So, I didn’t have a good time in high school. I was immature during my freshman and sophomore year, and got a 2.7 GPA as a result. Junior year began to look up and I was able to bring my GPA up to a 2.9. This year, I’m taking more rigorous classes (APs and Honors classes) and they’re going quite well. I have A’s, B’s, and no C’s. I wrote my personal essay about my grades, and how my passion for music helped me with my grades. I’m also a pretty talented musician, playing in a few orchestras, and winning a few competitions. I got into UMD - College Park, OSU - Columbus and RU for Music Performance and Biology. In addition, they all gave me scholarships. I’ve recently committed, but I feel like I want to retry this process, but with my new perspective. If I were to maintain straight As in colleges, what expectations should I have as a prospective Junior Transfer student? Are T50s farfetched? Would my poor high school grades ruin my chances of transferring successfully? Finally, how should I find information, like the transfer acceptance rates, median stats, and other things?
You havent started college yet. What is your end goal? What about costs?
What do you mean by end goal? Also, cost is important. I’m looking for schools that offer good financial aid. The state school I’m attending is offering a good scholarship, but I can’t live the normal college life. I have to commute. Also, I’m asking as a senior so I can build goals for myself.
So you will attend your state school and live at home for 2 years?
Then you want to transfer to another college? What degree or career is your goal?
There isn’t much aid for transfer students.
My goal is to get a BS and BM, then go on to grad school. About the aid, does that apply to schools that are 100 percent need based like USC or Emory?
Sounds like you need a 2nd chance. You might want to consider Richard Bland College of William & Mary. The VA legislature requires that Richard Bland 2 year grads that achieve X.Y GPA MUST be accepted to the University of Virginia (#26), William & Mary (#39), etc… You earn the reasonably achievable GPA at RBC, you get your wish guaranteed. Once accepted to RBC your high school record won’t matter again.
Check it out.
If you decide not to apply to Richard Bland, then earn the highest GPA possible at UMD, OSU or RU, because it is worthwhile whether or not you can transfer. If you want to transfer, definitely do your analysis. Many colleges have transfer pages and transfer stats. Some T50 are excellent with financial aid to transfers. Others not so much. Some T50 prefer freshmen to apply and others prefer sophomores. Your college GPA is generally weighted much more during the transfer application process, but they will review your high school transcript too.
Alright, thanks.
I got into OSU-Columbus as well! Where do you plan on attending? And to answer your question, as long as you put your mind to college courses and ace them, there should be no problem transferring and getting into a T50 school. That being said, those schools are unpredictable and will still reject qualified applicants(like they do for incoming freshman). So, in addition to your grades, you may want to partake in extracurriculars that you enjoy to pad your application. I wish you the best of luck in college and in your future endeavors
Congrats! I’m going to attend RU because of cost. OSU and UMD are charging a lot for attendance, since I’m out of state. Thanks for the advice!
Congratulations on your decision! Hopefully, you’ll love RU.
On the off-chance Plan A isn’t a fit, attain the GPA and extracurriculars early and you’ll earn other options.
Alright, thanks for the advice!