Hopeless transfer?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>Hello all, I'm thinking of transferring out of Binghamton University, but the problem is that my GPA my first year is 3.16. I'm from Bolivia, and I wasn't really prepared for how hard college work would be, so that's why it's rather low. My SAT scores are 710CR, 490M (yes, terrible), and 600W. I'm going to try my absolute best to get 4.0 the next two semesters of my sophomore year, but I dunno if that'll change anything. That and maybe retake my SAT if possible.</p>

<p>My highschool extracurriculars are pretty good (won several medals in basketball, soccer, track and field, won writing contests in school, and got third place in two National spelling bee contests, was president of the Ecology club), and my college extracurriculars are subpar (member of the Anime and the pre-vet club, practicing Taekwondo, and I'm volunteering over the summer in Bolivia at a vet clinic, and will do so in Chile as well. Possibly volunteer at a hospital as well).</p>

<p>The problem is the school I want to transfer to...is Northwestern University. I think I screwed up my GPA to the point of no return for this school, and it saddens me because I really want to go there.</p>

<p>My question is...what can I do to have even the slimmest chance to get accepted there? Is there anything I can do, or is it a hopeless cause? And if not Northwestern University, can I get into other competetive schools?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>BurtnFlower-check your private messages-APOL</p>

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<p>APOL: I have checked your PM! Thank you!</p>

<p>Anybody else? :)</p>

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<p>that’s a really tough GPA/scores to try to transfer with, but if you have an upward trend by getting a 4.0 sophomore year and really work hard at your ECs, maybe it can be helped. But still, I think it’ll be difficult. Don’t be surprised if you don’t get in, but it’s still worth a try.</p>

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<p>kukucachoo: Oh yeah, I know that I’m most likely going to get rejected outright with my scores, but I’ll still give it a shot. Thanks for reading and replying, though! :)</p>

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<p>don’t get your hopes up(sorry) but trying doesn’t hurt.</p>

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<p>drizzl: Don’t worry, I know it’s a long reach for me, but like you said, trying doesn’t hurt. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>