<p>Hello.</p>
<p>I am matriculating to a four year university in the fall. It was not my first choice, and I can tell already it just isn't a great fit for me. </p>
<p>I had a rough go of it health-wise in high school and was in and out of the hospital and on bed rest for extended periods of time. I missed an insane amount of school because of that. As a result of my missing school all the time in high school, I graduated with a GPA of only 3.2. </p>
<p>I was thinking of taking the ACT again(I'm confident I can get a better score), getting an absolutely epic GPA my first semester freshman year, and then trying again for my first choice school(which I was not accepted to this past year). Since I was a little girl, I always knew THAT was the school I wanted to go to. </p>
<p>I am feeling better, and am thinking my extenuating circumstances won't be hindering my schoolwork at all in college. Is it at least worth a try? Will my low high school GPA prevent me from getting accepted this time, even if I get a great university GPA and better ACT score?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Especially after a semester of school, I would think HS grades would still carry a heavy amount of weight.</p>
<p>By the way, they actually said that regardless of my extenuating circumstances, that my pure numbers of GPA and ACT was too low for admission.</p>
<p>Are you talking about transferring for spring 2014 or fall 2014?</p>
<p>It depends on the schools.</p>
<p>I believe transferring after just one semester, your high school GPA would carry a lot of weight. Besides that, time wise, it would be a very hectic semester for you (settling in, studying, the transferring process) Transferring takes a lot of time so why don’t you just wait a year before transferring?</p>
<p>What about transferring after one year, your freshman year? Also how important is the sat this time around.</p>
<p>I had roughly a 3.3 or 3.4 GPA in high school with no extenuating circumstances. I didn’t get into my first choice school, but I went to Auburn University, got a 4.0 first semester and ended my second semester with a 3.8 (I got a B in Econ) while doing a lot of meaningful extra cirriculars that I really enjoyed. I applied to the University of Michigan back in January and actually got in! So, it can be done 
I would ask your school their thoughts on it because that’s what I did and they told me that they would prefer to see me spend all of freshman year at Auburn to accumulate transferable credit hours, so that’s what I did. Good luck!</p>
<p>Avita that’s an amazing improvement. I am hoping to do the same thing next year. How is the difficulty of Michigan compared to Auburn? Is it much harder to maintain a high GPA when moving up schools?</p>
<p>Really depends on the school.</p>
<p>I actually start classes there in the fall. I was accepted back in April, so everything is still fairly recent. I know it will be a lot more work, but I’m there to do the work. I’m excited for more interesting classes with great professors and fantastic students. It will be hard, I’m sure, but it will be worth it.</p>
<p>Well I can tell you from experience since I transferred after my freshman year. I believe that SATs do carry a bit of weight but not too much. I think that essays are the most important part of your application. I only got 1700 on my SATs but I was accepted to colleges that have SAT averages of 1800-2000. Your college GPA will be important as well.</p>
<p>I’m assuming a lot of weight since you’ve only had a single semester in college.</p>