<p>I'm an incoming college freshman who is planning on tranfering from my current institution after my first year. However I have a low gpa(2.5) from high school and a low ACT score(19) due to a learning disability in mathematics but other then that my record is pretty good. Despite the high school gpa and test scores, I should do fairly well academically in college and in terms of GPA and everything else in college during my first year. So with all of this considered I need a good safety school to transfer to in case the other schools don't come through for me?</p>
<p>Any suggestions? </p>
<p>I live in the Washington DC region if that helps?</p>
<p>I am majoring in history and international studies. </p>
<p>Although my record in high school was medicore academically due to my disability, I did take AP’s and challenge my self in areas I felt strong in. I also have a good extracurricular record from high school also like I stated above. </p>
<p>Btw here is a list of the schools I want to transfer to if I do very well at my first year of college. </p>
<p>George Washington University
William & Mary
Northeastern University
Gettysburg College(waitlisted in high school)
Allegheny College of PA(waitlisted in high school)
Dickinson College
Hamilton College
Lewis & Clark College
Wake Forest University
VMI
The Citadel</p>
<p>Do you think I am aiming to high for my record or possibly after first year record? If I am could you make any recommendations of schools I should be aiming for?</p>
<p>Btw thank you very much for your offer of advice,</p>
<p>Yeah, your safety should definitely be George Mason. Great school on the rise, although its politics are not my flavor (extremist conservative). Should be a school of thought for the Republican revival when it comes, and my school also sent our only extreme Republican activist we’ve had in years there.</p>
<p>(I’m assuming with your social sciences interests that you also have an interest in politics)</p>
<p>I’m confuse, I thought you were a senior soon to graduate, and specificly picking a school to attend that will be easier to transfer from… though you mention being waitlisted already, so I’m wondering did you take a GAP year and now will be attending sometype of university and then transfer to one you always would have liked?
If this is so, then you may want to look into universities within your state ( due to financial reasons) but I also do not know your residency… nvm I now see you live in Washington D.C, which may be more difficult since your not within a state to get in-state tuition. I think you should look at LACS and privates, though they are just as difficult to get admitted into, they are more likely to give better financial support. I guess you should just go to USNEWS ranking and look through universities acceptance rates for LACS and privates.</p>
<p>Nah I’m going straight from high school to college so no gap year or anything, however the college I’m going to in the fall isn’t the type of school I was hoping to end up at. When I applied last fall in my senior year I ended up being waitlisted to Gettysburg and Allegheny Colleges and I was never offically denied or accepted to ether of those schools when decison time came around for the class of 2009. Most of the schools I applied to last fall where private schools and I ended up being denied to everyone of them except for two waitlists and an acceptence for one. Although the only school I was accepted is the one I’m going to in the fall of this year. Also to answer your question about residency I’m a Virginia resident. However in terms of my transfer list I only have 2 VA schools on there and only one I stand a decent chance of getting into.</p>
<p>I do also have a strong interest to say the least in politics in addition to the social sciences, I’m also a strong conservative also. However my level of mathematics is lower compared to the average and I was denied to George Mason last fall due to this and my gpa. So I was uncertain even if I had good grades and a very strong gpa as to whether George Mason would consider accepting me or not because idk if I would meet their requirements in math even after one year of college?</p>