<p>There was a thread like this out there before but it is closed now so I want to see if any underdogs found success. I am thinking of a college gpa of 3.0-3.3 to a top 50 school. Please share.</p>
<p>I’m interested in this as well. 3.5x-3.6x range</p>
<p>I have known of 3.0 students with no Cs transfer to top 50 schools. Northeastern and NYU are examples. They were taking tough courses at LACs or major state universities. When you start looking at the ivies or the most selective school, your grades will likely have to be just about perfect, just like in high school, but many schools, the larger ones in particular will want to fill vacant spaces in second year programs and showing a solid B performance may be fine. No guarantee, you understand as, transfers are strictly a space available thing that changes from year to year. There could be no spots available in a program at a non competitive school because they oversubscribed or too many kids switched to that major.</p>
<p>Can you give me more examples? NYU sounds great but is terrible with financial aid. I wouldn’t mind not going to an ivy, as I would probably not get in anyway, but I am looking for highly-visible schools with decent financial aid/acceptance rates.</p>
<p>Will have a 3.6x at the end of this spring semester, thinking about taking a semester off afterwards.</p>
<p>kinda curious about this myself. If I took the fall semester off and concentrated on some great EC’s and reapplied I wonder if my chances would be any different? 3.5 gpa looking to get into a top 25-50 school.</p>
<p>Greatly depends what school you are coming from. If you go to a school that is not highly ranked/ a community college and arent doing well then why would a top 50 school accept you?</p>
<p>tranferneow, I do go to a community, and my gpa isn’t that bad considering I work two jobs, one full time and one part time. I am a non-traditional student. Oh, btw, count how many UC’s are in the top 50. quite a few. CCC allows TAG’s to UC’s. I think it is altogether totally within reach. I was just wondering if taking off a year before transferring would be bad especially if I already have a gap from high school to college. Or, would it be beneficial to volunteer, work an internship.</p>
<p>If one was happy and well-adjusted at Harvard I imagine they would do well regardless of how difficult the curriculum may be. Conversely, if one was unhappy and poorly adjusted to a fourth tier university they would probably not perform as well regardless of their intellect. I’m not saying its easy to transfer so far up, but schools recognize this phenomenon. Wanting a more prestigious environment isn’t the only reason people transfer FYI.</p>
<p>You are correct about the CC to UC transfer, they do have an agreement. I was thinking more along the lines of transferring from a CC to a college that does not have an agreement. To do this (to a top 50) you would need a near perfect GPA</p>
<p>I suppose I will find out soon.</p>
<p>Just want to clarify a few things:
- I did not make this for my own benefit though I am going to be a transfer with a 3.5 gpa I want to hear everyone’s story.</p>
<p>2) Don’t forget about schools like NYU who I have heard of people transferring from a cc to with lower gpas because they put a ton of emphasis on ECs and essays!</p>
<p>3) Finally, some schools in the top 50 like Miami lehigh rpi and a bunch of others have very reasonable admissions for transfers! And don’t forget about schools like Ohio state and Fordham who are very transfer friendly and soon to be top 50 schools.</p>
<p>Never give up!!! ;)</p>
<p>Feel free to pm me with any specific questions.</p>
<p>bumpity bump bump</p>
<p>oh yeah!</p>
<h1>42 on the US News and World Report, UCSB! Admitted! with a 3.5 from a C.C.!</h1>
<p>of course it is easier for C.C.C. transfers.</p>
<p>awesome good for you!</p>