University of Michigan, and I am looking to transfer to six schools: Dartmouth, Duke, Cornell, Amherst College, Wash U, and Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>As much as I am enjoying my experience in Ann Arbor, Michigan is a huge school, and amongst other reasons, I am not receiving the personal attention that I want. With that being said, I want some clarification as to how the transfer process works. Do the colleges I am applying to see my GPA for the whole year or only the first semester? How much are the ACT, SAT IIs, & High School GPA factored in? How much do the essays matter?</p>

<p>On a more individual note, if things proceed as they are currently, I will have a 3.5 GPA by the end of the semester. I have sophomore standing because I came in with 36 credits, and am currently taking classes worth a total of 13 credits. I am also on the Club Triathlon Team and the Business Club.</p>

<p>I went to high school in suburban New York (small-medium sized) and took 14 AP courses in high school (was a National AP Scholar), swam on a varsity level for 5 years, and had a weighted GPA of a 4.1.</p>

<p>Finally, I know a 3.5 isn't bad by any means, but the schools I am looking at average at around a 3.8 for incoming transfers. Any help would be appreciated!!</p>

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<p>Usually the most a school will see are your fall sem grades and an unofficial progress report for spring sem. However, UM ends very early. My D1 sent her unofficial grade report (not transcript) immediately to schools that she was applying to, however it’s anyone’s guess as to whether they were considered for transfer decisions.</p>

<p>As stated many times before, for soph transfers (which you are despite your AP credit), HS record (gpa and course rigor) and standardized testing have more weight than your college record.</p>

<p>If you weren’t accepted to those schools as a fr applicant, then a 3.5 carrying 13 units is pretty low for those schools as their transfer rates are less than for fr (except perhaps Vandy).</p>