<p>Hey you guys!</p>
<p>I'm in-state and I currently will have 75 quarter credits completed by the end of Fall '11 at a CC, here in WA.</p>
<p>I would graduate with my AA degree at the end of next quarter, in March '12.</p>
<p>I did apply to UW for Winter '12 but I have a 3.5 cum. Transfer GPA and my chances look therefore pretty slim..</p>
<p>If I would go to another CC in-state after graduating, and take some classes there for Spring '12 - would that increase my chances of getting in for Summer '12?</p>
<p>And also, if you guys don't mind - what are some other backup schools that I should consider applying to? The only school I really want to go to is UW right now...</p>
<p>Hey! We are kinda in the same boat my friend! :)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say your chances are slim, especially since you’re 15 credits away from being a junior. It’s a good thing you applied! I really don’t knkw how to predict your chances because I myself am not sure if I get in or not (I applied for Winter too).</p>
<p>I think the Personal Statement counts for a lot and then they probably go and look straight at your grades. Good luck!!</p>
<p>As for backups - do you want to stay in-state or do you want to go out-of-state? For in-state I’d say you’re in at WSU and all the other publics (CWU, EWU, WWU). Again, that probably depends on your major s well.</p>
<p>For out-of-state - you probably won’t get a lot of financial aid (unless - are you in Phi Theta Kappa?), however, I know from personal experience that USC would most likely admit you (if you’re a liberal arts major)… One of my HS friends transferred there with a 3.5 and he really likes it but you also don’t get too much aid. Well, he did not get enough aid anyways.</p>
<p>Get up to 90 credits, and write a really good personal statement.</p>
<p>Thank you aheadofthegame, and thank you Meesh6036!</p>
<p>I really don’t want to stay in-state unless I will get accepted to UW Seattle. I did get accepted to WSU and WWU last year when I was still a senior in high school and did Running Start and I did receive a full tuition scholarship to WSU… but I didn’t like Pullman. I did want to go to Western first but then I also received a scholarship from my community college so I stayed.</p>
<p>Thank you for your suggestion with USC! I do have another school that I’d love to go to and that I will hopefully get accepted into. It’s out of state but it is really affordable and it’s actually better than UW for what I am planning to do - but it’s pretty far away and I guess I’m kinda scared of the “unknown”. I like Seattle and UW because I’m pretty familiar with it already.</p>
<p>Meesh6036 - I was told by the guy that held the Transfer Thursday event that it doesn’t really matter because I have already 75 credits. If I would get up to 90 credits my chances might increase but he really wasn’t sure because UW prefers OOS applicants right now - at least that’s what I was told. </p>
<p>I also asked him if they would accept all my credits and apparently they would because they all transfer. I was told that they chose not to accept all coursework if you don’t have 90 credits but apparently that info is wrong. </p>
<p>What I also didn’t know is that they only accept 90 lower-division transfer credits from CC’s. If I would stay at my CC and get more than 90 credits they wouldn’t accept those. It sucks that they don’t allow people to apply for general admission for Spring quarter anymore.</p>
<p>ILovetheSun, UW has to accept 30% of undergrad transfers from in-state community colleges, how are OOS applicants affecting this?</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t know. </p>
<p>All I know is that when I asked about my chances I was basically told that people in WA from a CC have good chances and OOS applicants. So, my guess is that instead of preferring in-state applicants from 4-year universities UW might prefer people from 4-year OOS universities.</p>
<p>ILovetheSun, spot on. It would be a huge gamble to try and transfer from in-state colleges. In fact, for all practical purposes it’s nearly impossible.</p>
<p>I tried that route, and thankfully a nice man at admissions steered me to transfer to CC.</p>