<p>Hi everyone,
I'm a second year business student from Germany who has been doing research for the past year for my semester abroad but here I am now-
it's time to apply and I still don't know which unversity is realistic to apply for!
I have a very good secondary school GPA but a poor GPA at my current unversity, which however is one of the very best schools in the country. TOEFL score over 100 , done internships, community work, playing sports and musical instruments...I'm also full pay.
But it really seems like every school I've checked for requires at least a GPA of 3.0 and the problem also is that the university has to be honorable enough for my university to accept the earned credits.
I just want a semester abroad, is it really this hard as it seems to me?
Can anyone PLEASE recommend a suitable university in NY, TX, CA, PA ? Thank you!</p>
<p>You have a problem…as you know, Germany is quite particular about degrees and certificates.
So you want to find a school that has low standards for transfer students, but is good enough for your Top German school to accept the credits from.
What is your GPA on a 4.0 scale?
Have you taken the SAT?
Does your university have any formal exchange programs with any US universities?</p>
<p>Also this may help:<a href=“https://www.educationusa.info/Germany”>https://www.educationusa.info/Germany</a></p>
<p>Doesn’t your university have agreements with specific universities where you can exchange? Have you looked into ISEP? Although if you are full pay I suppose that ISEP may not interest you too much since you could just be full pay about anywhere. Visiting students generally don’t have to abide by the “regular” admission rules.However hopefully you can relax your '“state” rules a little…
East Coast:
Email SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Albany, Penn State University Park, Dickinson College, Marist, Providence, Fairfield, Villanova, Babson, Bentley, Goucher, UDel (University of Delaware). The strongest schools on that list probably are Penn State and Dickinson, followed by SUNY Bing, Fairfield, Villanova, and Babson.
CA: University of Redlands, SDSU, Cal State Pomona perhaps? Not sure what the policy is for visiting students at UCs but if they’re easily accepted check out UCI, UCSC, UCR, UCM.</p>
<p>Just exactly how bad are your grades? If you are full pay, and don’t insist on living in an on-campus residence hall, there should be a number of places in the US that would be happy to admit you for one semester as a visiting non-degree student. Email the admissions offices and ask. </p>
<p>However there is no guarantee that any credits earned will be acceptable at your home university, so you really should start at the Study Abroad Office of your own university. Get the list of institutions whose courses your university will accept. Then contact the places on that list. </p>
<p>And yes, if your grades are bad enough, you might not be able to do a semester abroad until you have put in the work to raise your GPA to a 3.0. In which case, that is what you should be doing instead of a semester abroad.</p>
<p>Thanks for the fast replies!
My uni has formal exchange programs with three US colleges but those are completely out of question, they’re top notch.
The responsible office at my school is really not that engaged/ well informed, I only got a list of schools who are acknowledged in Ger i.g. but not for my particular school and nothing further.
I’ve had all in all twelve exams so far and it’s all C’s mostly D’s except for a B in Math and a B+ in Management which is what I would like to major in.
I haven’t taken the SAT because the test date happened to be during my exams.
I will look into the unis you guys have mentioned and mail the admission offices, thanks again I’m really glad I finally got someone I can ask</p>