Help! Really, really scared

Transfer Students
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<p>Ok, so i'm applying as a transfer to a school i was rejected from the first time, and i'm terrified of being rejected again. I'm almost 99% sure I was rejected the first time because of a horrible/BS-ed essay, family complications, and the fact that i was really, really ignorant of, well life, back then.</p>

<p>my question is, do you think i have a chance this time? i had a 4.8 in HS, along with 4s and 5s on all my ap exams (i've taken 8) except for a 3 in french. along with all the other stuff varsity athletcis and clubs and that sort of thing. and my essays are wayyyy better this time.</p>

<p>i'm so worried b/c i only have a 3.6 at the university i attend now because i've been really, really depressed--i don't fit in well here. at all.</p>

<p>do you think they'll see the huge disparity in my hs and college gpa and that will hurt me?
would it helped if i tried to explain the effect being at the school i'm at now has had on me in one of my essays?</p>

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<p>i'm terrified of sounding like i'm making excuses, but it's been really hard on me and i want them to know that's not me. i've never gone through a depression like that before. it was 4 months of my life in a haze. and it affected everything: my grades, my social life, even my relationship with my family.</p>

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<p>Do not even think of talking about depression with any college. It will hurt your application. Lot's of kids have all sorts of issues, apply to colleges where your GPA and SATs are in range, colleges don't want excuses.</p>

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<p>what university?</p>

<p>And unless it was clinically diagnosed...you took medication/had severe panic attacks etc...</p>

<p>I would not even mention it...</p>

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<p>uchi, and possibly northwestern.</p>

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<p>thanks! any other advice? i'd really appreciate it.</p>

<p>hmom5, i don't think a 4.8 puts me out of range for these colleges. at least i really, really hope it doesn't.
and i don't know if it will help but i was in the top 4-5% of my graduating class (of 700 +).</p>

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<p>3.6 is not a bad GPA. It is an excellent GPA. It would help to know the school, though, to put it in context.</p>

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<p>you wont gain any compassion by stating that 3.6 is a bad gpa. it makes you sound obnoxious and is an insult to most college students, who in fact realize that 3.6 is an excellent gpa. I for one had a 3.6 gpa my first semester and am very proud. Rethink your phrasing from now on</p>

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<p>i'm not trying to gain any compassion. for uchicago i just don't think they'll accept it--that's all.</p>