Need Transfer Advice... Again....

Transfer Students
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<p>So I havent been on here for quite some time, but now I have a problem. This past fall I enrolled at Drexel University in Philadelphia as a transfer. IT DID NOT GO WELL. I had some family issues and long story short I ended up missing some exams and classes and ended up with a 1.16 GPA (12 credits) :( . I am so dissapointed in myself. </p>

<p>This quarter I've managed to pull my grades up quite a bit, but in order to salvage my GPA for Graduate school, I was thinking about transferring to Temple University in Philadelphia. I am just worried about my grades. </p>

<p>Temple U, has an agreement with the community college I attended, my GPA there was about a 3.6 (60 credits), I was also involved on campus in different clubs and Honor Societies. Now my overall GPA between Comm. College and Drexel is still a LITTLE above a 3.0, luckily. Temple says that their typical transfer student usually has a 3.0 GPA, will my chances be hurt since I had one crappy quarter at a new school? Any advice is appreciated!</p>

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<p>You should be okay…or so I’d think. Most applications have a spot to explain any type of negative impact on your grades (family issues and such). I’d say give admissions a call and see what they have to say. Good luck!</p>

<p>Also, if you don’t mind me asking, are you transferring because of grades or because you didn’t like Drexel? It’s just that I was thinking of transferring to Drexel in the fall…</p>

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<p>Thanks! I mean I still have a pretty strong cumulative GPA. </p>

<p>As for Drexel, to be honest its a little of both. I really want to get into a good business school and since I wrecked my GPA at Drexel, that is going to be a problem. But the environment isn’t really for me. Because of the quarter system you are constantly going going going, and I just want to graduate (im 22), and I don’t feel like spending an extra year just to do an internship</p>