<p>I'm a freshman at Lynn University (in FL) and I'm planning to transfer next year (junior transfer). Since I'm doing much better in college, and I think I've proved my academic potential, I decided to give it a shot now! My highschool GPA was a 2.7.
I'm an international student from Spain. I'm not applying for aid.
My major is business administration with a concentration in marketing, and I also have a minor in public relations.
My stats are:
Current GPA: 4.0
SAT I: 780 CR, 750 M, 800 W
SAT II: 800 French, 750 Literature, 770 German
Extracurriculars:
1. President of Creative Writing Club
2. Vice President of Business Team
3. Member of Speech and Debate Team
4. Member of Best Buddies, organized several events on campus.
5. Raised $5000 for Pencils for Promise (a community organization to promote education in Central America and Asia)
6. President of International Affairs Society
7. Blogger for iPulse (our student newspaper)
8. Member of Cheer team
Others...this isn't an extracurricular I do at school, but...I started an organization (in the summer after I graduated) to help lower-income students in their search for universities and to promote higher education. Basically, what we do is we provide advice, study materials (we've donated SAT Prep books, etc) and we serve as "college counselors" for them.
Job experience: Worked at a local finance firm in Spain (back when I was in highschool), did a 2 months internship for Merrill Lynch. I recently had an offer for an internship with Edelman in Miami (a PR firm), so I plan on doing that too!</p>
<p>So, what schools you recommend? Or is my gpa going to get me automatically rejected?</p>
<p>Being a California resident, I don’t know anything about Florida. But to be honest, if you’re going to be a junior transfer, they don’t look at your HS stuff from my understanding. So SAT scores you got won’t matter nor any of the extra-circulars you got in HS. Only what you’ve done in college up to the point of applying as far as I’m aware. Get 60 transferable units here and they don’t look at your HS GPA at all. Unless you’re going for an ivy or whatever, I’m going to say you have a very decent shot at most schools with a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>Since you’re entering as a Junior, you should have 60 units done by that time. Your high school stats and SATs won’t matter much, if at all. All those ECs were done in high school am I right? they are impressive and it won’t hurt if you list them on your transfer App but what Universities mostly care about is your college gpa, extra curriculars in college, transfer essays, and rec letters. </p>
<p>ECs won’t be as important at the college level (at many colleges). They realize that at the college level, people have commitments such as work, and it would be unfair to weigh extra curriculars as much as grades. This is what I was told by an admissions officer at UNC, and USC.</p>
<p>Apply to University of Delaware, Goldey Beacom College, Tufts University, Northeastern, Centralia College, Wesley College, Strayer University, Juniata College, Depauw University, Seton Hall University, Austin Paey University, Columbia College, Lorain County College, Carleton College, University of Mary, and University of Illinois-Springfield. They all seem like a great fit for you judging by you ECs.</p>