<p>Hey everyone, I'm a student at Santa Monica College right now (Business student). My dream school is USC. I guess I'm not your typical transfer student. I've been at SMC for 7 years now. Out of High School, I had family issues which forced me to work about 60 hours per week. Consequently, my GPA was not spectacular as you can imagine (2.5). Most of the time, I didn't take a full load of classes. Some semesters 1 class, some semesters 3 classes. Anyway, this year, my situation changed, and I was able to focus solely on school. I've taken a full load of classes the last 2 semesters and earned a 4.0 gpa. Spring semester, I took 12 units, Summer 6 units, and 18 units now in the fall. In the Winter, I plan on taking Calculus I and a GE class (8 units in total). If I were to earn a 4.0 GPA these last 4 semesters (through winter semester), do I have any chance at USC? If everything goes well, through winter my final GPA should hover around 3.2 (I'm hoping they would base their decision more upon my later work than my entire transcript). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>If you can articulate yourself very well in an essay about this adversity then I think they would admit you.</p>
<p>they may admit you based on the family issues you have and the improvement made. at the same time, the business school is very competitive to get into.</p>
<p>Based on GPA your chances aren't great, but considering your circumstances you might be able to get in.</p>
<p>I don't think anybody can really tell you unless you tell us what classes you got what grades in. There is a stack of classes they will put much more weight in economics etc.</p>
<p>During my period of sub-standard work, I received C's in Econ 1 & 2, and a D in Calc. I re-took Econ and received A's in both. I will be re-taking Calc 1 this winter, hopefully getting an A in it. Anymore opinions? Thanks.</p>