<p>I just finished my fall 2004 freshman yr semester and it was horrible to say the least. i am getting around a 3.2-3.3 and i was taking 4 honors classes. My HS record is pretty strong tho. i has a 4.5 gpa and 1270 sat. I am hoping i can rely on my HS factor to compensate for my college record thus far. I was simply just too busy with work, frat, tennis, and some family issues that I just couldnt handle the load. I wanna get into USC next yr. You guys think i still have a chance?</p>
<p>make your essay excellent. Also maybe you can get a letter from your coach stating how much time you placed into tennis. But dam 4 honors courses?Where do you go to school?</p>
<p>I'm having the same problem. My first semester was horrible (3.0) and I want to transfer to UVA. but the reason is that i had to have emergency reconstructive knee surgury during finals. Do u think if i have an excellent essay plus i show my mid-term grades for second semester i have a shot in-state for uva. Thanks</p>
<p>why do u question whether im taking 4 honors classes? is 4 honors classes considered really difficult? I thought most honor students take 3-4 honors classes/semester.</p>
<p>i just got my official grades. i have a 3.214!!! :'( </p>
<p>Any more feedback??? Im desperate for hope!</p>
<p>Ahhh, time for me to join the party. I also completely bombed my first semester (Well, by my own standards anyway. a 3.6...). I'd like to know how badly this will affect transferring to a first or second tier college my junior year. I've got decent ECs (Performing Flamenco, guitar, piano, etc) and I plan to do better next semester...Help, anyone?</p>
<p>I got an A-,A-,B, B-</p>
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<p>Does anyone know are honor classes weighted differently like they were in high school? I doubt it, but just want to make sure. thx</p>
<p>I can join this group too... 3 B+'s so far with one grade out. Looks like I'll probably end up with between a 3.3 (technically could be lower) and 3.46 (can't be any higher for the semester). I came into this semester with a 3.775, and the highest I can come out of it with is a 3.68.</p>
<p>This sucks... this probably knocks me out of any chance I had at Warton and probably doesn't help with Stern, UMich, UVA, or well anywhere I apply too.</p>
<p>chill out. You all need to stop scrutinizing your grades so much. College is about learning man. It's not about this lifelong struggle to get to the top. People on this board **** me off because it seems like you only care about grade grubbing and climbing to the highest academic eschelon. There is a lot more to life then first semester grades in college. My advice is to do the best you can and stop crying if you get an occassional B or even C. It happens to everyone. Relax.</p>
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<p>Tell that to Law Schools.</p>
<p>Other thing is this a transfer board right here... so we are extra concerned. I wouldn't be quite as upset if I wasn't trying to transfer.</p>
<p>Word, Nspeds. Word.</p>
<p>You know man, to some people this is really important. Getting an A or getting a C can make all the difference of whether you get admitted or not. Especially when its your dream school your trying to get into.</p>
<p>I just got my last grade and thankfully it was an A. I guess a 3.46 for the semester and a 3.684 cumulative aren't the end of the world. They certainly don't make my life and transferring any easier though. It'll be a long next couple of months. Oh well.</p>
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<p>I cannot speak for the other worry worts (like myself) on this board, but I would guess that the general consensus is that we all understand the importance of learning; moreover, we also understand that learning can be greatly affected by where you attend college! AND, of course, where you get to attend college is intrinsic to your GPA or grades during college, at least for us transferees, hence the panic.</p>
<p>As someone else just stated I probably wouldn't fret over a B if I was already attending the university I wish to be at. I would be disappointed, of course, but there would be far less at stake.</p>
<p>" You all need to stop scrutinizing your grades so much. College is about learning man. It's not about this lifelong struggle to get to the top. People on this board **** me off because it seems like you only care about grade grubbing and climbing to the highest academic eschelon "</p>
<p>Grades DO matter when you want to transfer. I wouldn't have a problem with my 3.35 if I was already at the school I wanted to go to, and I think that applies to everyone on this board. </p>
<p>Go post this advice somewhere else, somewhere where it actually applies.</p>
<p>I just feel like people on these boards feed into the massive hysteria over competitive academia. College should be about learning and making the best of a new experience. There is also a social aspect to it. Life isn't always about being the best and getting into the best school. I know this sounds out of place on this board but look at it this way. My Mother is the head of the school for social worker at Smith college. She is involved at many levels in the admissions process. She recently told me that at Smith School for Social work which is among the best in the country she would much sooner accept an applicant from Goucher (where i currently attend) with all A's then a B+ Student from Harvard. Made me think. Just to keep in perspective.</p>
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<p>Sometimes academic encrichement cannot be found at the college one currently attends; I would suspect that this is a factor in deciding whether to transfer. Perhaps it might be pleasing, and better looking on your transcript, to get straight As from Goucher, but some students actually demand a rigorous academic program that can only be found at the nation's best schools.</p>
<p>listen, ballplayer, though your post makes sense in some portions of CC, it is completely wrong for transfers, or normal applicants for that matter. the fact is that one can both love learning and want to go to a different or, heaven forbid, a better school. to be frustrated with someone who is interested in transferring for wanting a good GPA and worrying about it is like being frustrated with someone who wants to play college football for wanting to have a good training camp or high school football career. </p>
<p>it's not what we want to do, its what we have to do in order to get to somewhere where we will be both challenged AND be able to actually enjoy our experience, because you ignore the fact that someone may very well not be either learning or socially involved at their current institution, and they must meet a certain criteria in order to get to a place where they can have both.</p>
<p>Look I don't question anyones quest to achieve and I agree going to a better school will offer a more rigorous and challenging and ultimately rewarding experience. I too am considering transfering and i too posted on this board. What raises my eyebrows is language such as " i am getting around a 3.2-3.3 and i was taking 4 honors classes" that too most people is not "horrible to say the least." The language just reads as ****y to me. While I reserve any severe judgement for fear of being a hypocrite, I feel these boards breed a competitiveness that plagues academia. Too much of college is about being the best and doing the best when it should be about learning. I'm by no stretch of the imagination a communist but I think we go too far sometimes in applying our capitalist mentality. Sorry if this is the wrong board for this rant.</p>