<p>Hello, I'm from a Washington community college planning to transfer to UW.
I think I will have a ~3.8 GPA by the time I transfer with 45+ quarter credits. The drawback is most of my classes are liberal art and general education not science or upper level math. I have pretty good grades in pre-cal courses and a 1 general chemistry course though. I'm planning to major in political science as my first choice and history as a second choice. I have all 4.0 GPA for prerequisite courses for political science and history. What do you guys think of my chance of getting accepted? Please help.:)</p>
<p>The GPA is OK, but take into account that there are many people with same GPAs… You will have to compete with pretty much everyone else not applying to competitive majors. If you won’t have your associates at the time of your planned transfer, your chances of being admitted aren’t that high. And make sure you have a good personal statement, which distinguishes you from others.</p>
<p>:( Yes I think I won’t get in. There are a lot of people with high GPAs for liberal art majors. I won’t have an AA but I will have 90 credits by the time I transfer…Will this count? I’m planning to go for graduate school and study Physical Therapy. Just wondering if my high school progress will help though…I was a running start during my last year of high school and just graduated recently. The first 3 years of high school I never earned a 3.0+ GPA, but I did earn a 3.97 GPA during my senior year with running start courses…will this help my chance?</p>
<p>Also, I’m currently taking a 15 credits load during this summer quarter. I think I will have a 3.7 - 4.0 this summer quarter. Will this also raise my chance?</p>
<p>Yeah, 90 credits is good. I believe that associates isn’t a requirement.
Will you be fully prepared to be admitted into your major? If so, and you will have 90+ credits, then it’s very good.</p>
<p>They don’t take high school into account when you apply as a transfer. They just want to know that you have satisfied their CADR requirements, so anything above 2.0 in the required CADR courses should work in theory.</p>
<p>I think you should disregard what seatac said. My HS counselor told me that transfer students (with 45-90 degrees) have a 3.2 to a 3.8 GPA, on average. You’re on the high end of that. You’re pretty much guaranteed to get in, I think.</p>
<p>I currently have an average GPA of 3.97 and 3.8 is the lowest I expect it to be by the time I apply…I’m trying to keep it as high as possible with more math and science courses. Yes, I’ve finished all the prerequisites for political science and history. I’m pretty worry though because I think political science is a lot easier to obtain a higher GPA than other majors. :(</p>
<p>Don’t worry Worrying right now won’t give you any benefits, it will just stress you out and deplete your resources, which you can use to study.</p>
<p>Your GPA IS high. It certainly is higher than of many other people. However, as it has been at the UW for the last several years, admission is quite competitive. High grades, as the experience of others has shown, isn’t the only factor and it is not a guarantee of admission (I have seen in comments to a Seattle Times article that somebody’s kids were offered admission to several Ivy league schools, but not the UW). However, since the GPA isn’t the only factor, everyone, no matter how high his/her GPA is, can be admitted. Personal statement and ECs can distinguish you from others with same high or low grades. </p>
<p>Now, the important factor here is that the admissions committee of the UW itself will decide whether to admit you or not. In my case, it was mostly the committee of Foster, but I was in those 80% who got in just because of high stats (they didn’t review my personal statement, I guess). Foster’s committee, in turn, tipped off the UW’s and I don’t think that they were thinking much about whether to admit me. My point is that since the UW’s committee will review MORE holistically, it’s important that besides grades, it’s important to have other things that distinguish you from others.</p>
Worrying right now won’t give you any benefits, it will just stress you out and deplete your resources, which you can use to study.</p>