Maryland transfer first semester possibilities.

I am going to SUNY Buffalo for this semester and it is my only choice I can go to due to certain circumstances. I have visited there not to far and I hate it already. Some reasons that I cannot explain are also the reason I know for a FACT that going to Buffalo is going to be a huge problem in enjoyment. Is it possible to transfer after 1 semester? I know ill have 15 credits and I know because its less than 30 my SAT and GPA will be taken into account. Having a SAT around 1200 - 1210 and a GPA around 3.2 I was wondering if it is possible even if I do well the first semester at Buffalo. I just want to know my chances in all honesty so I do not have false hope. I have nice ECs and all that.

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It would make more sense to just take a gap year or semester.

You will be applying to transfer with just your high school grades and the list of classes you are currently enrolled in. Your final semester grades won’t be availalbe until just before classes start the secomd semester, so you could be rescinded for bad grades basically right at the time you want to be loading the car to move to the place you had expected to be studying at.

Look around you for useful and interesing ways to fill a gap year/semester. Check out the application due date for freshman spring admission at Maryland. If you are headed to Buffalo because UMD rejected you this year, one semester there is not going to change your chances of admission. However, two years at a MD community college in one of the programs that have formal articulation agreements definitely will. Think about that too.

@happymomof1 I called Maryland and they said that they would wait until the first semester or 15 credits grades would come out. They did not reject me in the first place because I never applied. I was just wondering if I could or would it be possible with those grades in HS and around a 3.6 first semester to go to Maryland due to its location.

Why do you want to go to UMD? Are you a MD resident? If so, drop SUNY for your own local community college. Meet with the transfer advisor, and find out the best pathway to UMD.

Your HS GPA and test scores aren’t at all likely to get you into UMD. One college semester with a 3.6 probably won’t improve your chances enough to get you in.

What makes you think you can get a 3.6 in college? Did you have a strong increasing trend in your HS GPA after wiping out badly in 9th grade?

@happymomof1 I had a really high increase trend with a 3.7 senior year. The reason im going to Maryland is because its relative close and another personal reason. I am not a Maryland resident. I was just wondering if that would be possible though?

Why are you starting at SUNY Buffalo if you don’t want to be there? Wouldn’t it make better sense to take a gap year or semester, and apply directly to UMD? Do you have to be in College Park, or could another college or university in the region work for you?

What is your back up plan if you can’t transfer? Would you just stay at SUNY Buffalo until you graduate?

@happymomof1 just answer the question. Is it possible its a yes or no question. Buffalo is the cheapest and gave the most money.

The onlu people who can give you a clear Yes No on this are the people in the admissions office at UMD.

@happymomof1 in an opinion because if someone has a perfect score and a 4.0 they would know that he will get in and has a great chance but, with someone with a .2 and a 500 sat obv not. I am looking for an opinion realistically.

Unfortunately, no one here can tell you for sure if you would be admitted to UMD either as a transfer or if you took a gap year and applied as a Freshman next year. Your test scores and HS GPA are not at levels that would make admissions a sure thing. What is sure is that if you are already sure that you are going to be unhappy at SUNY Buffalo, then your academic performance may suffer. Perhaps a local community college would be a better place from which to transfer after a year or two.

I think you’re asking the wrong question. A more relevant question is will UMD likely be affordable for a transfer student who has one semester of credits, a 1200 SAT, and 3.2 high school GPA when finances are an issue? NYS universities don’t generally give a lot of free money. The state gives low income students a tuition grant, and the federal government gives them a Pell Grant. If you’re paying for Buffalo with need based aid, where will the money for UMD come from? NYS grants can only be used for NYS colleges.

@xraymancs Is a one year transfer from buffalo to Maryland possible. I would get 30 credits the first year.

https://admissions.umd.edu/explore/about-maryland

They say on their own website what the most competitive transfer applicants look like. They don’t mention a number of credit hours but do mention a College GPA and needing English and math credits.

@mom2collegekids if I have 23 credits this first semester. From taking a college courses at a community college. Will that make me more likely to get in spring 2019.

Are any of those math and English credits? What is your college GPA?

@mom2twogirls I took a Comp sci class and got a 3.7 GPA. If i were to take a Math and English class and got a 3.6 on both which means each would give me 3-4 credits. The comp sci gave me 3 credits. First semester of Buffalo I take 15. 15 + 4 + 3 + 3. That means first semester I would have 25 credits. Can I transfer in the first semester and go into Maryland 2019 spring?

If you take math and English and do well, along with doing well in any other classes you are taking, you have your best chance. From their own website, you would have what they minimally require. There is no guarantee though, it would likely depend on how many applicants/ openings they have at that time.

If I were you, I would look carefully at Maryland’s course articulation and be sure to take courses at Buffalo that will seamlessly transfer to Maryland and count either for required general graduation credits (like the math and English) or will count for credits in your potential major. Just to make sure you aren’t wasting time taking unnecessary classes at UB.