Is this a solid first year schedule?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi I was wondering if you could tell me if the classes I am taking this year would be considered a good first year curriculum? Thanks.</p>

<p>World Geography W/Lab (B)
College Algebra (A)
Elementary French I (B)
Into to Philosophy (B)
Intro to Psychology (A)
Intro to Sociology (A)
Multicultural Race Issues (A)
English Comp I (A)
Into to Ethics (A)
U.S. History I (A)
Trigonometry (A)
English Comp II (A)
Elementary French II (B)
Statistics (A)
Intermediate French (B)
Calculus I -Haven't taken yet, but am excellent in math
Chemistry- Haven't taken yet, but am excellent in chemistry</p>

<p>Please tell me if you think the grades and rigor of the coursework looks challenging and solid. And what type of schools do you think I would stand a chance at getting into as a transfer student, even though I didn't have a very good high school record.</p>

2

<p>17 Courses in a year? How many units is that.....</p>

3

<p>My school goes by the quarter system, and I am taking an extra heavy schedule. It is suggested to take 3 a quarter, and I have been taking 5 classes. It is 49-50 semester hours. That is not including Chemistry or Calculus.</p>

4

<p>See this is exactly why I'm so fond of the quarter system. The semester track is a waste of time!</p>

5

<p>You have a strong schedule...don't worry about it. keep it up and good luck on your apps!</p>

6

<p>With my college grades, and taking that many classes do i have a chance at some pretty good schools even though i had a low hs gpa? (2.3)</p>

<p>Chance 1-10 with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest chance for each of these schools(Do one rating with financial aid, and the other if I apply without it):</p>

<p>Rice
USC
Pepperdine
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Emory
Carnegie Mellon</p>

7

<p>If you're a first year, they're still going to look at HS records. With that in mind, many of those are reaches. Although your college record is very impressive, your high school record still might hold you back.</p>

8

<p>Could you try to throw some numbers at me, with financial aid and then without. 1-10. Thanks.</p>

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11

<p>Honestly, like I said, you're HS GPA is going to hold you back from all of those. Every single one is a reach as a result of a 2.3 high school GPA. I would stick it out another year and your HS GPA will matter much less.</p>

12

<p>Well, i tend to be kind of optimistic, i guess...but since you're going to apply as a second-year student...your grades from college will stand out more. But...what major are you declaring?</p>

13

<p>What are you? Nuts? You'll do well in your applications. But what about extraciriculars? I'm assuming that there isn't much to put there.</p>

14

<p>You haven't described your current college, so it's hard to comment on the strength of your coursework. As a first-year transfer, you will need to present standardized test scores as well. If they are high, they'll mitigate the bad impression of your hs GPA somewhat.</p>