<p>I have a kind of interesting situation. Right now I am a freshman in my second semester, last semester I was a Umass Boston and right now I am at Umass Dartmouth. I did awful in high school so I am trying to get a good GPA and hopefully transfer somewhere else. I have a few schools in mind (mainly just BU at the moment) but I would like some input on what schools I would have a chance at. Also I plan on transferring after sophomore year...</p>
<p>white, female, Boston area</p>
<p>High School:
GPA: 2.5 (?)
SAT: reading: 540; math: 560; writing: 490 (don't laugh)
SAT 2: Bio M: 580
ECs: DDR club (yes, the game), Computer Club, Field Hockey(coaches award), various jobs (YMCA, Circuit City, etc)</p>
<p>College:
undecided major
UMB: GPA: 3.14
took english 1, chem 1 & lab, engineering 1, & intro astro
no ECs, commuter schools aren't fun</p>
<p>UMD:
just started this semester, aiming for at least 3.7 GPA
ECs: internship with MASSPIRG
next year I will be involved in Horseback riding and maybe starting a club</p>
<p>So with that said, where do I go? Also I would like to be on either the east coast or west coast. thanks</p>
<p>not to be snide, but i really cant take your hopes to get a 3.7+ very seriously, there is no precedent for it in your application. just because you want to get a certain grade does not mean you will, everybody who wants to get into schools that normally accept higher gpa's than their own say at the beginning of every semester that they expect to get a 3.7 or 3.8+, but usually past performance is the best indicator of future performance...i feel its best to proceed looking at what you have actually done so far, not the grades that you wish to get in the future</p>
<p>why do you want to transfer?</p>
<p>as you havent given any reason for wanting to xfer and havent given any kind of qualification to the types of schools that would consider, i would assume that your main reason is just to go to a more prestigious college...please correct me if im wrong</p>
<p>it seems that umass is challenging enough as is. if you give us the reasons that you want to transfer, if there are reasons other than prestige involved, i could perhaps suggest some colleges </p>
<p>best of luck</p>
<p>Perhaps I should have explained the reasoning for last semesters grade. There were many factors in it but mainly because commuting into Boston was awful. My schedule did not allow me to get adequate hours of sleep, I missed classes while stuck in traffic, and I had to have full time hours to keep my car on the road. Now that I am living on campus I will be able to get the grades I am capable of.
My main reason for a transfer is to attend a more prestigious school, but what is wrong with that?</p>
<p>Don't complain about your schedule. YOU scheduled it.</p>
<p>Sure, it would look great on a job app if you went to a more prestigious university, but given your current stats, it just doesn't seem possible.</p>
<p>Simply put, your high school record is below average and your GPA is only good if you were taking advanced physics and organic chem and such.</p>
<p>did i ever say anything was wrong with wanting to transfer because of prestige? i dont believe so...</p>
<p>i needed to know because if that is all youre looking for, with the grades you have at present, i dont think you can really get into a markedly more prestigious school...if there were other reasons for you wanting to transfer, i was going to suggest some schools of similar prestige that fit your reasons for transfer. if you can pull off a better gpa over the next couple of semesters you would be a much more competitive applicant for schools like BU and such, but worry about getting that gpa up first...this post may be more meaningful at about this time next year...hit those books hard</p>
<p>best of luck</p>
<p>To TrojanTransfer, you are not fully aware of the situation I went through and was forced to going to Umass Boston. Classes I HAD to take were all in the early morning so I had no choice in that matter. I'm not trying to get into Harvard or anything I'm just looking for something better than poorly run, budget slashed Umass.</p>