Late Transfer Questions

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello College Confidential forums!</p>

<p>This is going to be a two part question. First off, I would like your opinions on whether it would be a bad idea to transfer to a new school after my junior year? (I would like to state that I am most likely on a five year plan because I changed majors late. Also for reference, I just completed my first semester of my sophomore year.) My reason for deciding to transfer is because I picked the school I am at right now because I planned on being a teacher but now that I changed to a science major (Geology), I would much rather go to a larger state school where I could have more resources available to me.</p>

<p>My second question is if anyone would have any idea on how difficult it would be to transfer to the University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign? As of now I have a 2.1 GPA but I am retaking the courses which brought it so low and am hoping to raise it as close to a 3.0 as I can. Will that and a few extra-curricular activities (such as hall council and executive position in the school running club), and a leadership program be enough to get me in? Anything else you can recommend I do to increase my chances? </p>

<p>I appreciate any help I can get!</p>

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<p>Bump? Just looking for a little insight here. It would be much appreciated.</p>

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<p>You need a better GPA period to transfer. A 2.1 is below the minimum requirement for the entire university and probably way below what they end up accepting anyways. If there is anything you need to work on, it’s that.</p>

<p>As for your choice of major and where you need to go with them, I can’t give you any insight (I personally would never do those majors at all).</p>

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<p>I understand that my GPA is the number one factor holding me back which is why I’m retaking the two courses that contributed most to it being so low. With a rebooted GPA in the range of 2.9-3.0, would it be possible to be accepted to the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Geology program? Just a ballpark guess if this would be good enough.</p>

<p>Edit: Thanks for replying. Sorry if I came off as hostile in the above post.</p>