<p>Right now I am a freshman at a big ten school, but next year I hope to transfer to my dream school, Notre Dame. I've been preparing for transferring into Notre Dame since I got my rejection letter in April. I am taking the right classes and I am very confident that I can get at least a 3.9 GPA this semester, and next semester my classes will be easier. If GPA and course selection are the top criteria for transferring to Notre Dame, like everyone says, then I think I would be a shoo-in to transfer there next fall. But there is something that casts a shadow over making it to the place I've wanted to go to since I was four: I don't know how to tell people that I want to leave the university I am at right now. How do I walk into the dean's office and ask him to sign my transfer app.? I can just imagine the interrogation I would face. I hate disappointing people and virtually lying to them like I have done to my academic advisor since June by not telling her that I plan on transferring next year. I think that I will seem arrogant when I them their school is not good enough for me, which would almost be a slap in their faces, not to mention the embarrassment I will feel when I approach them and beg them to clear my transfer. More importantly, I have not told my parents that I plan on transferring next year, which I have to do some time in the next few weeks before I fill out financial aid forms. I am going to a school an hour away from home. I have gone home several times since I started college and my parents come here frequently. They knew that my heart wasn't set on where I am now at, but they still think that I love where at going now and they also love the school I am attending. The fact that I have not mentioned Notre Dame since I got my rejection letter would make when I tell them I'm transferring next year a total surprise. They will definitely be frustrated at me and I might not get their blessing. How do I tell all these people that what they want for me and what they've done to get me where I'm at now is not good enough for me?</p>
<p>If your hart is at ND, you should go for it again and again until you succeed. Never give up. In the mean time, don’t slack on the current curricurum as that is the only ticket for your success.</p>
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<p>Very true. </p>
<p>Look at at it as a shopping analogy. You bought a product (college) that you didn’t like. You can return it (transfer), or keep it (continue paying tuition) and be miserable (for $200000, or however much you pay, over four years). There’s nothing wrong with getting a refund (transferring). For every unsatisfied transfer, there is another person wanting to take your place, since the place you hate might be their dream school.</p>
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<p>ND will not have your spring semester grades when they make a decision, an unofficial mid-term report would be the most they will see.</p>
<p>Yes college gpa and course selection are important. But, as ALWAYS stated, for soph transfers, HS record and test scores are weighted more than 1 sem of college work.</p>
<p>Not saying you won’t get in, but it’s never a ‘shoo-in’.</p>