<p>UW-Madison- the Wisconsin flagship accepts transfer students based on their college gpa who were not admitted as freshmen. Any transfer student needs at least a 3.0 college gpa to be admitted. A 2.7 would not suffice, it is far lower than the cutoff.</p>
<p>It sounds like your sister needs a reality check. Hopefully your parents will not pay the extra lost from the lack of scholarship money. She never would have gotten the scholarship with grades like that and I’ll bet she would have gone to a more affordable college. Strongly suggest to your parents that she take a break from college and work at whatever (menial) job a HS grad can get to earn her own money fore college and to decide if she really wants it.</p>
<p>Plenty of US physicians, lawyers and other highly educated people have spent time as young adults working in low skill, low paid jobs. There is no shame in it. I worked food service in college before my medical school days. My H is from India and had enough scholarships plus better family finances to not need other work. Working at menial jobs reminds you to study and get your degree so you don’t have to depend on jobs like those for the rest of your life. I have many stories from fellow physicians and PhDs about their preprofessional jobs. That factory worker, food server or cab driver could someday be your doctor, professor…</p>