I dont think I have a chance anywhere

Transfer Students
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<p>I will be an incoming freshman at a school ranked 30~40.
I entered this school particularly because I could get a full ride.</p>

<p>My original plan was to be a premed student. The school's name really didnt matter at all as a premed student because of med school, but now it's a different story because im not going to pursue medicine anymore. I want to transfer to a better program ex. upenn, cornell, brown, etc</p>

<p>My highschool record is mediocre in regards to top college's stats. My grades were about half 60% As and 40% Bs and 2050 SAT I score with about 3~4 700+ SATII scores and 6 APs.</p>

<p>My original plan was to start out all fresh and new. I wanted to forget all the bad memories about high school and start college life as a new person and student.</p>

<p>The reason why I think im hopeless is because of my immature mistakes throughout highschool.
Compared to other people, my GPA and SAT score trends are very abnormal, mostly because I tried hard sometimes and sometimes I slacked out and didnt try at all.
One of the many examples: my SAT I math score trend goes from 800 to 680 to 780.
I had many up and downs in GPAs as well. My freshman GPA good, sophomore bad, junior good, senior bad.</p>

<p>This trend is so obvious that even a 7 year old kid would notice it if he/she looked at my transcript and reports. I believe I have matured enough now and I wont make such silly mistakes anymore, but I'm really afraid that even if I pull out a 4.0 as a freshman in college, admission officers will think it's another one of those up and down trend. What should I do :(</p>

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<p>Honestly, if you’re transferring as a junior…they’re going to weight your college record much more heavily than your high school records. </p>

<p>You shouldn’t be so focused on getting into one of those schools but you should absolutely try to get into them. It is not the end of the world. You need a 4.0 in both your freshman and sophomore year to be the strongest candidate possible. Otherwise, you’re competing with first-time freshman applicants if you only try after one year. And schools barely take lower-divison tranfers. But do your research and see what programs actually ALLOW transfers, especially upper-division transfers. I don’t think a 2050 SAT makes you a strong candidate for those schools, but I imagine that won’t matter at all with your college accomplishments (if you do get 3.8-4.0). Think about top public schools as well. The UC system is good.</p>

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<p>A school in the top 50 is amazing–there is no need to transfer elsewhere, you will get a fabulous education. You can get into top grad schools from your current college by doing well in classes and through your ECs, research, work and intern experiences. I suggest going to your college and just getting every ounce of the experience that you can the first two years and THEN decide if you even really need to bother transferring. You may find you have everything you need at that college.</p>

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<p>^ but im not planning on going to grad school right after undergrad…</p>