<p>Hello all, I have intentions of transfering to a 4-year college next spring. The only problem is for the last couple semesters my GPA has dropped quite a bit from a 3.4 to 2.9. I been have taking college course at night for the last year and half at a community college. The reason my GPA has dropped so drastically so because I am currently in the Marines, I have about 5 months until i'm out of the miliary. Also, i'm married and have a young daughter under 2 years old. On top of that i've had to take on various part-time jobs to support my family because military pay simply isn't enough sometimes. And to make matters worse it seems like everytime i start another class the my job finds some reason to send my across the country for training causing me to miss weeks of class at a time. My question is this do major colleges look at people with these types of situations? Do they only consider your GPA and body of coursework or do they look at some of the outside factors that caused your grades to drop? I have complete confidence that once i'm out of the military and going to school full-time I will be fine I just fine that with my poor school history colleges my think that i don't care which is not the case. Thank you for any advice.</p>
<p>Some colleges are only interested in your grades, but others will look at your entire history. You might want to start your research with those institutions that are committed to the Yellow Ribbon Program. For the time being, I’d suggest that you not take any new classes. Your schedule is too complicated for a night course that you have to attend in person. </p>
<p>Do take a look at the threads in the Veterans Sub-Forum. It is inside the Admissions Forum, under the heading “Specialty College Admissions Topics”. Here is a quick link for you: [Veterans</a> - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/veterans/]Veterans”>Veterans - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>Wishing you and your family all the best.</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice, happy.</p>