Please Chance Me! (Transfer)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Colorado
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I am a Wisconsin resident who is currently a freshman student UC San Diego. I am looking to transfer to CU after this year. I was accepted as a freshman, but chose to go to UCSD instead. What are my chances of getting in as a transfer? Here are my stats:

High School

GPA: 4.0 unweighted (valedictorian)
AP Tests: 4 on Calc AB, 3 on English Lang
AP/College Credit: 19 credits
ACT: 28
ECs: NHS Secretary, Student Council VP, Pep Band, Marching Band, and Concert Band for all four years (drum major for one year), Varsity Volleyball Manager, National History Day State Alternate, member of volunteer group, and pre med club

College

Major: Microbiology (might change to chemistry)
First Quarter Classes: General Chem, Psychology, Biology
ECs: Girl Up, Active Minds, school musical, I hope to play an intramural sport this winter
GPA: I have not completed a full term yet, but I am expecting around a 3.0-3.3 for the quarter
Essay 1 (something that is overlooked): I wrote about overlooking my mental health during school and my ongoing battle with mental illness. I mention how it affected my GPA this quarter.
Essay 2: I wrote about how my dream of living in CA was too good to be true and how I would contribute to UMN as a student and citizen.

Some Questions I Have:

Will CU take into consideration the level of difficulty of UC San Diego because of my GPA, which seems relatively low for their standards?
Does transferring from a UC school (very rigorous and acclaimed) give me any advantage?
Being a first year transfer student, how heavily will CU consider my stats from high school? Obviously they are much better than my college stats.

I am so unhappy here at UC San Diego so it’s very important to me to be able to transfer. Thanks in advance for your input!

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@hnhillman I think you have a great shot! I would not worry too much :slight_smile:
GOOD LUCK :slight_smile:

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Thanks for your feedback. I know my GPA is low, but do you happen to know the average GPA for transfer students?

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@hnhillman are you under the college of arts and science? Well I applied to several schools for the spring semester and I cant remember which one was which. But, I think the average was a 3.0 if your essay and letter of rec was solid and explained everything you should be fine :slight_smile:

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Yes I am in that college! I don’t know exactly what my GPA will be yet (I’m hoping I can get a 3.3 this quarter) but it will definitely improve as the year continues.

Does it help that I was accepted as a freshman?

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Should be an easy walk-in.