<p>During my freshman year I had a GPA of 3.25. During my junior year I brought it up to a 3.55. Right now I have a GPA of 3.92 (which should be a 4.0 at the end of the term). I only take one CP class and I have taken 4 AP classes throughout highschool. My SAT score is an 1810 but I just got a tutor and he says I should have at least a 1900 by the lat test. I'm confused about where to look since there is such a range in my grades. I am probably going to transfer colleges after next year just because with my earlier high school grades I won't be able to get in as competitive of schools as I can handle now. </p>
<p>and by brought my junior year grade up to a 3.55 i just mean my junior year GPA was a 3.55 but together w/sophomore and freshan year my overall i a 3.35</p>
<p>An upward trend in GPA is a good thing but most schools will combine the three years to get your GPA.</p>
<p>The upward trend is great. I would encourage you to apply to a wide range of schools, from those you are sure to get into to the ones you feel might be too competitive but that you think you can handle now, as you said. The way colleges look at grades really varies depending on the type of schools. The UCs, for instance, have a unique, totally different way they assess and recalculate high school GPAs. Some colleges only look at soph/junior grades, some only look through end of junior year, and some (smaller LACs) read applications more holistically, and they may see your upward trend and take a close look at your mid-semester senior year grades to evaluate your abilities.</p>
<p>Is you GPA weighted or unweighted? When you are evaluating schools and comparing your stats against those they admit, you really need to use unweighted. A convenient way to do that is to open an account on the College Board’s “Big Future” web site (they are the SAT company, so you may already have an account.) <a href=“https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-searchWhen”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-searchWhen</a> you are signed in, you can enter your grades, etc, and then you can look at different colleges and click the “Apply” tab, where you can see where your gpa and test scores place you on a graph of accepted students. It gives a you a fairly good idea of whether the school is an academic match, safety, or reach for you. </p>
<p>Our school uses the 4.0 scale and I also have a naviance which links the average gpa from my hs that gets accepted. Could I apply to a college with an average 3.8 gpa if my senior year grades are 4.0 but altogether mine is around a 3.4 and have a slight chance or should I focus more on a decent school I could transfer from with good grades? </p>
<p>I’m not an expert on the subject, so if this disagrees with what real experts tell you, go with that.</p>
<p>Transferring is a tough road, at least with the more selective private colleges. The people they admitted in the first place just don’t leave in very large numbers, so there aren’t lots of “new” spots available. Yale (perhaps more extreme in the selectivity than you’re thinking, but indicative) says that you won’t ordinarily be admitted as a transfer student unless: (a) you would’ve been accepted if you had applied to be a freshman the usual way AND (b) you have done extremely well at the college you did go to.</p>
<p>State universities are somewhat of a different animal, as the notion that there will transfers from other state colleges is often part of the structure of the system. In California that’s the case, and Berkeley takes a fair number of transfers, even though it’s highly selective to start with. Obviously, a relatively unselective state college is going to be easier to transfer to, though you could probably go to one of those straight out of high school.</p>
<p>Well I know Cornell university has a very good transfer rate (my older sister transferred there from UMASS Amherst two years ago) and I was considering that </p>
<p>I would focus on schools that fit your average 3 year GPA. Then throw in one or two reaches and see what happens.</p>
<p>do you guys have any suggestions for reaches that would look more heavily at senior year grades?</p>
<p>Cornell has a guide for transfer students on its website. Fall 2014: 572 transfers student enrolled, though most (304) were in Agricultural and Life Sciences. Only 61 in Arts & Sciences.</p>
<p>would george washington university be a reach? it’s average gpa for my school acceptances is a 3.6</p>