<p>I'm considering a transfer from UIUC to UF, and wondering what kind of chances I have. I know this probably seems like a step down, and it's very much financially related. I graduated from a Florida HS and qualify for full Bright Futures, and was even admitted into UF during my senior year. As a freshman in Nuclear Engineering was kind of tough. Grades were as followed (hours indicated):</p>
<p>Chemistry: B (3)
Chem Lab: A- (1)
Microeconomics: B (3)
Calculus 2: D+ (3)
Physics: C- (4)
Intro to NucE: A (1)</p>
<p>Basically, I barely made the proficiency test into Calculus 2, and pushed myself too hard in a class I wasn't ready for. Physics I just did poorly. Will I have any way to account for myself in an application? And what kind of chances do I have for admission? </p>
<p>If high school statistics matter, I had a 3.96W GPA, was in IB courses, and had a 1450 SAT with tons of clubs.</p>
<p>i go to UF and think that you definitely have a more than strong chance. your high school stats override the two bad grades. and, if you get in, you qualify for the honors program...were you nat'l merit?</p>
<p>Thanks for the response Steven, I sent some emails out to staff asking about their opinions, so hopefully I can get some halfway decent response time during this damn holiday season.</p>
<p>wow UIUC must be really hard! hours indicated? does that mean you had 14hrs/week of class? what are you majoring in? Is physics that difficult? and Calculus 2? what do you learn in Calculus 2? do you get bellcurves on grades?</p>
<p>Hours indicated is just credit hours, and ironically, you'll find that in an engineering major you spend more hours per week in that class than you get credit hours for. In some majors, like accounting, you spend less hours in class a week than you get credit hours for. </p>
<p>My major is Nuclear Engineering, and the classes can be difficult if you don't pay attention and study often, but so far it's been ok, I did so poorly in my calculus and physics because I went too far ahead too quickly, I should have been in calculus I. Calculus 2 consists of a couple main areas, the first being integration, and all forms of it, from simple stuff like u-substitution to multiple part integrations that utilize trig substitution and improper integrals and other concepts. The next part is all about limits and convergence/divergence of functions, and the final part is polar and parametric curves, and a lot of problems involving arc length and such. Very minor dabbling into differential equations at the very end.</p>
<p>In physics, there was no bell curve, mostly because most of the students were right out of HS AP Physics C, and they do exceptionally well on it. I had an IB physics class junior year, which I also didn't care for very much, which made me do unusually bad. Calculus on the other hand was extremely curved, with 40 usually being the cutoff for failing an exam, and approximately 45 being a passing grade for the course</p>
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<p>Give an example of this...I thought there was a standard scale for credit hours given. For instance, if a class is worth 3 credit hours, then you will spend less time in the class than if it is worth 4 credit hours.</p>
<p>Example: My spring 2006 schedule includes a Corporate Finance Class that is worth 4 credit hours so we meet on Monday and Wednesday from 10A to 11:50A, and a psychology class that meets on Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30A to 11:45A because it's only worth 3 hours.</p>
<p>Does your school make you spend more required class time depending on the major or something? Or were you meaning that you spend more time preparing for the class (i.e. homework time, etc.)</p>
<p>Hmm...well Physics last semester was 4 credit hours. I had one lab section a week (2 hours), 2 lectures a week (1.25 hours each), and one discussion section a week (2 hours). That's a total of 6.5 hours. There are more examples of this, but I know my roommate is in Accounting and he spent 12-13 hours in class for 14 credit hours.</p>
<p>Pasadena, I'm leaving because in state is much cheaper and the costs are really getting to me. The poor grades first semester are not related, as I'm confident I will do better this semester.</p>