my chance of transferring into Pitt? please help !!

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<p>I am a freshman at CCAC right now majoring in biology and wanna see my chance of getting into pitt main. I was a fairly good student when i was in high school, taking honors and aps, but then i got extremely sick and got horrible grades in my junior year. In fact, I was diagnosed with the brain tumor, and spent the last two years recovering from three very difficult surgeries I got. While recovering i took some online high school courses but graduated with Cs and mostly Ds, but keep in mind, i was horribly ill and couldnt even run for a year. Then i went to ccac and my first semester went well with 4.0 gpa. But I am taking calculus right now, and it seems like i will get a C in that course. I have As in all other courses, making my gpa almost 3.75. I am gonna take 3 summer courses, and 5 other courses in the fall before i transfer with 58 credits. </p>

<p>How is my chance of getting into pitt if I have all As in gen bio1&2, gen chem 1&2, gen physics 1&2, and many other gen ed courses but a C in Calc?</p>

<p>I have the essay ready to go and have a great recommendation from the biology department head and have a very solid excuse for not getting good grade in high school (brain tumor). </p>

<p>What are my chances? I am really nervous because of some personal issues.</p>

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<p>I think your chances are good. Have you looked at the CCAC Pitt transfer guide? <a href=“http://www.oafa.pitt.edu/PDF/CCAC.pdf[/url]”>http://www.oafa.pitt.edu/PDF/CCAC.pdf&lt;/a&gt; It gives some guidance on admissions criteria (including GPA) for some Pitt programs.</p>

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<p>You should definitely apply!</p>

<p>I was in a very similar situation, actually. I was a very good student (4.0, top 7% in a class of 500), but had a terrible second semester junior and senior year due to extenuating circumstances. I ended up graduating with a 3.2 (unweighted) and went on to a huge but not very selective public university. After first semester I had a 4.0, but I ended up getting a few Cs - organic chem and genetics.</p>

<p>I applied as a transfer to Pitt with a 3.5 and was accepted at the beginning of April 2012. Just work hard on your essay and you should be fine! I didn’t submit any letters of rec, but they can only help. Good luck!</p>