<p>Hello everyone, I've been following this forum for quite some time, and decided to register.</p>
<p>I am a currently attending University of West Georgia as a sophomore.</p>
<p>My dream school is GT in the civil engineering program. However, my current GPA is a 3.0 after 52 hours. I really screwed up my first semester in spring 2009, and I've been fighting to bring back my GPA since.</p>
<p>I've talked to my engineering advisor, and she strongly recommends for me to go to SPSU. It's not that I have anything against SPSU, its just that I'd love to attend GT. I believe I could have around a 3.1 or higher by the time it is time to transfer. </p>
<p>My school has the RETS program, but I'm not sure if my advisor(who is also my chem teacher) will write me a very good recommendation for me since she can't see past my grades from 2 years ago. I'm not even sure if she will let me in the program!</p>
<p>Anyways, my question is this:</p>
<p>Should I complete this semester and try to enroll in the RETS program, or try to do the transfer process on my own?</p>
<p>As a transfer student, does GT only look at your GPA and make sure you satisfy the requirements? </p>
<p>Can you do both? I’m not trying to be cute, I’m honestly wondering if it’s possible. You could apply to transfer this semester, and if that’s rejected, apply for the RETP.</p>
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<p>That’s the rumor around here: meet the GPA and course requirements and you’re in. I’m not sure if that’s necessarily true, but some people say it is.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say he just gets in if he meets the requirement (without a program). GT looks at the transfer’s stats and determines if they can handle taking classes at GT. If you’ve been taking fluff to boost your GPA to the bare minimum while doing poorly in the rigorous core of your major then it isn’t likely the applicant will be accepted. After 52 hours and still having a 3.0 I think doing a guaranteed transfer program would be the door into GT.</p>
<p>This is why GT’s minimum GPA also applies to the math/science GPA and only considers math classes Calc I and beyond. As for science classes, they only consider things General Chem I+, Calc-Based Phys I+, etc. They don’t consider easier math or intro science classes. Those classes are all involved and there’s no way to fluff them.</p>